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By Alastair Stannah, Managing Director, Stannah Lifts Distribution & Service
 
The digital switchover of telephone lines in the United Kingdom is happening now. By 2025, Openreach will have phased out all copper analogue telephone lines in favour of optical fibre networks. Many building managers may already be aware of the need to change phone lines in the building, but some may not have realised that their lifts will be affected by the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) switch off.

Whether looking for a replacement lift or new lift for a building project, selecting the right passenger lift for a housing project can be a challenge. Many different factors need to be considered carefully to ensure that the selected lift is right for the building, and the lift specification, despite sometimes a myriad of choice, options and configurations, does not cause long-term headaches for property managers.

Stannah Lifts has supplied and installed (and will maintain) 38 lift products in Imperial Green, a high-specification development of 75, two-, three- and four-bedroom townhouses and apartments in Hythe, a peaceful, coastal market town on the fringe of Romney Marsh.

Location: Imperial Green nestles in the landscaped grounds of The Hythe Imperial   Hotel, a recently rejuvenated, 19th-century edifice on Princes Parade, overlooking the   English Channel.
Total cost: £4.2 million
Project duration: 2 years.
Award winner: Imperial Green won the prestigious NHBC 2016 accolade, with Phase I   shortlisted for the Kent Design Awards 2012.