Explore site-specific bespoke lift projects, engineering challenges, and innovative accessibility solutions across heritage and modern environments. Each Knowledge Hub page has been created using the notes from real life meetings within Sesame Access Systems.
This article explains how Sesame Access evaluated and secured a 36-month Bio100 Green Gas Supply Agreement, installed EV charging infrastructure, and embedded sustainability into bespoke lift engineering. It includes the technical reasoning, energy profile analysis, and practical framework behind our decision.
An engineering-led guide to lift pit sump pump best practice, based on a real Sesame installation. Covers why we specify an auto-priming stainless steel pump, how to set probe levels, pipework essentials, alarms/BMS, and when to use different approaches.
When a structural slab cannot be cut, an external platform lift can still be installed by transferring point loads onto coordinated steel beams. This guide explains the technical trade-offs, shallow pit tolerances, drainage design in exposed terraces, and the operational decision that drives gate and barrier selection.
This Knowledge Hub article explains Sesame Access’s planned rising barrier upgrade strategy, focusing on the engineering decision between aluminium and stainless steel, and why lock reliability is the real performance multiplier. It shares the design thought process used to reduce long-term wear on mechanisms, avoid avoidable service interventions, and improve safety confidence. It also provides a clear selection framework, a practical trade-off matrix, and myth-vs-reality clarifications to help consultants, architects, and facilities teams make better barrier decisions.
This article explains how Sesame Access upgrades the appearance and interfaces of an existing Sesame lift that has been operating reliably for around 15 years, so it matches a modern office refurbishment without replacing the lift. It covers a serviceability-first engineering approach, the feasibility vs weight trade-off for premium finishes, and practical options such as new gates integrated into balustrading, control pedestals, and lighter removable covers that keep maintenance straightforward.
Phase 6 is the final development checkpoint before Sesame Access orders and manufactures the traversing lift prototype. This stage documents the real engineering decisions that close residual risk: structural load paths, tolerances, hydraulics, cable routing, safety logic separation, and maintenance-led access — turning a proven concept (Phases 1–5) into a build-ready machine.
Phase 5 of Sesame Access’s traversing lift development programme focuses on long-term serviceability, reliability, and maintenance access. Drawing on over 15 years of bespoke lift engineering experience, this phase addresses real-world failure patterns observed post-installation and embeds service-first design decisions into the traversing lift system. The result is a traversing platform lift engineered not only to move precisely, but to remain inspectable, maintainable, and reliable throughout its operational life.
A practical engineering guide explaining how UK-designed accessibility lifts can be approved for use in the USA, including ASME 18.1 constraints, AHJ approval routes, and decision criteria for complex projects.
UK Power Networks (UKPN) rooms and old coal cellars are often hidden beneath London pavements in front of listed buildings, and they can clash with proposed lift pit locations. This article explains how Sesame Access identifies these underground risks early through site surveys, accurate turning-circle measurements, and parallel option modelling. It shows when it makes sense to pursue UKPN permission versus pivoting to an alternative entrance, using clear time–cost–risk comparisons, common misconceptions, and a practical “90-day UKPN reality check” to help clients protect programme certainty while still achieving inclusive access.
A practical guide for main contractors on pit formation, sequencing, and why tanking can trap water when shop-approved drainage paths are closed, plus Sesame’s diagnostic approach.
An engineering-led guide to choosing platform lifts for listed buildings with limited pit depth.
A practical guide to staff training and commissioning for bespoke accessibility lifts, covering Safe Working Load reviews, fire strategy clarity, and UPS battery backup protocols.
