Safety requirements for passenger and goods electric lifts to safeguard passengers and maintenance personnel against injury. Covers the mechanical and electrical construction of the lift, the relevant structural features of the building in which it is installed and subsequent examination and testing. See also PD 6500.
BS 5655-1:1979 history
2014BS EN 81-20:2014 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts. Lifts for the transport of persons and goods. Passenger and goods passenger lifts
2007BS 8486-1:2007+A1:2011 Examination and test of new lifts before putting into service. Specification for means of determining compliance with BS EN 81. Electric lifts
1998BS EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Electric lifts
2007BS 8486-1:2007 Examination and test of new lifts before putting into service – Specification for means of determining compliance with BS EN 81 – Part 1: Electric lifts
2005BS 5655-11:2005 Lifts and service lifts - Code of practice for the undertaking of modifications to existing electric lifts
1998BS EN 81-1:1998 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Electric lifts
1995BS 5655-10.1.1:1995 Lifts and service lifts - Specification for the testing and examination of lifts and service lifts - Electric lifts - Commissioning tests for new lifts
0000 BS 5655-11:1989
1986BS 5655-1:1986 Lifts and service lifts. Safety rules for the construction and installation of electric lifts
1979BS 5655-1:1979 Lifts and service lifts. Safety rules for the construction and installation of electric lifts
1972BS 2655-10:1972 Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters. General requirements for guarding
1971BS 2655-8:1971 Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters. Modernization or reconstruction of lifts, escalators and paternosters
1970BS 2655-7:1970 Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters. Testing and inspection