Lifts and Lifting Equipment

• Dock Levellers and Loading Bays — Loading-bay and dock-leveller work addresses the equipment and interfaces used to transfer loads between vehicles and buildings.
• Escalators and Travelators — Escalator and travelator work concerns the moving steps or walkway, drives, controls and protective features used for pedestrian movement.
• Hoists and Dumbwaiters — Hoist and dumbwaiter work addresses equipment that transfers goods or, where designed for it, people between levels.
• Lift Modernisation and Refurbishment — Lift modernisation renews selected lift systems or finishes to address obsolescence, reliability, accessibility or operational needs.
• Lift Repairs and Breakdown Response — Lift breakdown work investigates a reported fault and defines the repairs needed to restore the installation appropriately.
• Lift Servicing and Maintenance — Lift servicing and maintenance addresses wear, adjustment and faults through a planned programme suited to the installation.
• Lifting Equipment Inspections — Lifting-equipment inspections assess condition and safety-related features within a defined inspection scope.
• LOLER Thorough Examinations — A LOLER thorough examination is a systematic examination of lifting equipment and safety-critical parts by a competent person, followed by a written report.
• Passenger and Goods Lifts — Passenger and goods lift work covers the installation's operation, condition and planned changes within its intended use.
• Platform Lifts and Stairlifts — Platform lift and stairlift work supports access between levels using equipment matched to the building and intended users.
• PUWER Inspections — PUWER inspections assess work equipment where deterioration or installation conditions could affect safety, using a scope appropriate to the risk.

A service visit maintains equipment; a breakdown investigation diagnoses a fault; a thorough examination assesses safety-critical condition under its defined requirements. Modernisation considers a wider change to retained equipment. Start with the asset identity, intended use and the decision you need to make.

An immediate fault, recurring maintenance requirement and planned change need different instructions. Retain the original findings when moving between them so the work answers the actual issue. Explore maintenance for ongoing arrangements and projects for coordinated change.

For estates, relate local findings to the wider asset and investment plan without losing the priority of an individual defect.

Agree isolation, shaft or machinery-space access and alternative routes for people or goods. An outage can affect accessibility, deliveries and daily operation. Keep maintenance instructions separate from examination requirements and record any restrictions before return to use. Provide site contacts, operating constraints and the reporting format needed to connect the results to your existing records.

Care and residential properties need to consider occupants who depend on lifts. Warehouses need equipment suited to goods movement and loading; public buildings need safe pedestrian routes while work is underway. The equipment’s intended use sets the boundary. Explore all sectors; the examples here do not limit the wider recorded offering.