Lift Refurbishment 2025

City College Plymouth is looking to carry out either a partial or Full refurbishment of its two tower block lifts. The lifts are both currently out of action and due to the age and the lack of availability of replacement parts the college is looking to carry out a refurbishment to extend the life of the lifts

Remove the existing control panel, car door operators, machines and other redundant equipment and equipment being replaced as part of this refurbishment 2. Test and certify the lifting beams at the top of the lift shaft 3.

Test and certify the lifting beam in the motor room 4. Test and certify the access hatch in the motor room 5.

Test and certify the lifting eye above the access hatch in the motor room 6. Supply and fit new duplex lift controllers complete with inverter drive units, digital fault logging and hand winding indicators 7.

Supply and fit a new shaft position signalling systems to suit the new controllers 8. Supply and fit a new set of shaft limit switches and set up to suit the new controllers 9.

Supply and fit new flat form trailing cables complete with the necessary hangers, clamps and a half-way terminal box 10. Supply and fit new engineers car top inspection control stations 11.

Supply and fit surface mount stainless steel car operating panels to include new tactile illuminating push buttons, digital indicators, voice enunciators, comfort tones, load plates and car preference key-switches 12. Supply and fit surface mount stainless steel landing call stations to include new tactile illuminating push buttons and comfort tones 13.

Supply and fit new surface mount stainless steel digital landing indicator stations 14. Supply and fit new lift machines to include brake, drive sheaves and hand winding wheels, reusing the existing machine bed plates and guarding 15.

Supply and fit guarding around the hand winding wheels 16. Supply and fit new diverter sheaves at the top of the shafts 17.

Supply and fit new suspension ropes and terminations 18. Supply and fit new overspeed governor systems complete 19.

Supply and fit new car guide shoe liners 20. Supply and fit new counterweight guide shoe liners 21.

Supply and fit new car overload systems 22. Supply and fit new GAL MOVFR II car door operators 23.

Supply and fit new car and landing door shoes and rollers including landing lock rollers 24. Supply and fit LED car lighting with emergency backup devices 25.

Supply and fit new LED shaft lighting 26. Supply and fit new pit ladders 27.

Supply and fit retaining devices for the counterweight plates 28. Supply and fit an up-to-date warning signs and notices pack 29.

Supply a landing entrance protection barrier to be stored in the motor room 30. Rewire the car, motor room and shaft to suit the newly fitted equipment 31.

Remove, transport and correctly dispose of waste materials and old equipment in accordance with our waste carriers license 32. Carry out a full clean down of the lift installation 33.

On completion of the refurbishment works test the newly fitted equipment to the latest standards and issue test results accordingly The following equipment can be retained and reused; : 1. Car and counterweight assemblies 2.

Car and counterweight guide shoes apart from shoe liners 3. Car and counterweight buffers 4.

Car safety gear 5. Car interior finishes apart from call station and lighting 6.

Car door entrance frames and panels 7. Landing door entrance frames, panels and locks 8.

Alarm sounder 9. Autodialler, GSM unit with SIM card

Essential works: 1. Remove the existing control panels, shaft signalling systems, and other equipment being replaced as part of these works 2.

Test and certify the lifting eye above the access hatch in the motor room 3. Supply and fit new duplex lift controllers complete with inverter drive units, digital fault logging, hand winding indicators and remote monitoring systems 4.

Supply and fit a new shaft position signalling systems to suit the new controllers 5. Supply and fit a new set of shaft limit switches and set up to suit the new controllers 6.

Supply and fit new flat form trailing cables complete with the necessary hangers, clamps and a half-way terminal box 7. Supply and fit new engineers car top inspection control stations 8.

Rewire the car, motor room and shaft as required to suit the newly fitted equipment 9. Remove, transport and correctly dispose of waste materials and old equipment in accordance with our waste carriers license 10.

Carry out a full clean down of the lift installation 11. On completion of the refurbishment works test the newly fitted equipment to the latest standards and issue test results accordingly High priority works: 1.

Test and certify the lifting beams at the top of the lift shaft 2. Test and certify the lifting beam in the motor room 3.

Supply and fit new diverter sheaves at the top of the lift shafts 4. Supply and fit new suspension ropes and terminations