Where we work / Melbourne

Independent lift consultants in Melbourne

Our head office is in Rowville, and Victoria is where LML started in 2013. We work on everything from a single lift in a small apartment block to the Metro Tunnel stations, always on the owner's side of the table.

LML in Victoria

Victoria is home, and where most of our work is.

Every number below comes from our own project register: the buildings in Victoria where we have done at least one job since 2014.

1,100+

buildings since 2014

1,700+

lifts in those buildings

180+

escalators and moving walks

The local picture

What Melbourne buildings deal with

Heritage and the CBD

Heritage overlays and older shafts can limit what changes in a lobby, a car or a machine room. We work out what the building allows before the scope goes to tender.

The apartment towers of the 2010s

Many machine-room-less lifts installed in that wave are reaching the age when controllers and drives become hard to support. Planning that now is cheaper than replacing parts in a hurry.

Owners corporation rules

Since the 2021 changes to the Owners Corporations Act 2006, larger owners corporations must keep a maintenance plan. Lifts are usually its biggest line.

Our work

Some of our work in Victoria

Transport and government

Metro Tunnel stations, Southern Cross Station, Melbourne Airport

Lift and escalator work for John Holland across the new Metro Tunnel stations, Southern Cross Station's 14 lifts and 23 escalators, Melbourne Airport, the City West Police Complex and council buildings.

CBD towers

101 Collins Street and 222 Exhibition Street

Destination control across 22 lifts at 101 Collins, and a full modernisation of 14 lifts at 222 Exhibition, from specification to witness testing.

National retailers

Westfield, Bunnings, ALDI and Coles

Annual audits and maintenance and condition audits for Scentre Group, Bunnings and other national retailers, from Westfield Doncaster to single-lift stores.

Apartments and owners corporations

Melbourne and regional Victoria

Hundreds of residential buildings, many with only one or two lifts, for owners corporation managers such as MOCS and Tideways.

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Questions

What Victoria owners ask us

Does our owners corporation need a lift line in its maintenance plan?

If your owners corporation is one of the larger tiers, the Owners Corporations Act 2006 requires a maintenance plan, and lifts are normally the largest item in it. We give you the condition, the likely timing and a cost range for each lift, so the plan rests on evidence rather than a guess.

Can a lift in a heritage building be modernised?

Usually yes. The machine, controller and drive can often be replaced while the shaft, doors and finishes are kept or matched. We confirm what the heritage controls allow before anything is specified.

How often should our lifts be independently audited?

Once a year if you can, and at least once in every maintenance agreement term. Add one before a defects liability period ends, before re-tendering, and when you buy a building.

Guides for Melbourne owners and managers

InsightsHow often to audit your lifts, and what inspectors find InsightsMachine-room-less lift upgrade options InsightsHow to stop a maintenance contract rolling over