We will look into and understand in detailed way why it is helpful to get in touch with an advisor at a very early stage of Planning the Building.
What are Elevator Advisors and Why Elevator advisors are important in New Projects?
The Main reason for Existence of the Elevators is Space Constraints the Urban Areas Face and hence the Spaces is made by having Taller Buildings. This brings two issues to any Developer during the planning Stage of the Building and that is the Movement of the People from entry into the buildings up to their exit. Having More lifts will reduce Saleable Area. Having less Lifts may lead to Passenger movement Problems.
Elevators are a crucial part of movement to various floors of the building and sufficient planning has to be done for the Elevators such that the Right Number of Elevators are placed with sufficient capacity and at the Right Speed so that passengers face minimum waiting time and also there is a redundancy if there is failure in Some of the Elevators.
During the Planning Stage, the Architects design the Building based on their Experience and also considering Varius Laws, Rules and Regulations applicable to the Buildings to ensure the building meets the current regulations. However, meeting the Regulations is bare minimum and does not guarantee smooth movement of the passengers within the Buildings. This is where the Elevator Advisors come into Picture.
What do the elevator Advisors help the Builders and Architects in?
Elevator Advisors generally understand the Building Project and collect information about the Project from the Developer or the Architect. This Information is Generally about the Number of Floors of the Building, its occupancy, Expected Visitors, Maintenance Staff, etc so as to understand what kind of traffic the Building will have. With the Said information, the Elevator advisors use data and calculations and even run simulations at various occupancies, Up Peak time, Down Peak times, etc to understand further when and how the Passengers will move in the Building. Such Calculations and Simulations is generally referred to as Elevator Traffic Analysis.
Elevator traffic Analysis will provide sufficient information so as to come to an estimate on the Number of Lifts required, the Carrying Capacity of those Lifts, the Speed of the Lifts. This helps get the Basic Understanding of the Elevator requirement of the Building. With this information, the advisor may use his experience to provide his Advise to the Building Planner.
It is important that the quantity of the Lifts, carrying capacity and its speed be optimized considering various features such as placing the Elevators in a Elevator bank with Destination dispatch system. The Advisor may also increase the number of lifts based on conformation to certain rules and regulation or building requirement. such as having an extra lift for higher carrying capacity to be used for carrying furniture or stretchers.
What are the Typical Services the Elevator Advisors Provide?
The Elevator Advisors thus provide their services and help the Developers move the right amount of passengers within the building thereby optimizing the Space in the Building so that more space is available for Sale while at the same time assuring that there is no bottleneck for passenger movement.
What is the Cost of Services Provided by the Elevator Advisors?
The Cost of Elevator Advisory Services and traffic Analysis depends on Advisor to advisors and this information is generally not advertised. Some Elevator companies do Provide such analysis to the Developers free of cost along with their Proposal. However, as these Elevator companies have an intention to sell more elevators, it is always preferrable to have a third party unbiased advisor.
Liftigo Provides an unbiased advisory Service to the Developers and Architects at a Price. And the Price is clearly mentioned on their Website. I am Providing the link to their Advisory Products so that you can check the same and use it if it suits your requirement.
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Conclusion
Elevator Advisors can Help the Developers by having right number of elevators with right carrying capacity and right speed. This will ensure Optimized Sale area for the Developer.
Elevator Advisors also Provide optimized Product configuration for the Elevators. This way the Developer can use these configurations to Procure the Elevators.