Licence to install a new lift

• The lift installation contract with a specialist lift company, approved by the Contractors' Federation, and a copy of its licence to practise
• A copy of the applicant's ID card (the owner, the union officer, or an authorisation or power of attorney)
• The lift's mechanical drawing, approved by the company, showing the dimensions of the shaft and the machine room and a longitudinal section of each
• A copy of the building permit
• A copy of the company's registration with the Egyptian Federation for Construction Contractors, or a copy of the company's licence to operate
• The ground-floor engineering drawing showing the lift's position and dimensions at a scale of at least 1:100, approved by a syndicate-registered engineer
• The lift's technical specification file: copies of the model and component test certificates, and a calculation note covering the guide-rail calculations, the rope safety factor, the traction calculations and the specific pressure on the shaft buffers
• The receipt for fees paid to the Engineers' Syndicate on the value of the works
• A consultant engineer's report, approved by the Engineers' Syndicate, confirming the building can bear a lift
• A certificate from the installing company confirming the works were carried out according to the law and the Egyptian code

Check the document list before visiting. Ask the responsible office about anything unclear or unavailable to you.