Lift Industry News

What's happening behind the scenes at LEIA this month? We take a look at: 📌LEIA Member seminars 📌LEIA Safety Charter 📌New LEIA members 📌Distance learning update 📌Building Safety Working Group 📌Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report https://lnkd.in/e6kY2VaC #liftindustrynews

Our October newsletter is out now with the latest industry news this month and a particularly spooktacular lift story...🎃👻 With thanks to our newsletter sponsor Digital Advanced Control 🕸️ Read it and sign up for future editions here: https://lnkd.in/est8QEVe 🕷️ #liftindustry #halloween

We're loving all the Halloween-related lift posts today, including this eerie elevator from KONE 🎃

The final report into the Grenfell Tower tragedy was published on 4th September. In our latest issue, Hywel Davies looks beyond the forensic analysis of what happened that night and how fire engulfed the tower and considers the most significant recommendations for lift engineers. https://lnkd.in/e2MGrMXg #Liftindustrynews

In his latest column, EurIng Prof Dave Cooper MBE looks at the links between noise and wellbeing... "I am sure that I am not the only person who has checked into a hotel only to find that your room is on the top floor and adjacent to a lift shaft and then got annoyed every time the brake slapped on and off until you finally fell asleep. Sound familiar? Imagine that is your own home and you once enjoyed peace and quiet because the pump room for the hydraulic lift was remotely located and then, following the trend, it was replaced with an electric traction MRL design. No matter what the noise levels now are and whether or not they are compliant, you are going to be hearing noises that you don’t want to be hearing, unless someone is professional enough to look at the acoustics and get them to a level at or below where they were. Even then the noises are going to be 'different' to what you heard before." See Dave's full column here: https://lnkd.in/eqwYXPPJ #liftindustrynews #liftindustryuk

It was a night to remember at the Lift Industry Charity Dinner Dance earlier this month. As EurIng Prof Dave Cooper MBE reminded us in his welcome speech the mission of the charity is to provide, often essential, initial financial support to the families of those working within the UK lift industry who are injured or lose their life. You can see all our pictures here: https://lnkd.in/eMVsxnbU

Evacuation lifts - is now the time to rethink their use? That's the question Len Halsey debates in our latest issue. He tells us, "This edition of LIN looks at a topic I have taken a keen interest in for a number of years; evacuation lifts. Evacuation lifts have been discussed within the industry for many years, mainly, it has to be said, in relation to the evacuation of tall office buildings. However, in more recent times the debate has moved on to include tall residential buildings, something brought into sharp focus by the tragic events of the Grenfell fire. It is against this background that we have seen the introduction of the London Plan and Building Safety Act (BSA). Add to this the draft standard for evacuation of people with disabilities, EN 81-76, and we find we have three new areas of compliance to consider in building design and operation. The combined introduction of these new requirements will, without doubt, have a profound impact on the design and operation of buildings, with special attention being paid to the safe evacuation of those with disabilities. While the London Plan is just that, a plan for London, it is reasonable to suggest that its approach to evacuation for disabled people may well become a benchmark for other regions and be broadly implemented nationally. " Read the full column: https://buff.ly/3NBUVMC #liftindustrynews #liftindustry #BuildingSafetyAct #Tallbuildings

Thank you to our guest editor for the latest issue, Rachel Smalley, Head of Inclusive Design at Jacobs Rachel is an industry leader in the field of inclusive design, working in different countries and cultures on the most complex and largest projects in the world. She told us, "It has been great to see how the industry is evolving and responding to changing end user expectations and a diverse range of end user requirements, especially in relation to fire safety, and evacuation lifts." Read Rachel's overview: https://lnkd.in/e_TRi66x

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