Case Study: Lift refurbishments make car parking and access easier in town centre car park

Stannah lift refurbishments are making car parking and access to street level much easier in Taunton’s Old Market multi-storey car park in Paul Street. Years of wear and tear had taken its toll on the whole environment – the lifts in particular. Time for a big makeover…

Scope of work

The South West England and South Wales branch of national lift company Stannah Lift Services has completed the modernisation of 3 passenger lifts, together with new drive systems and controllers: the comprehensive modernisation of a duplex of lifts adjacent to the central stairway and a single lift adjacent to the access on the opposite side of the building. Both the corresponding motor rooms were also refurbished.

Challenges and time frame

All work was completed within a fully operational busy town centre car park. Lift access was maintained throughout the whole project to ensure both the convenience and the safety of all car park users at all times.

All three lifts are 6-stop traction lifts, the duplex lifts each catering for 16 persons/1250kg and the single lift being a 13-person/ 975kg capacity. Working with South West One Ltd on behalf of Taunton Deane Borough Council, Stannah won the competitive tender, removed old equipment and installed new lifts in just 18 weeks, on time and in budget.

The installations

Duplex lifts

A duplex pair of lifts runs within the primary stairwell over all six floors of the car park. The two new lifts are connected by a linking wall panel within which sit the call buttons positioned centrally between the two lifts.

Capacity: 16 person each lift/1250kg

Travel: 17357mm

Speed: 1m/s

Stops: 6

Headroom: 5044mm

Pit depth: 1219mm

Entrance: single on all lifts

Car dimensions: 2420mm2

Finish

Walls: 316 grade, linen-pattern stainless steel

Ceiling: White suspended with LED downlighters for maximum daylight effect

Mirror: Half height silver on full width of back wall

Handrail: Full width of car in polished stainless steel

Communication: In-car intercom

The Simplex passenger lift

Capacity: 13-person/975kg

Travel: 17359mm

Speed: 1m/s

Stops: 6

Headroom: 3982mm

Pit depth: 923mm

Entrance: single

Finish

Walls: 316 grade, linen-pattern stainless steel

Ceiling: White suspended with LED downlighters for maximum daylight effect

Mirror: Half height silver on full width of back wall

Handrail: Full width of car in polished stainless steel

Communication: In-car intercom

Installation

Installation was carried out with the delivery of equipment via rooftop shaft enclosure containing lift and motor room.

For peace of mind – total compliance

Every Stannah lift meets all the requirements of BSEN81, BSEN81-28, BSEN81-70

After sales maintenance

All works are covered by a one-year Stannah warranty. The newly installed equipment will be maintained during this period by the South West England and South Wales branch of national lift company Stannah Lift Services. Following the guarantee period the lifts at the Taunton car park will be maintained by Stannah as part of 1-year maintenance contract with Taunton Deane Borough Council – that’s 12 visits per year, 24/7 response and fully comprehensive. This covers a massive portfolio of over 900 lifts of every type within the region, ours and also lifts by other manufacturers.

The Stannah promise

Stannah is committed to delivering:

  • The best quality products
  • Superior service
  • Good value for money
  • Complete reliability

All backed by a 150-year lift manufacturing pedigree.

Robert Erskine, Senior Building Surveyor with Taunton Deane Borough Council, was delighted with the work of the Stannah Lift Services South West team, putting it in writing to the Managing Director:

“This project is now completed and I wanted to make you aware of the first class service your team has given in achieving a good result on what was a very contentious and politically sensitive site. From the outset, your sales advisor showed nothing but confidence in what your company could achieve and what the outcome would be, whilst his colleagues on site carried out the work to make sure things happened in a timely manner with additional technical support in the background smoothing the way.I visited the site almost every day and was always greeted with a smile and an air of confident competence which was very reassuring. My special thanks must go to your supervisor who fine-tuned everything, leaving nothing for my Consultant to pick up on – a rare achievement indeed!With no adverse complaints from the public throughout the works, my thanks go to them all and I trust our paths will cross in the future.”