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Six-Monthly Thorough Examination — Stratford & the Royal Docks

Passenger Lift Inspections in Newham

Independent six-monthly thorough examination of passenger lifts across Newham. Few London boroughs have added as many lifts in the last fifteen years, from the residential towers around Stratford to the new neighbourhoods of the Royal Docks.

07496 873972All equipment in Stratford

The passenger-lift stock in Newham

Stratford and the area around the Olympic Park have large new residential districts, offices and a major shopping centre. The Royal Docks, Silvertown and Canning Town have been rebuilt with high-rise residential blocks, hotels and conference venues. East Ham, Forest Gate and Plaistow have older council estates and blocks over shops, and Beckton and the docks have industrial and logistics sites with goods lifts alongside passenger lifts.

What the six-monthly examination covers

Every passenger lift is six-monthly; a goods-only lift is twelve-monthly. On a site with both, the two cycles run separately, which is how one of them often lapses unnoticed. In the newer residential towers, lifts are modern and plentiful, so the main job is keeping every one of them on the record with its own due date.

Areas covered around Newham

Passenger lifts carry people, so the statutory interval is six months — not twelve.

  • Stratford
  • Royal Docks
  • Canning Town
  • Silvertown
  • East Ham
  • Forest Gate
  • Beckton
  • Custom House

Passenger lift inspections in other London boroughs

Common Questions

Passenger lift inspections in Newham — common questions

We have a passenger lift and a goods lift. Are they on the same cycle?

No. The passenger lift is six-monthly because it carries people. A goods-only lift is twelve-monthly. If people ride in the goods lift, it is six-monthly too. We keep both on one record so neither one lapses.

Is a hotel lift any different from a residential one?

Not in the law: both are six-monthly. In practice a hotel never has a quiet hour, so we examine one car at a time and agree the timing with the duty manager so guests always have a lift.

Further reading

How Often Does a Passenger Lift Need Inspecting?
Every six months. The confusion is almost never about the number — it is about whether the maintenance visits already cover it. They do not. A service contract and a thorough examination are different things done by different people for different reasons, and having one does not satisfy the duty for the other.
Will the Examiner Leave My Lift Out of Service?
It is the question duty-holders ask least often and worry about most, and it is the real reason many let their maintenance contractor examine its own work. A thorough examination takes the lift out of normal service deliberately — that is what testing the safety gear means. Getting it back is specific to the installation in front of you rather than to the name on the doors.
Can My Lift Company Carry Out the LOLER Inspection?
It is one of the most common questions duty-holders ask, and the honest answer is not a flat no. LOLER does not name a prohibited person. What it requires is a competent person, and HSE expects that person to be sufficiently independent and impartial to make objective decisions — which is where a maintenance provider examining its own work runs into difficulty. This is about the structure of the arrangement, not about anyone's honesty.

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