The challenge
Located in the centre of Colchester, Headgate Theatre is a lively and much loved venue offering a vast array of performances from drama and musicals to live music and comedy shows.
Set within a converted chapel, it provides an intimate and welcoming space for local talent and touring productions.
The Theatre had an old obsolete open platform that was not compliant with current regulations.
This particular model was designed with very limited tolerance around the lift, which posed a safety risk and presented challenges when it came to replacement. Its non-standard size does not align with the majority of platform lifts available on the market today, making a direct swap difficult without additional adjustments.
Our solution: Hydraulic Platform Lift
Luckily our APL Hydraulic Platform Lift is available with a bespoke platform dimension. We carefully surveyed the existing shaft to find the pinch point and ensured that we maximised the internal platform dimension as this was crucial to ensuring the lift would be wheelchair accessible.
This was a full turnkey project with Alliance Platform Lifts managing the hoardings, removal of the existing lift, installation of our APL Hydraulic Platform Lift and all associated electrical and builders works.
Lift details
- Location
- Colchester
- Sector
- Theatre
- Completed
- 2022
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APL Hydraulic Platform Lift
A space-efficient and highly adaptable accessibility solution, offering travel up to 7 metres with made-to-measure platform sizes for internal or external installations.
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