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PROJECT Overview
Walbrook Wharf is a City of London asset located on UpperThames Street, EC4R 3TD. The site is bound by the River Thames to the south,Upper Thames Street to the north.
The site provides the accommodation to deliver the City’s cleansing and waste management functions. The wharf is currently fullyoperational in its function to transport the City’s waste via barges on theriver which travel from the City of London to an Energy Recovery plant at Belvedere in the London Borough of Bexley.
The current diesel road sweepers were beingupgraded to electric with new charging bays being installed within the building.
History
A beautiful place and well located near nature
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Wellness hotel in the heart of nature and mountains
Services
We offer a wide range of services in our hotel
History
A beautiful place and well located near nature
Location
Wellness hotel in the heart of nature and mountains
Services
We offer a wide range of services in our hotel
PROJECT SUMMARY
AcuteElevators were approached by the City of London to look at the feasibility toinstall a new 2500kg Goods Passenger Lift with its own steel supporting structure to serve between street level and the basement on the western side of Walbrook Wharf to move the road sweepers from the street level down to the basement to the new charging bays.
PROJECT Introduction
The proposed locationwas an existing open void, where waste was dropped from the sweepers at streetlevel down to the basement level to be disposed of.
Following a detailed Survey (including CAT scan of thebasement slab) of the proposed location, the space was large enough for a lift, but the scan confirmed that to excavate a lift pit was impossible due to the existingpiling of the building.
Challenge
The team at Acute had to design a lift not only to meet theconstraints of the building (no pit) but to be capable of intensive usage, meetthe rated lifting load of 2500kg, be CAT 1 vandal resistant, and be IP rated as the upper floor landing at street level was external. To achieve the above abespoke solution would be required, as no supplier/manufacturer has a standard product that would meet all our requirements.
Solution
We designed and proposed a lift certified under the Machinery Directive, to reduce the pit requirement to a minimum as the lowerentrance would need to be ramped. we opted for a Traction Drive unit due to theusage and external requirements as a hydraulic drive would be problematic number of required starts per hour and the environmental element of temperature.
The lift would have a lift car dimension of 2700mm x 1850mm, with through entry/exit configuration, a rated load of 2500kg, 6 panel 1800mm widecentre opening EI120 fire rated doors, with a 150mm ramp at the lower entrance to alleviate the need for a pit.
Protection crash bollards were to be fitted ateach landing entrance and both car entrances to protect the car and landingdoor frames from damage during the loading and unloading process.
Result
Following numerous meetings with Client the finalspecification was agreed and a program was formulated. The complete design was verifiedand manufactured in only 16 weeks.
The installation took 8 weeks, as part of our role we continued to undertake regular site visits and produced progress reports to ensure the project was running smoothly and adhering to programme, reassuring the client with bulletin updates.
Once works were completed, we carried out full comprehensive test and verification witnessed by the client to ensure the new installation was fully compliant and installed to our standards and the Clients expectations.
The project was delivered within the original programme; the dedication shown by the full team at Acute Elevators was greatly appreciated.
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History
A beautiful place and well located near nature
Location
Wellness hotel in the heart of nature and mountains
Services
We offer a wide range of services in our hotel
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