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Last year the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) announced they were withdrawing the Industry Accreditation (IA) route for CSCS cards. IA, or ‘grandfather rights’, enabled employers of experienced and competent operatives without formal qualifications, to certify the competence of their staff and enable them to apply for a CSCS card.   As of 1st January 2020 all cards renewed under Industry […]

The Prime Minister’s statement on 23 March included: That is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes:…….travelling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. Full guidance on staying at home and away from others supported this with: You should […]

The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) called for the government to include lift engineers attending breakdowns, to release trapped passengers, and to carrying out essential maintenance work on lifts in critical buildings and infrastructure to be classed as “key workers”. Overnight we have seen the following on the government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision We are pleased […]

David Warr has taken over as LEIA President for 2020 from David Sharp, who we would like to thank for his support and guidance in 2019.     It is a pleasure to be taking over as LEIA’s President, and I am very much looking forward to the year ahead. There are two key areas I believe we […]

LEIA is delighted to welcome its latest member, Euro Lifts Ltd.  Based in Plymouth, Euro Lifts is an independent lift supplier working with both domestic and commercial clients. It offers a lift engineer for every type of instalment, including cargo, passenger and stair lifts. Commenting on its new member status, Mike Harding, Managing Director, said: ‘’After […]

LEIA is delighted to welcome Stour Lifts Ltd as one of its newest members. Based in Highcliffe, Dorset, Stour Lifts is an independent lift company that specialises in planned preventative maintenance; refurbishments; new installations; disabled access lifts; lift repairs and improvements; 24 hours* 7 days a week breakdown service; and hoist maintenance and repairs. On […]

Due to the impacts of Covid-19 we have been unable to run our usual programme of annual seminars. LEIA Technical Webinar   |   5 November 2020 LEIA Safety & Environment Webinar   |   15 October 2020     Our seminars are open to LEIA members only.

Please see a letter from Ziehl-Abegg and amended operating instructions for the regular maintenance and testing of ZAS elevator machines ZAS0, ZAS1, ZAS2, ZAS3. Please note the content of the letter and be guided accordingly.

A draft BS EN 81-76: Evacuation of persons with disabilities using lifts is now available for public comment on the BSI website for comment by 31 December. Evacuation lifts are currently described in BS 9999 for the assisted evacuation of disabled persons.  The draft EN 81-76 contains requirements for assisted evacuation using a lift car […]

LEIA’s ‘Are You Aware? No. 78: LFB withdrawn blanket approvals for BS EN 81-72 deviations’ was published to make building owners and specifiers aware of that the London Fire Brigade (LFB) have withdrawn their earlier blanket approvals for new firefighters lifts deviating from BS EN 81-72.  This makes full conformity with BS EN 81-72 the […]