lastly, some concrete plan to upgrade the lift after we have been talking abt it since yr2009.
to upgrade the lift, in another words is to modernize the control system, include the mechanical part at the motor room & lift car top, and most importantly the control system especially the mother board, the cost involved is abt 50k to 60k per lift, so to upgrade all the 4 lifts will need abt 250k, which we initially thought to get the sinking fund or gov't fund to do it, but as we still not sure when these money will be made available, so we are planning to use the new sinking fund money (which is from the car park rental, pls refer to the posting earlier) to start it this year!
another reason which we think we should upgrade the lift as soon as this year is somehow the part of these old lift become harder to source, especially those control boards, at the moment one of the blk k lift having the problem of inconsistent responsiveness of lift button, and it's due to the control board faulty, then lift vendor try to repair it but the board is really beyond repair & worse news is they seem can't get the replacement board as it's already obsolete! as now as we are still hoping them to get the replacement part, we thought the permanent solution should be upgrade it now, as on & off the same problem (getting replacement part) have been happening to other lift as well.
we are now negotiating with vendor abt the price, payment term & other detail, the ideal arrangement will be as follow, by May this year our new sinking fund should have abt 10k, so it will be paid to vendor as down payment to start the project, then the remaining 40+k will be paid though installment of 2k per month, so it will take 2 years to complete it, after that we can initiate another lift upgrading, in this way, we should be able to complete the 4 lifts in 8 to 10 years' time. But if sinking fund or gov't fund come in while upgrading in progress, then we should get it done in much shorter period of time!
which lift first? of course the worst shape one, but if vendor is kind enough to upgrade all at same time & allow us to pay installment in more than 6 years then we would like to do all simultaneously! let's see how the negotiation goes. (pls feel free to write to us if you have any suggestion or concern)
we will present it to residents for decision once vendor have given their best offer, thanks.
3 comments:
any electrician available?
Hi MC,
Good to hear this!
By the way, how long does this process of upgrading will take place for each lift? I believe the lift will be shut down during the upgrading, right? Need to explain to resident on this as later will create a lots of noise on the inconvenient!
Another things, my more concern - will the project be stopped half-way if the committee of MC take charge by someone else after AGM? Instead of using the money for lift upgrading and used for other purpose?
Anyway, it is really a good effort for 2013 by MC!
hi,
1) for electrician, the person we use regularly is Lee, 019-4700520.
2) to upgrade each lift will take 1 to 2 month's time, yes it will certainly cause inconvenient, but not so much noise as most of the time the works will in the motor room & car top.
3) well, if future MC would like to stop the project or use the money for other things..., then they must explain to residents & get their consent in AGM or EGM, but barring any major issue, our finance is on the right track to upgrade those old lift :)
thanks.
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