Dundee-based Caltech Lifts has started work on the installation of its most expensive lift yet – a record-breaking multi-purpose one for the city’s new £100m waste-to-energy plant at Baldovie.
The family firm, founded in the city in 1978 by engineer Howard Renwick and now run by his sons Andrew and Fraser, was awarded the contract to install the six-figure, three-tonne Raloe passenger and goods lift after being invited to tender by Standardkessel Baumgarte (SBG), the engineering procurement and construction main contractor for the project.
Installation has begun on the Spanish-made specialist lift which will carry both passengers and goods – taking people to and from the admin block on one side while moving goods on the other to the industrial levels of the plant. It’s the most expensive single lift installed by Caltech in its 41-year history.
Largest ever installed
Once operating, it’s believed it will be the lift with the largest travel and load capacity combination ever installed in North-East Scotland – lifting three tonnes to just over 30 metres above ground. It’s due to start operating in November.
The lift will play a key role in the £100m EfW CHP facility, owned and operated by German energy company MVV, which will turn 110,000 tonnes of unrecyclable waste from Dundee and Angus into electricity from next year.
Caltech is dedicating a three-man team to the installation project – led by Lead Installation Engineer David Smith and including one of its Modern Apprentices, Rory Willox, who it trains with help from Dundee and Angus College to fill a chronic skills shortage in the lift industry. He will use this project to complete his NVQ 3 in Lift Installation.
Other Caltech staff will also assist as required, with the contract being project-managed by Managing Director Andrew Renwick, Technical Director Fraser Renwick, Operations Manager Graeme Beaton, Installations Manager Scott Murray and Technical Manager Paul Phillips.
‘Significant win’
Speaking about the project, Caltech Lifts Managing Director Andrew Renwick said: “We’re naturally delighted to have won this work on this important facility for Dundee and Angus and hope it will enable us to be involved in similar projects across the UK.
“Financially, this contract is a significant win for our business and will help us achieve our targets for this year as well as continue the sustainable growth we’ve enjoyed over recent years.”
Caltech Lifts Limited is one of the UK’s leading suppliers and maintainers of lifting equipment, including passenger lifts, goods lifts, disabled access lifts and stairlifts to the Public and Private sectors, and maintains more than 1,000 lifts maintained across the UK.
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Sandra Cole05/08/2022I would like to say a huge thank you to your team for the excellent customer service you have provided to my parents in Dundee. You have gone way beyond providing a service. My mum is disabled and cannot function at home without her stairlift. She is by all accounts housebound. The support you have given them is quite frankly unbelievable and it is blatantly apparent how much you care. I cannot recommend your company highly enough. My parents are my world and I have no words to explain just how well you have looked after them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are amazing. Sandra Cole.Lynn N14/02/2022Quoted and fitted a stairlift for my parents at short notice and at a significantly lower price than all the national competitors. Happy to support a local company, and we were delighted with the service - from sales staff to the guy who performed the installation.kev08/06/2021We (Alpha Projects) have worked with Caltech Lifts on several projects and would not hesitate to highly recommend the company. We have always found Caltech to offer a friendly, personable service and carry out their works in an efficient, safe and timely manner.John Fort07/05/2021Cannot thank Caltech enough for swift service in getting our lift back up and running in time when we urgently needed it most, could not have got this service any where else top job guys - Thank you again - The Fort Hotel Broughty Ferry DundeeJason Sellars18/12/2020An absolute pleasure to deal with. Having discussed my requirements Caltech were able to provide a stairlift that matched my criteria and budget perfectly. Very impressed by their clear, friendly and fast communication as well as punctuality . Installation work by engineer Tony is impeccable, and was carried out very efficiently with no disruption at all. He also gave excellent step by step instructions on using the lift (we all observed Covid awareness throughout). This stairlift has helped to lift my mum out of what has been a very difficult time for her, and I'm so pleased to have supported such a well deserving local company. Thanks again Murray, Graeme and Tony!Robert Sloan13/12/2020I would highly recommend Caltech Lifts as just installed a stair lift into my mothers home. From start to finish all those involved have been very professional, efficient, keeping us informed throughout the whole process. The installation was carried out to a high standard. Special thanks to Graeme and TonyHenry Donaldson19/07/2020We recently had a problem with the lift in the care home myself and my wife run - our current service provider said we were going to have to spend £20,000 to upgrade the equipment so naturally I got a second price. To my absolute delight Caltech sent an engineer out to take details but also to spend a little time on the lift to which they managed to resolve the intermittent fault and it has now been running perfectly for 6 weeks!! Can't thank the team enough.Brian J Kidd03/07/2017Super helpful. Great service and staff, highly recommend
