The Grafham Water Centre in Cambridgeshire has seen one of movemanSKG's latest platform lift installations.
A new cycle shop, selling bikes, clothes and accessories, has been opened at the Marlow Leisure Park at Grafham Water and the Disability Discrimination Act regulations meant that the shop required a means of enabling wheelchair users to access the first floor.
The solution is usually a ramp or lift but platform lifts are ideal for wheelchair users in situations where a normal passenger lift is not possible or a wheelchair ramp is not appropriate, as in this case.
The lift, a Companion Prestige model, has a rated load of 400kg, is situated in a corner of the building and takes visitors with impaired mobility to the first floor to view 250 new bikes on display.
The Prestige is a self-contained unit, and complies with all building regulations. Paul Archer, Managing Director of Rutland Cycling commented: "movemanSKG offered us good advice about the type of platform lifts available and what was best for our requirements. We were very happy with the service they provided and the lift, although only used by a small percentage of visitors, works very well."
movemanSKG, part of Otis, was one of the first companies to recognise the special access needs of the wheelchair user and has subsequently installed more than one thousand units.
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