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Vertical Transportation Consultants – Deciding How Many Lift a Building Requires

Wednesday 28 December 2016, 7:47PM

By Vertrans Lift Surveys & Certification Ltd

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Determining how many lifts a building requires might seem a straightforward matter, as far as most people are concerned. If the building doesn’t have a lot of rooms or floors, only one lift is needed, and so on. Suppose your commercial property is a simple five-storey building with not a lot of rooms or tenants, it may be easy to assume that it wouldn’t really necessitate a lift.

The reality of the matter, however, is far more complicated than that.

Vertical transportation consultants vouch for this. In reality, there are two major factors that determine the number of lifts needed for a building: the population to be served and the time passengers spend waiting for a lift. These two factors interact with each other all the time.

First is the population. Bear in mind that this is a bit tricky to determine. This is because calculating the total population can be completely speculative, if the property itself is still not built. Obviously, this would be easier to do, if the building already had its tenants; it would then be less challenging to come up with accurate estimates. Then, of course, building owners and administrators should also carefully consider the  convenience and mobility the structure affords to persons with disabilities. A lift may be essential, towards ths end.

With regard to the time that passengers spend waiting for a lift, it’s imperative to know which types of offices hold the most people. A typical corporate office is not as populated as a BPO centre or a school, for instance. Another factor is that many offices have varying numbers of people coming and going at different shifts. This means that there is a constant demand for a lift, since there is a constant stream of employees going in or out, no matter the time of day. The more apparent the demand is, the more lifts should be installed to meet the demand.

The next consideration is the amount of time that people spend waiting for a lift. Anyone, be it a lift certification professional  or a layperson, will realise the problem right away: if it takes too long for passengers to get a  lift, this indicates a constant, high demand that’s not being fulfilled. In a building where hundreds of people come and go at any time of day, six days a week, two  lifts would not cut it. Not to mention, people in office buildings are much more impatient than those in residential properties. 

Vertrans Lift Surveys and Certification Ltd. has the expertise, equipment, and experience to deal with these problems. The company features executive management skills and trained vertical transportation engineers, both of which bring a mix of vertical transportation and management expertise. Vertrans’ strength is its ability to bring clients a dedicated team that can identify the best course of action for any situation.

Work with a trusted company for your vertical transportation needs. Visit http://www.vertranslifts.co.nz today.