Liftinstituut Announces Its 3rd Project of the Year

Submissions for the 3rd Project of the Year contest, which is the only contest in vertical transportation in Türkiye and first organized in 2017 by Solutions by Liftinstituut, are accepted.

by Fulya Ayyıldız

While fatal accidents during elevator installation and maintenance, and non-standard installations find a great coverage in the media in Türkiye, competent installations and maintenance do not make tremendous impact. Netherlands based Solutions by Liftinstituut, which has 89 years of experience in the elevator industry, organizes the Project of the Year Contest in order to draw attention to this issue and reward high quality projects.

The contest will be held in three categories including Elevator Installation, Elevator Maintenance and Escalator & Handrail Installation projects. Submissions will be made by investors, construction companies, architectural offices, elevator and escalator contractors and maintenance companies, and applicants will nominate one project for each category.

All units included in the submitted the projects should be placed on the market in accordance with the 2014/33/EU Lift Directive and current standards. If any product is not in line with the harmonized standards, a risk analysis should be carried out for the relevant units and approval should be obtained from Liftinstituut, LRQA, Bureau Veritas or TÜV SÜD in line with the Lift Directive. Applicant projects for Installation category should have passed the initial periodic inspection and received a green label. Applicant projects for the Maintenance category should have received a green or blue label at the end of the last periodic inspection. Applicant projects for Maintenance category should be maintained by an authorized maintenance company in line with EN 13015.

Solutions by Liftinstituut, which published a very detailed and transparent checklist for the applicants, will accept submissions until December 16, 2022. After approximately one month of technical evaluation and field controls, the Award Ceremony will be held on January 26, 2023.

Submissions will be sent via e-mail to contact@solutionsbyliftinstituut.com.

For detailed information, you may visit Project of the Year website.