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News Release from: BSI British Standards | Subject: BS 7801:2004 Escalators and moving walks
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 March 2005
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British Standards Institution (BSI) present the latest standards for Lift and Escalator Design, Installation and Maintenance.
British Standards Institution (BSI) present the latest standards for Lift and Escalator Design, Installation and Maintenance These guidelines will be invaluable for architects, building professionals, contractors, civil and structural engineers and quantity surveyors
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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They will be especially useful for those involved with adapting existing buildings to meet the needs of disabled people, in compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
NEW BS 7801:2004 Escalators and moving walks.
Code of practice for safe working on escalators and moving walks.
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This British Standard gives recommendations for safe working practices (supported by training) for: owners of permanently installed escalators and moving walks persons having effective control of the premises on which such escalators and moving walks are installed; persons responsible for, and involved in, the design, installation, examination, inspection, testing, service, maintenance, repair and dismantling of such escalators and moving walks.
This publication is applicable to persons working on all types of escalators and moving walks.
ISBN 0 580 44547 X Price GBP106*, GBP53 BSI Subscribing Members .
NEW BS 5656-2:2004.
Safety rules for the construction and installation of escalators and passenger conveyors.
Code of practice for the selection, installation and location of new escalators and moving walks.
This part of BS 5656 gives recommendations for the location, selection and installation of new escalators and moving walks in new or existing buildings, for example at airports, exhibition centres, leisure facilities, shopping centres and department stores.
It is applicable at the early stages of a project for architects, developers, building owners, building managers, building contractors, general and specialized engineering, consultants and other interested parties.
It also covers disabled access with reference to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
ISBN 0 580 44548 8 Price GBP 106*, GBP 53 BSI Subscribing Members.
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BS 5655 is a series of standards giving guidance and specifications for the installation, inspection, maintenance and testing of lifts and service lifts.
For full details of the associated parts of BS 5655, please visit www.bsi-global.com/lifts.
BS 5655-6:2002 Lifts and service lifts.
Code of practice for the selection and installation of new lifts.
This part of BS 5655 gives recommendations for the selection and installation of new passenger and passenger/goods lifts.
It also gives recommendations for issues peripheral to the selection and installation of lifts, such as building design.
It is applicable at the early stages of a project for architects, building contractors, building owners, building managers, developers, general and specialized engineering consultants, lift contractors, principal contractors, purchasers, and other interested parties.
It applies to passenger lifts, goods lifts, service lifts, lifting equipment, installation, maintenance and selection.
Provision of lifts for disabled people is also covered, in the context of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
ISBN 0 580 40478 1 Price GBP 128*, GBP 64 BSI Subscribing Members.
BS 7255:2001 Code of practice for safe working on lifts.
This British Standard gives recommendations for safe working practices (supported by training) applicable to persons working on all types of lift.
It applies to: owners of permanently installed lifts serving defined landing levels persons having effective control of the premises where such lifts are installed persons responsible for, and involved in, the design, installation, thorough examination, inspection, testing, service, maintenance, repair and dismantling of such lifts.
The guidance in this document is for to the safety of persons when gaining access to and from the work area on a lift installation, and whilst working there.
They also relate to the safety of others present in the vicinity, whether they are working or not, who could be endangered by the actions of those working on lifts.
ISBN 0 580 33294 2 Price GBP 128*, GBP 64 BSI Subscribing Members.
Design Compliance with Disability Discrimination Act BS 8300:2001.
Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people.
Code of practice This code of practice will help you to make the relevant changes to your property.
BS 8300 explains how to design the built environment to make it fully accessible.
It will help you overcome restrictions that prevent anyone from making full use of premises and their surroundings.
A4 Hardcopy ISBN 0 580 38438 1 Price GBP 168*, GBP 84 BSI Subscribing Members.
Design of buildings for disabled people CD-ROM BS 8300:2001 gives recommendations for the design of new buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people.
It applies to car parking provisions, setting down points and garaging, access routes to and around all buildings, and entrances to and interiors of new buildings.
Routes to recreational facilities associated with and in the immediate vicinity of buildings, such as patios, and seating and picnic areas, are also covered.
The CD-ROM contains the standard in PDF format, in expandable font size and listening text audio version.
BSI order ref EP 230 Price GBP 180* + VAT, GBP 90 + VAT BSI Subscribing Members.
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