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The document outlines the requirements for lifts in buildings, including size, door configurations, and the estimation of the number of lifts needed based on building type and usage. It specifies guidelines for lift capacity, waiting intervals, and calculations for determining the number of lifts required in both office and residential buildings. Examples are provided to illustrate the calculations based on different scenarios of occupancy and lift specifications.

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Lift

The document outlines the requirements for lifts in buildings, including size, door configurations, and the estimation of the number of lifts needed based on building type and usage. It specifies guidelines for lift capacity, waiting intervals, and calculations for determining the number of lifts required in both office and residential buildings. Examples are provided to illustrate the calculations based on different scenarios of occupancy and lift specifications.

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Lifts Requirements in Buildings

ARCH 326
Dr Hassan Hassoon Aldelfi
2015-2016
Size of Lift
• The lift load depends on its usage, load limitation
should be set with warning system for safety
consideration.
• 0.2 m^2/person in normal situation and usage.
• Considerations: VIP, the old, the ill, …etc
• Clearances with walls:
• 230mm clearance on the side.
• 150 mm clearance on front for double doors sets.
• 300 mm clearance on the back for counter balance
weight. Depends on the manufactured lifts.
Doors Opening in Lifts
• One direction
• Two direction
• More than two but require special solutions:
• 1- Linear ( up to 4 lifts)
• 2- facing ( 4-8 lifts)
• 3- Functional Growing ( operating theatre)
Lifts or Elevators
• All building are classified, in terms of lifts
requirements as either :
• a-Office Buildings
• b-Residential buildings
• In (a) the traffic served is assumed to be 75% of
the population. ( G+1st floors they require no lift
service generally in period of 30 minutes.
• The size of the lift is decided by the designer
• The Round Trip Time is given by the manufacturer
R.T.T
Estimation of Number of Lifts
No of passengers discharged by one lift :
30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑋𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
=
𝑅. 𝑇. 𝑇
Number of lifts required after approximated:
𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠
=
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑡
R.T.T is the time taken by the lift to complete
one cycle with stops as programmed.
• In residential buildings, the traffic served is
assumed to be 6% of total population on the
second floor and above in a period of 5
minutes.
• Then No. of passengers / 1 lift car is:
𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔𝑿 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚
=
𝑹. 𝑻. 𝑻
𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔
No. of Lifts required=
𝑵𝒐.𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒈.𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝟏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓
Lift Usage and waiting Intervals
• Number of lifts required depends on:
• a-Disabled usage, furniture movements,
patients..etc..
• b-waiting interval should be 30- 60 sec. Office
Building, and 90 to 120 seconds in residential
buildings.
• c-loading conditions number of persons
should be stated 340 kg/m^2
Example 1
• How many lifts required in a 15 story office building . If each floor is
occupied by 50 person and lift car capacity is 10 person with R.T.T of 3
minutes?

• No. of persons requiring lift service= (15-


2)X50X0.75 = 487.5 Persons
• No. of persons per lift = 30X10/3=100 persons
• No. of lifts calculated = 487.5/100 = 5 lifts
EXAMPLE 2
• If same building is used as residential , how many
lifts required?

• No. of persons required lift service= (15-


2)X50X6% = 30

• No of person per lift= 5X10/3 = 16.5 persons.

• No of lifts calculated = 39/16.5 = 3 lifts


Tutorial
• Each student:
• Class work :
Refer to your design project to estimate the
number of lifts required to serve your building.

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