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Old December 16th 03, 09:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Tottenham Court Road escalators, December 2003.


"Boltar" wrote in message
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Wtf are you talking about?


My sentiments exactly!

Take apart escalator and shipping to factory - 1 week approx.


How exactly are you going to take apart an escalator, with another machine
in operation for 20 hours a day just inches away from you? Don't forget
there are fire alarm cables, pipes and sensors running all around the
machinery which wouldn't be able to be isolated during the time the station
is open. Where are you going to store all these parts your engineers are
removing, there's hardly enough space in stations as it is!

Refurbish and test at factory, well lets be kind and say 3 weeks.


How exactly are you going to test a new escalator without it being in the
shaft it's been designed for?

Ship back to staton, rebuild and test - 2 weeks.


See the first part.

Thats 6 weeks and I've been pretty generous with the time. What exactly do

they
do with the other 4.5 months out of the 6 it generally takes themn to fix

these
things??


If you really think you can deliver as stated above, it would seem you're
wasted doing the job you do and you'd be able to make a massive profit
bidding for contracts for escalator refurbishment by being able to undercut
bids from the likes of Kone and Otis!



 
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