๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ!ย ๐ŸŽ“

Sophie Brown, our amazing apprentice, has just graduated from University of Northamptonโ€™s Lift and Escalator Technology Foundation course! Sophie continues to pursue her NVQ3 (on the way to NVQ4)โ€” building even more knowledge and hands-on experience in the lift industry. ๐Ÿš€ Here she is with LECS UK directors Lee Dean and Michael Ford BEng (Hons), [...]

2025-11-24T18:23:42+00:00November 24th, 2025|Awards, Uncategorized|

Team LECS UK

Our talented team at LECS UK came together for a productive and energising team day โ€” and what a success it was!From planning sessions to knowledge sharing and a few well-deserved laughs in between, the day was a fantastic reminder of what makes our firm thrive: collaboration, expertise, and a shared commitment to engineering excellence. [...]

2025-08-11T17:23:11+00:00August 11th, 2025|Uncategorized|

Unveiling the 2025 brochure highlighting engineering excellence across diverse sectors

We are delighted to announce the release of our 2025 brochure - ย a showcase of the companyโ€™s engineering expertise across an impressive portfolio of projects. Spanning retail, hospitality, commercial, healthcare, public transport, residential and private developments, the brochure reflects LEC UK's continued commitment to delivering innovative, sustainable, and client-focused solutions. The 2025 edition highlights signature [...]

David Cooper MBE announced as CIBSE President Elect for 2025/26

CIBSE is delighted to announce David Cooper MBE as its President Elect for the 2025/26 term. A distinguished engineer with over 40 years of experience in the lift and escalator industry, David brings unparalleled expertise and leadership to CIBSE, advancing its mission to champion safe, sustainable and high-performing built environments. David began his career as [...]

LECS UK Strengthens Team with Two Key Appointments

Driven by growing demand for our expertise, we are delighted to announce two senior-level appointments to the team. Philip Hiscock and Lewis Bowen join LECS UK as Associates. Philip has four decades of experience in the sector. His extensive background in consulting, particularly with regard to modernisation projects across the UK, makes him a valuable [...]

Introduction to lifts and how to manage them – A CPD presentation

Prof. Euring Dave Cooper presents crucial learnings about lifts, the technicalities, life-cycle implications and legal requirements Date & Time: In-person on Thursday, 29 May 2025 ยท 12 - 2pm Location: The Eliott Hotel, 2 Governor's Parade GX11 1AA Gibraltar Who should attend: Facilities Managers Property Managers and Administrators across all sectors (eg residential, healthcare, commercial, [...]

Lifts in healthcare settings – best practice advice

Lifts in healthcare settings must meet specific documentation and legal standards, including the Health Technical Memorandum 08-02 (HTM08-02). Itโ€™s crucial to adhere to these standards from the outset, and consider three main factors for lift installations in healthcare environments i.e. Value Engineering Qualifications of HTM Authorising Engineers Audits and Compliance VALUE ENGINEERING Reducing specifications to [...]

Walk through our latest project at Moncler, New Bond Street, London

LECS UKโ€™s expertise was called in at the beginning of the Moncler project. Working in collaboration with the design team, LECS UK provided complete project management from concept to commissioning to include overseeing the planning, procurement and construction programme for a new traction MRL lift along with high-end bespoke finishes.

2025-01-30T15:01:06+00:00January 27th, 2025|Uncategorized|

Join our CEO at ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ & ๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„

๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ & ๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿ›— December 5 - 7, 2024 Dave Cooper our CEO will deliver a talk: ๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด? The presentation will be particularly informative for designers, maintainers, manufacturers and installers, helping to inform future decision making in these areas. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai, [...]

2024-11-21T14:17:30+00:00November 21st, 2024|Uncategorized|

Runaway Escalators – are current standards sufficient?

CEO of LECS UK looks at causes of runaway escalators and questions whether current standards are sufficient. There are several incidents of uncontrolled movement (i.e. rolling backwards out of control) of escalator step bands, such as: 1994 Camden Yards, USA (43 injured). 2014 Cutty Sark station, London 2017 Mong Kok shopping mall, Hong Kong (17 [...]

2024-11-13T19:27:09+00:00November 13th, 2024|Uncategorized|
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