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Lift Installation - Iglu Student Accommodation / Kane Constructions

A two-stop goods lift built inside an existing shaft on Russell Street, Melbourne

For builder Kane Constructions, TLS supplied and installed a two-stop goods lift at the Iglu Student Accommodation building on Russell Street in Melbourne's CBD (project P0521-49).

Unlike our free-standing warehouse installations, this lift was built INSIDE an existing masonry shaft — every column, guide and rail rigged into position with chain hoists in a tight city-centre building, with no room for a crane and no margin for error. It's exactly the kind of work our in-shaft goods lift design is made for: minimal pit, compact footprint, and componentry sized to be carried in and assembled where it stands.

Installation photo gallery

Inside the shaft during the build:

Rigging the goods lift column inside the masonry shaft
Chain hoist rigged for lifting the shaft steel into place
Guide steel slung into position inside the lift shaft
The lift controls coming to life inside the shaft

Goods lifts in residential and accommodation buildings carry stock, linen and deliveries between levels so stairs and passenger lifts don't have to. Every TLS goods lift is engineered to comply with AS 1418.8, the Australian Standard for goods hoists.

Planning a goods lift inside an existing building? Call Total Lifting Solutions: 0434 373 049.

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