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Number of passenger lifts | Two (duplex car arrangement) |
Capacity | 13 persons |
Speed | 1 m/second |
Number of stops | Four |
Door width | 900 mm, centre opening |
Handling capacity | 15% of population in five minutes |
Target waiting time | 30 seconds |
Average starts per hour | 60 |
Finishes level | Good quality from standard range |
Capital costs for the three options | |||
Option 1 | Option 2 | Option 3 | |
Lift installation | 80,000 | 90,000 | 76,000 |
Building works* | 39,630 | 47,080 | 15,400 |
M&E works in connection | 9500 | 3500 | 2100 |
Total: new installation works | 129,130 | 140,580 | 93,500 |
Main contractor preliminaries, attendance, overheads and profit | 22,598 | 24,602 | 16,363 |
Professional fees | 15,173 | 16,518 | 10,986 |
Sub-total | 166,901 | 181,700 | 120,849 |
Less capital allowances | (30,556) | (31,665) | (26,727) |
Total | 136,345 | 150,035 | 94,122 |
* Building works cover machine room (where applicable), shaft, shaft steels, division screens, scaffold and so on. |