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250 Bishopsgate, City of London, EC2
Project details:
- Lift Modernisation
- Escalator Refurbishment
Lift and Escalator Modernisation
The City of London is a blend of historic and modern iconic buildings. At Jackson, we are immensely proud of the many relationships we have developed over the past decades with property owners and some of London’s largest property management companies responsible for ongoing building maintenance and refurbishment.
One such iconic building is 250 Bishopsgate, this impressive eleven-storey building (plus two basement levels) is a cornerstone of the City’s skyline and where Jackson have successfully completed a major modernisation project relating to the building’s lifts and escalators.
Atrium showing scenic lifts
The comprehensive project included:
Scenic Lifts: Design and manufacture of 6 new scenic lift cars, including new slings architraves and Car Operating Panels (COPs).
Passenger Lifts: Modernisation of two enclosed passenger lifts, including new lift cars, slings, doors, architraves, COPs, and signalisation.
Control Systems: Configuration and installation of a new lift car destination control system for the group of eight lifts.
Drive Systems: Installation of new gearless traction machines for eleven lifts.
Fireman’s Lifts: Modernisation of three fireman’s lifts, including new lift cars, slings, new lift controllers, doors, architraves, and signalisation.
Monitoring: Installation of an intelligent lift monitoring system (bespoke to Jackson) and emergency call autodialers across all eleven lifts.
Safety & Infrastructure: Full rewiring of all lift shafts and the installation of new shaft safety gear.
Goods Lifts: Installation of three new platform/goods lifts.
Escalator Refurbishment (Original Otis units):
Installation and configuration of escalator controllers.
Overhaul of drive machines and full rewiring.
Installation of new chains and rollers.
Full refurbishment of escalator steps.
scenic lift cars installed
Project Logistics
As the building was fully operational throughout the modernisation period, Jackson engineers worked during the night and over weekends to limit disturbance to the occupants. One of our challenges was to lift each of the six fully assembled scenic lift cars into the building. To help ensure no damage was caused to the new lift cars or the entrance doors, we employed a specialist company with bespoke lifting equipment to move the lift cars over the entrance barriers.
Project Completion
In early 2025, following rigorous testing, Jackson confirmed that all lifts and escalators were performing safely and efficiently, meeting the exacting standards demanded by our client.
Escalator refurbishment