FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS -DESIGN STANDARDS

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts · Design Standards
SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
4. ELEVATORS
4.1. General Requirements Public Elevators
Specifications are based upon Otis elevator equipment to establish a type and level of
quality. Similar equipment manufactured by other elevator companies is acceptable,
subject to approval by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
The following standard features are required in each elevator:
a) Average waiting time of under 30 seconds
b) Load factor of approximately 30%
c) Total trip time of less than 70 seconds
d) (For the purposes of calculating items a, b and c assume an average of 1
½ persons per room for a urban hotel and 2 persons per room for a resort
at 100% occupancy.)
e) Duty to be 3,500 lbs (1,580 kg)
f) Speed for a hotel of less than ten floor 350 feet (107 m) per minute and
exceeding ten floors of 500 (152 m) feet per minute
g) Every guest or public floor is to have a stop and an opening
h) Public area floors are to have 3’6” (1.1 m) centre opening, flush doors
with polished bronze, acid etched doors
i) Guestroom floors are to have 3’6” (1.1 m) centre opening, flush doors
with decorative door design
j) Door frames are to be concealed filler frame type with painted finish and
electronic detector
k) Door sill to be bronze
l) Hall lanterns are to type 6646DK with chimes and located adjacent to the
door frames
m) Each car is to have two car operating panels with round buttons,
emergency stop switch, emergency call button, emergency service switch,
close and open door buttons, interface with electronic card readers for
Fairmont Gold floors and descriptive engraving for public facility floors
buttons, background music speakers and an exhaust fan with sound level
not exceeding NC 30
n) The 8’6” (2.6 m) high car interiors will be based upon the Interior
Designer’s drawings incorporating a handrail, mirrors, millwork,
stonework and advertising panels
o) The car is to incorporate emergency power with automatic selection and
automatic levelling.
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