"The problems themselves aren't with the lifts. It's actually the way that the sewage system in the blocks are run, and they run within the lift shifts. What we find quite routinely is that the pumps that address that go out of action and that causes the lift shafts to fill up with wastewater sewage, and that in turn impacts the electrics of the lifts."
"Fundamentally the issues are with the pumps themselves, and that in our view would be a design problem that we can't necessarily easily address. It requires probably some significant investment to try and retrospectively try and address. Whether or not it's even technically feasible, that's something we would need to explore in some depth."
Lift shafts at Angela Court on Burdett Road filled with wastewater after a sewage system breakdown earlier this year. Lifts required repairs after sewage entered shafts and affected electrical systems, forcing six households to be temporarily rehoused for nearly two weeks. The flooding results from pump failures and the way sewage runs within lift shafts, creating design and operational vulnerabilities. Remedial work to resolve the underlying design and pump issues would likely require significant investment and complex technical investigation, and may not be feasible to retrofit easily. Ongoing discussions are taking place with Canary Wharf Group about design responsibility and repair liability.
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