With over 30+ years of lift industry experience, we can share some ideas to help you decide if you should upgrade your lift or fully replace it.
Here have some ideas from our 30+ years lift industry experience to assistant you to decide whether upgrade a lift or fully replacement a lift
Is it time to upgrade or replacement a lift?
If the lift /Elevator
How long does it take to upgrade or replace a lift?
This depends on the building, location within the building, use status and how many floors / stops serviced by the lift. If the building is being used during the lift’s upgrade it will take much longer than you expect, for example:
A case study to upgrade 3 passenger lifts by another lift supplier.
Project – 111 Gawler Place, Adelaide – CBD (key data & information)
| Item | Details |
| Site area | 664 sqm |
| Office building and net lettable area | 5648 sqm |
| Occupancy | 90% |
| Build year | 1989 |
| Levels serviced | 10 floors / 10 stops |
| Numbers of lifts / Capacity | 3 lifts / 1088kg |
| Annual maintenance cost | Over $30,000 per annum |
| Main reasons to Upgrade / Renew | Building ownership changed, the building was being upgraded and the lifts were breaking down frequently |
| Budget to upgrade the lifts | $750,000 plus GST |
| Actually-modernized lifts cost | Over the owner’s budget |
| Total time to upgrade the 3 lifts | Estimated to take 18 months to complete the lift upgrade
Excluding the delivery time |
Upgrade a lift Vs Replacement with an Austand Pre-Assembled MRL lift
| Item | Upgrading a lift by other suppliers | Repalcement with an Austand Pre-Assembled MRL Passenger Lift |
| Complies with the new EN81-20/50 lift standard and BCA code | ✗
Possible |
✓ |
| Minimize lift breakdowns or disruptions to <0.5-2% annually | ✗
Very difficult / Impossible |
✓ |
| Cost-saving | ✗ | ✓
Austand will beat any other lift suppliers |
| New passenger lift
Improved stability & reliability |
✗ | ✓ |
| Energy savings – reduce electricity costs by up to 40% | ✗
Possible if replace gear machine with gearless |
✓ |
| Increased transport efficiency – increased capacity & speed | ✗ | ✓ |
| Installation times (lift service 10 floors / 10 stops) |
26 weeks more per unit | 2 weeks |
| Re-engineer the lift shaft | Required | N/A
Pre-Assembled lifts include self-support structures |
| Replace the lift after 25 years | More complex – need to de-construct | Easy to crane out |
| Increase the Building Value | Possible | Guaranteed |
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We offer specially designed Austand CH-3000 pre-Assembled Passenger Lifts for existing commercial building and public facilities. This is the best solution currently available to the Australia building industry:
Austand offers over 30 year’s experience globally, coupled with local knowledge. From affordable MRL home lift solutions and commercial passenger lifts. We specialise in providing the UNIQUE Austand Pre-Assembled MRL Passenger lift.
