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Henry Ford is famously quoted as saying: ‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.’

The motor car pioneer had an unshakable belief in innovation, and its power to
make people’s lives better. And his words still inspire those of us who work in industrial design today, to find ideas with the power to introduce design approaches focused on performance, safety and convenience to the world. JLG’s recently launched elevation device, LiftPod, is doing just that for public-facing companies in which staff work at height – in particular for hotel, restaurant
and hospitality operators.

In my industry, I have seen huge health and safety improvements for working at height in industrial and construction environments over the years. Until now, the same can’t be said for indoor environments and people working at heights of 4 metres and below, including those who maintain hospitality spaces.

In busy hotel and restaurant environments, the customer experience is everything. Fixtures and fittings are of a high spec and require meticulous care. There needs to be minimal disruption to guests, in rooms, lobbies and public spaces. Maintenance must be carried out with efficiency and discretion – from quick fixes to in-room air conditioning and lighting, to complex longer jobs working on higher-level displays and luxury design fixtures.

Often ladders are the only solution, hauled out from the maintenance cupboard, climbed, balanced upon and sometimes requiring two people for certain tasks, to fulfil the essential job of keeping hotels and restaurants smart, safe, clean and well-lit for staff and customers. Alternatively, industrial scale platforms requiring power, space and a trained team to operate are deployed, which may impact daily operations and the customer experience, or require teams to schedule tasks out of hours.

The commercial world has operated like this for decades.

But we live in a different world today. People come first, and employers are serious about their health and safety responsibilities. Addressing the risk of staff falls, injuries and strains due to
poor positioning is an urgent priority. As is tackling the financial implications of delaying jobs, staff absences due to injury, disrupting operations and powering and maintaining bulky equipment.

JLG’s LiftPod is leading an exciting transformation. It’s an innovative Quick Fold Lift that is designed to offer an alternative to ladders and podiums; compact, foldable, lightweight, intuitive and easy to use –with an ergonomic design that’s a match for even the most luxurious design scheme.

LiftPod offers benefit to hospitality businesses. It is designed to support safer working practices when working at height and to support workplace safety initiatives and wellbeing. It is also engineered to support cost and resource efficiencies, with no charging or power requirements.

If your maintenance team hasn’t changed the way it works at height for years, there has never been a better time for a rethink – and to consider solutions designed to help reduce risk and support maintenance teams in working more efficiently.

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To find out more about LiftPod
please contact Richard Puglia at
rfpuglia@jlg.com
www.jlg.com/en-gb/liftpods
LinkedIn: JLG Industries