Stannah modernise car park lifts in Taunton

The Old Market multi-storey car park in Paul Street, in the heart of Taunton has been the subject of refurbishment that centres on the three very well-used passenger lifts.

The South West England and South Wales branch of national lift company Stannah Lift Services has completed 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.

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.

Robert Erskine, Senior Building Surveyor with South West One, 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 donkey work to make sure things happened in a timely manner with additional technical support in the background smoothed 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.’

The scope of the work included new traction drive systems with a high performance motor gear unit for each lift, new electronic controllers and totally refurbished lift cars and landing doors.

Each lift was completed simultaneously, in order to maintain sufficient public access over the six car park levels.

The duplex pair is cleverly and very neatly linked to one call button, positioned centrally between the two lifts, doing away with the usual confusion of which lift to call and where they both are.

The state-of-the-art controller does all the work for you, as the pair of lifts work together to serve the user quickly, efficiently and saves energy by eliminating unnecessary travel.

The lift is extremely quiet and the ride within the bright, spacious, brushed steel lift car is exceptional.

To find out more about outstanding lift refurbishment, maintenance and repair call Stannah on 01264 364311 or go to www.stannahlifts.co.uk