Lifts and Escalators - Principles and Planning

0. Course Introduction - MEBS6000 Utility Services

1. Basic Principles

• Terminology
• Origins & brief history
• Principles of operation

• Circulation/Movement of people in buildings
• Efficiency of interior circulation
• Circulation elements
• Human factors
• Major design concerns
• Planning of lifts
• Escalator design, arrangements & handling capacity
• Comparison of lifts and escalators
• Facilities for disabled persons

• Passenger lifts
• Observation lifts
• Good lifts, service lifts, etc.
• Passenger conveyors

• Relevant ordinances and regulations
• Related standards and codes of practice
• Registration scheme

• CIBSE, 2000. Transportation Systems in Buildings, CIBSE Guide D, Sections 2, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), London. [LB 690.183 T7]
• How Elevators Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/elevator.htm
• How Escalators Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/escalator.htm

• Elevator Museum http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/
• Electrical & Mechanical Services Department (EMSD)
• Lifts & Escalators