Vertical transportation is a vital part of the building services in multi-story buildings and include lifts or elevators, escalators, and hoists. All of these ensure that the building occupants are taken to their required destination in an efficient and timely manner.
Established by carrying out a lift traffic analysis. This determines the handling capacity (percentage of the building population that can be transported in a given time) and waiting times (time for a lift to arrive when a call button is pressed).