There are millions of existing buildings throughout Europe that will require alterations and improved access for the disabled and the elderly to comply with the disability legislation.

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Lifting Platforms A supplement or a
substitute to conventional passenger lifts?

• There are millions of existing buildings
  throughout Europe that will require alterations
  and improved access for the disabled and the
  elderly to comply with the disability
  legislation.
• There are many existing lower rise buildings
  where most able bodied people would normally use
  the stairs and where there is less demand for
  passenger lifts. In these instances a lifting
  platform could be an ideal solution.
• New disability legislation requires
  accessibility to all floors within a building, by
  other means than use of the existing stairways.

2
Lifting Platforms A supplement or a substitute
to conventional passenger lifts?

• In existing buildings accessibility requirements
  can be easily and cost effectively met by
  installing a lifting platform with an enclosed
  lift-way in preference to a conventional lift.
• Often it is not a question of whether to
  install a lifting platform or a conventional
  passenger lift but more often a question of
  whether to install a lifting platform, or nothing
  at all.
• This as a result of pre-existing building
  constraints such as problems to build a lift pit,
  lack of free pace in the building, etc. The
  solution offered by the lifting platform can all
  too often be the only choice.