Lifts for the transportation of persons and goods — Part 32: Planning and selection of passenger lifts to be installed in office, hotel and residential buildings

This document covers traffic planning and selection of new passenger lift installations in office, hotel and residential buildings. The requirements and recommendations given are applicable to both simple and complex lift installations.

This document gives guidance to select the most appropriate method of traffic planning for each case within the scope.

This document permits the number and configuration of lifts and their main characteristics to be determined at the early stages of building design, provided that the size and intended use of the building is known.

This document is applicable to lifts classified according to Table 1.

This document is applicable to mixed use buildings provided that the mixed use can be evaluated separately as either office, residential or hotel use. This document proposes a standardized method of lift traffic planning. Alternative methods can be valid but are not in the scope of this document.

This document gives basic requirements and recommendations as part of the planning and selection of lift(s) relating to:

a) the design criteria to be evaluated;

b) the values of design criteria to be used;

c) a calculation method (see Clause 7) to be us