Lift inspection

Regulatory inspection

We carry out the inspection of lifts and lifts, according to the requirements specified in the corresponding regulations, performing, among other tests, stability tests, review of safety devices and clearances, visual inspection and compliance with regulations.

Royal Decree 88/2013, of 8 February, approves the Complementary Technical Instruction AEM 1 "Lifts" of the Regulation on lifting and handling equipment approved by Royal Decree 2291/1985, of 8 November, and establishes the Periodic Official Inspection in accordance with the following deadlines:

• Every 2 years: Devices installed in industrial buildings and places of Public Concurrence.
• Every 4 years: Appliances installed in buildings with more than twenty dwellings or with more than four stops, including the boarding stop.
• Every 6 years: All other installations.

Other inspections

Design assessment and inspection of lifts already installed and undergoing a Major Modification.

Periodic inspection of lifts with reduced speed < 0.15 m/s, i.e. lifts installed in buildings to overcome architectural barriers and solve accessibility problems, lifting platforms installed in buildings for people with reduced mobility, single-family homes, etc. as per the Complementary Technical Instruction AEM 1 "Lifts" (R.D. 88/2013, of 8 February) of the lifting and handling equipment regulations.

In addition, the lifts must be inspected:

• By change of maintainer
• After an accident with damage to persons or property and, when so determined by the competent body of the Autonomous Community in use of its legal powers.