Accessible lift provision can make a major difference to the way people use a building. For disabled users, wheelchair users, elderly people, visitors with reduced mobility and anyone who finds stairs difficult, a safe and reliable lift can be essential.
Caledonian Lifts provides disability lift solutions and accessibility-focused lift upgrades across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Central Scotland. Our engineers can assess your existing lift or access equipment and recommend practical improvements that help make your building easier, safer and more inclusive to use.
This may include upgrades to lift controls, door safety, floor levelling, handrails, mirrors, voice units, indicator units, emergency communication and other features that improve usability and passenger confidence.
Rather than offering one-size-fits-all advice, we look at the lift, the building and the people who use it, then recommend a sensible solution that fits your requirements.
Caledonian Lifts can help building owners, property managers and facilities teams improve accessibility by assessing existing lift arrangements and recommending practical upgrades.
We do not replace formal legal, access consultant or building standards advice, but we can provide the lift engineering expertise needed to help make access improvements work safely and effectively.
Not every accessibility improvement requires a new lift. In many cases, targeted upgrades to an existing lift can make it safer, clearer and easier to use.
Caledonian Lifts can advise on improvements such as:
• Floor levelling improvements to reduce trip risks and make access easier
• Push station height, position and button design
• Clearer lift controls and passenger information
• Door safety improvements and non-contact safety sensors
• In-car mirrors to assist wheelchair users when reversing out
• Handrails for extra support inside the lift car
• Voice units and audible announcements
• Indicator units and clearer visual displays
• Emergency communication systems and autodiallers
• Lighting and emergency lighting upgrades
• Modifications following access reviews, maintenance reports or user feedback
This type of work is often required when a building no longer meets the needs of the people using it.
It may also be considered after complaints, access reviews, changes in building use, refurbishment work, insurance inspections or feedback from disabled users.
As an independent Scottish lift company, we support customers across Glasgow, Edinburgh and the wider Central Belt with lift maintenance, repairs, modernisation, modification and accessibility improvements. That means we can look at the wider picture: not just whether a lift can be made easier to use, but whether it is reliable, maintainable and fit for the people who depend on it every day.
• A lift is difficult for wheelchair users to enter, use or exit
Controls are too high, unclear or hard to operate
• The lift does not stop level with the floor
• Doors close too quickly or feel unsafe
• Users struggle to identify floors or hear/see information clearly
• The building is being adapted for public, commercial or residential use
• A care, healthcare, housing or public-sector environment needs better access
• An older lift needs accessibility improvements as part of modernisation
• A property manager wants to respond to reasonable adjustment requirements
If your lift is difficult to use, no longer meets the needs of your building users or requires accessibility-focused improvements, Caledonian Lifts can help. Our engineers can assess your existing lift and recommend practical upgrades to improve safety, usability and confidence.
