Specialist services - Lifts (SHTM 2024 and SHTM 08-02 ARCHIVED)

This Scottish Health Technical Memorandum gives comprehensive advice and guidance on the planning, design, installation, commissioning, testing, maintenance and operation of new lifts (vertical transportation) in healthcare buildings. It also provides supporting information that can be used in specifications for manufacturers, procurement contracts and the briefing of design teams.

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