Lifts and Hoists Sample Clauses

Lifts and Hoists. 3.12.1 The Contractor will maintain in the buildings all lifts and hoists and keep them in operational order and in accordance with design parameters, manufacturers' specifications and in line with current legislation.

Lifts and Hoists. 4.46.1 The Contractor will maintain in the buildings all lifts and hoists and keep them in operational order and in accordance with design parameters and the manufacturers’ specifications. 4.46.2 The Contractor will have day to day responsibility for the management, operation, organisation and compliance with all relevant legislation, standards or codes of practice applicable to each part of the Services including but not limited to those set-out in this Specification. 4.46.3 The legal responsibility for ensuring that lifts are properly maintained rests with the Contractor. All passenger lifts are to be examined by a competent person at least once in a period of six months, and a report of the outcome will be prepared, signed and dated by the person carrying out the examination. The Contractor will be responsible for all Statutory and best practice inspections and tests including those required on an annual, 3-yearly, 5-yearly, or 10-yearly, as appropriate. 4.46.4 Fire regulations require that certain lift controls be operated by the Fire Service, so that fire personnel can take immediate control of the lift for safety and fire-fighting purposes. All lifts will be provided with emergency communications, in the form of a telephone linked to a reception or security desks or the Help Desk point. The Contractor is to identify and manage such links. 4.46.5 Compliance to the requirements of all relevant legislation, standards or codes of practice will be achieved by ensuring that only appropriately trained and competent staff have access to the electrical supplies and equipment. 4.46.6 The Contractor will be responsible for responding to incidents of people trapped in a lift within 15 minutes of the call to the Help Desk. 4.46.7 If it is established that this will take longer than 15 minutes, BGS can immediately, by agreement, call the Fire Service. 4.46.8 Only by agreement between the Help Desk and The Contractor can the 15 minute period be extended. The only grounds for this is if BGS is satisfied from information given by the Help Desk that the person able to release the lift occupants will arrive before the Fire Service would. 4.46.9 Records and incident reporting systems be maintained to indicate that regular inspections, maintenance, repair and testing have taken place, with any remedial action logged. Emergency call-out procedures will be implemented to ensure a continual and regular service.