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Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster, London
The Sesame fitted to the external entrance is clad in Limestone which will weather to fully blend into its surroundings as there are only 6mm gaps between the moving parts and the surrounding static area. A further feature of this installation is that the control button box rises from below the stair lift when the stairs retract.

The internally fitted Sesame System is clad in marble to match the surrounds and the option of a swinging gate has been chosen rather than the rising barrier as on the
Sesame installed outside the building. It has also been fitted with control button box that rises when the lift is called which makes the System anonymous and blended totally with the surrounding area.

The following is a quote from the Institute of Civil Engineers own web site:
“We are extremely proud of this new addition and it shows that even buildings in architecturally sensitive areas can be updated to provide access for all!”

Chulmleigh Community College, Devon
When this College was chosen as the site for the development of a typical “classroom of the future” the planners needed to identify a solution for disabled access over short to medium rise steps and the result was a Sesame which was able to reach a height of 1.75m.

Although it presented a new challenge this was met by some strategic redesign and the Sesame is an integral part of what is envisaged for education facilities in the future. When the children first saw the Sesame in action they were amazed that their stairs moved, they had not realised they had been running up and down a wheelchair lift!

By law a platform lift that rises over 500mm must have a gate or barrier at the top level and a platform lift that rises above 1000mm must be enclosed on all 4 sides. This installation had a total rise of 1400mm. You will notice that the customer opted for a glass enclosure on the platform lift with swinging gates rather than our rising barrier option.

Here you can see a stainless steel skirt surrounding the working parts of the platform lift, possible when the site has enough room below the lift to dig a pit. The pit depth must be the total rise of the lift plus 200mm for the lift itself, therefore the pit depth for this site was 1600mm. Our roller shutter blind option only requires a pit depth of 200mm.

BBC, Beaumont House, Westminster, London
The problem of disabled access faced at Beaumont House is replicated throughout the much of Ireland and the UK. Many of these properties have been converted into commercial use and the Sesame System offers the answer in providing wheelchair access without compromising the aesthetic design of the building. Here you’ll notice the rising barrier option and stainless steel tracks that protect the platform surface but remain unseen when the stairs are in their rest position.