NO.

OF LIFT CALCUALTION FOR OFFICE BUILDING

25 floors and there are 500 employees per

G.F +24 FLOOR 25 FLOORS

PER FLOOR 500 NOS 25 500 12500

10% are out of office at anytime and

the number of visitors are negligible 10% 1250
TOTAL EMPLOYEE 11250

WAITING TIME 30 SEC.

Let’s assume that the 11250 people
arrive uniformly within 60 minutes in the
morning.
MAXIMUM OF STOP 5 NOS
SPEED OF THE ELEVATORS 6M/SEC
EACH FLOOR 4.2 M
BASEMENT 3.6M

(24floor*4.2 height)
Total height +(3.3floor*3 height) 110.7 Metre
Average Height 110.7/27 Floors 4.1M
ELEVATOR OPEN /CLOSE TIME 15 SEC.
FILLED IN G.F 60SEC.
5.4FLOORS
DISTANCE B/W STOP OR5.4*4.1=22.14 M 22.14

5x(22.14/6)+(5*15)
Per ride timing +(30+((27*4.1)/6)) 141.9 sec.
Minutes 141.9/60 2.365 min.
One life Ride calculation For 60 min (one
way peak hours calculation) 60/2.35 25.53191 25 rides
20 person per lift 20*25 500
For 11250 person 11250/500 22.5 Nos.

5 stops x (22.14 meter / 6 meter per second) + 5 x 15 seconds + 30 seconds G.F

loading time+ (27 floors x 4.1 meters / 6 meters per second) = 18.45 + 75 + 30 + 18.45
= 141.9 seconds or around 2.35 minutes. In other words, one elevator can do 60
minutes / 2.35 minutes = 25 rides in an hour in the peak time. Let’s say each ride can
consist of 20 people. This means that one elevator can help move 20 x 25 = 500
within one hour in the morning. Given total number of employees in the building is
12000, we would need 12,000 / 500 = 24 elevators to move everyone to their floor in
the morning in a way that no one has to wait for longer than 30 seconds.
 5 stops x (22.14 meter / 6 meter per second) + 5 x 15 seconds + 30 seconds G.F
loading time+ (27 floors x 4.1 meters / 6 meters per second) = 18.45 + 75 + 30 + 18.45
= 141.9 seconds or around 2.35 minutes. In other words, one elevator can do 60
minutes / 2.35 minutes = 25 rides in an hour in the peak time. Let’s say each ride can
consist of 20 people. This means that one elevator can help move 20 x 25 = 500
within one hour in the morning. Given total number of employees in the building is
12000, we would need 12,000 / 500 = 24 elevators to move everyone to their floor in
the morning in a way that no one has to wait for longer than 30 seconds.