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Six-Monthly Thorough Examination — Canary Wharf & the Isle of Dogs

Passenger Lift Inspections in Tower Hamlets

Independent six-monthly thorough examination of passenger lifts across Tower Hamlets. The borough has one of the largest concentrations of high-rise residential buildings in the UK, much of it on the Isle of Dogs, and each tower depends on its lifts in a way a low-rise block never does.

07496 873972All equipment in Canary Wharf

The passenger-lift stock in Tower Hamlets

Canary Wharf is office towers with large banks of high-speed lifts. Around it, the Isle of Dogs, Blackwall and Limehouse have a dense cluster of residential towers, many of them high-rise buildings under the Building Safety Act, with firefighting lifts as well as passenger lifts. Whitechapel has a major hospital site and new residential development, and Bow, Poplar and Bethnal Green have extensive council and housing association estates with medium and high-rise blocks.

What the six-monthly examination covers

Every one of these lifts is six-monthly. In a residential tower a lift out of service is a real hardship for residents on the upper floors, so examinations are planned one car at a time and residents are told in advance. In a high-rise residential building the lift records also sit alongside the wider safety information the building's accountable person has to keep, and firefighting and evacuation lifts carry monthly checks under fire safety law on top of the examination.

Areas covered around Tower Hamlets

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

  • Canary Wharf
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Whitechapel
  • Wapping
  • Limehouse
  • Bow
  • Poplar
  • Bethnal Green

Passenger lift inspections in other London boroughs

Common Questions

Passenger lift inspections in Tower Hamlets — common questions

Do lift reports matter for a high-rise building under the Building Safety Act?

Yes. The examination itself is still the six-monthly LOLER examination, but the accountable person for a higher-risk building has to keep accurate safety information about it, and lifts, especially firefighting and evacuation lifts, are part of how the building is kept safe. Complete, current lift reports are part of being able to show that.

Can you examine a tower's lifts without leaving residents stranded?

Yes. We examine one car at a time, so a tower with two or more lifts is never left without one. In a building with a single lift we agree a time in advance so residents who cannot use the stairs can plan around it.

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.

Book a passenger lift examination in Tower Hamlets

Tell us what needs inspecting and where — company name, contact details and a note on the equipment. We'll reply within one business hour.

Already have an asset list or examination schedule? Email it to info@integrityliftcompliance.co.uk and we'll come back with a survey plan rather than ask you to retype it.

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