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Tottenham Court Road escalators, December 2003.
"Robin Mayes" wrote in message ...
"Boltar" wrote in message om... 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! I gave them roughly a week to take it apart. I think thats long enough to remove a load of steps and other assorted pieces don't you? 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? Err , you test each individual bit. How do you think any large piece of machinary is tested? You think they build a special shaft for lifts and test run them in the factory before they install them in a skyscraper? 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! Oh here we go , they standard issue "if you think you can do better why don't you try". Yeah , I'll just go get a grant for a few hundred million to set up my own factory. Meanwhile , back in the real world I would suggest that the reason they take so long to fix is that LU gives them all the time in the world to get it done , so consequently they don't bother to work hard. B2003 |
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