A senior practitioner of the lifts told the elderly that the shortage of front-line staff in the industry is not a key issue in the “Optimised Lift Funding Scheme”
The important point is whether the lift consultants have sufficient registered engineers. “It is known that the URA requires a certain number of registrations from consultants. The number of engineers and professional engineers is sufficient, and the company may have to wave to retired engineers.” He estimates that there are only six to seven elevator consultants with experience in the market.
Senior practitioners also said that more than 40% of the 4,800 lifts did not have four safety devices
It is not excluded that many of them should be replaced. The $500,000 funding ceiling may not be “enough”. “The installation of safety devices on old lifts is required. There is enough height and space. If you have enough, you may need to change a new one, about 1 million to 2 million yuan.” He thinks that the URA should provide more subsidies to owners who have financial difficulties and need to replace the entire group of lifts.
Wei Zhicheng refers to only about 30 registered lift contractors who have registered to join the “Tendering” e-tendering platform
As they have their expertise and experience in handling different brands and models of lifts, they are bidding for a lift-type system that is not in their expertise. It will be more prudent to optimize the contract and the subsequent maintenance work. Therefore, when the owner invites the tender for the project, the amount of return will be less than the number of building maintenance works.