Horton and Walker
The directors from Knowsley Lifts were very familiar with the building itself as it previously housed the Liverpool Branch of Express Lifts, in an office on the 7th Floor and workshop and stores in the basement, (the basement workshop for some reason still empty, and like the war rooms still frozen in time from 1992 when Express re-located!).
The Aim
Due to our knowledge of the building we managed to secure the service contract for the building while it was in the hands of the owner during the days of Express’s tenure, when the building was sold for re-development, the first part of the development being Horton House, the main contractor was originally going to follow the advice given by two of the multi-nationals and rip the original 5 lifts out and install their own MRL’s. The Original Lifts were all DC driven and were all original machines circa late 1950’s. We proposed to re-furbish all five lifts, a three car group with 2 x 12 person lifts and a 21 person goods lifts (all 2.5 m/s), and a duplex pair of 12 person lifts also 2.5 m/s, giving the customer a considerable saving, whilst still maintaining a higher specification offered by the multi-nationals..... All using open-protocol equipment that allowed the customer to make their own choices over the lifetime of the equipment as to who will be the maintaining company, and allow parts to be freely available.
The Solution
The refurbishment consisted of changing all major components, Control Panels, Motors, Doors, etc and also refurbishing the lift cars to a high specification as requested by the customer, in frosted glass finish with slate type tiled floors, leaving the customer and end user with an aesthetically pleasing result backed up technically by some of the best equipment available in the market.
The Outcome
Since install of all lifts on site we have received very positive feedback from both Pochin construction and also the property management company responsible for the building, we are proud to still be the maintenance provider at one of the largest and most prestigious sites in Liverpool and hope to carry on for some years to come.
