20 January, 2021
Own a Lift? 3 Key Lift Regulations You Need to Know
The legal requirements surrounding the provision and use of passenger lifts and goods lifts provide a framework to ensure best practice. This blog gives an...
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12 November, 2020
Lift inspections: Looking after your lift to save time, money & hassle
It pays to be a responsible lift owner—to ensure that your lifts and lifting equipment are maintained to the highest standards. Why? Because keeping your lift fit...
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16 October, 2020
Lift Standards: A Glossary
If you either own or are thinking of installing a lift then there is a whole host of lift standards, regulations, codes of practice and guidance to advise on best...
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24 June, 2020
COVID: Getting Your Lifts Ready for Building Reopening
As people return to work and pubs, shops, hotels and other businesses resume. The key question is, are you ready? As a lift owner, it’s important to have your plans...
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30 April, 2020
5 FAQs on the EN81-20 & EN81-50 Lift Standards
Post updated for 2020 - In September 2017, EN81-20 and EN81-50, two new safety standards for the construction of lifts and the testing of lift components were...
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07 April, 2020
Machinery or Lift Regulations?
When moving people or goods, your lift will fall into either the Machinery or the Lift regulations. Whilst all are "lifts" in the general term the regulations do help...
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07 October, 2019
Part M: Building Regs & Lifts
The Building Regulations, Approved Document M (Part M) gives direction on lifts in all types of buildings, stating that reasonable provision must be made for people...
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01 October, 2019
BREEAM for Lifts, Escalators & Moving Walkways
BREEAM or 'Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method' is the best way to ensure sustainable value and efficiency in your projects. Stannah...
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09 September, 2019
BS EN81-80: Lift upgrades for existing lifts
Like technology elsewhere, lifts and lift standards have developed over the years and new safety features have become the norm. In recognition of the fact that lift...
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26 June, 2019
The Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act imposes a requirement to make reasonable adjustments to a public building, Within this blog post, we will explain what the Equality Act is, what it...
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07 June, 2019
A Handy List of Escalator & Moving Walkway Standards (updated 2019)
Unsure of what codes of practice, standards and regulations escalators and moving walkways fall under? Not to worry, here's a handy list...
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30 January, 2019
Avoiding the costs of manual handling & risks with a lift
Did you know? Every year more than a third of all work-related illnesses reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or local authorities are due to manual...
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03 December, 2018
The Disability Discrimination Act, Equality Act & Lifts
The DDA was introduced over 20 years ago and formed for the industry an invaluable set of standards, eventually becoming part of the Equality Act introduced in 2017....
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30 November, 2018
Section 4.2 of the Technical Handbook & Lifts (Scotland)
This handy guide to Section 4.2 (Scottish Part M) explains what this regulation is and its various implications on lifts in building projects in Scotland. Read on to...
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15 November, 2018
Building regulations: key guidance for lifts
Here is a handy overview of the key acts, regulations and standards that outline best practice around lifts - ensuring that any commercial/public building is...
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30 August, 2018
External Lifts & the New BS8300-1 Design Guidance
In January 2018 BS8300:2009 was superseded by BS 8300-2, with the introduction of BS 8300-1. Part 1offers the first comprehensive design guidance for new public...
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26 April, 2018
Part M: Volume 2 & Wheelchair Platform Stairlifts
This post is the fifth and final in the series of our Part M: Volume 2 building regulations blogs and covers the detailed requirements for wheelchair platform...
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29 March, 2018
Part M: Volume 2 & Platform Lifts
This post is the fourth in the series of our Part M: Volume 2 building regulations blogs and covers the detailed requirements for lifting platforms.
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17 January, 2018
Part M: Volume 2 & Passenger Lifts
Part M Volume 2, provides practical guidance for complying with building regulation requirements for buildings other than dwellings. This post is the third in the...
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27 November, 2017
An Overview of the General Lift Requirements Within Part M: Volume 2
This post is the second in the series of our Part M: Volume 2 building regulations blogs and covers general lift requirements with Part M in greater detail.
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