David Pickering
Vertical Transportation Team Leader, London
David leads our London Vertical Transportation (VT) team and brings over 25 years of lift experience to the business.
Having previously worked for a number of VT consultancies, he has gained experience in various sectors and been involved in all aspects of VT from design, project management, inspection and surveys to traffic analysis, simulation and expert witness work.
David holds an MSc in Lift Engineering and is a full member of CIBSE. He has delivered technical presentations on a range of lift topics and is the author of numerous articles for various magazines. He has been invited as a guest expert to discuss lift issues on a number of radio programmes.
Insights from this expert
7 things to consider when modernising your elevators
Steel is the dominant material in a lift. While around 40 per cent of all steel produced is through recycling, only about 60 per cent of steel is recycled.[1] Millions of tons go to landfill every ye ...
Five Minutes with David Pickering
Why vertical transportation? It was an accident really. I don’t know many kids who grow up wanting to be a lift engineer and I didn’t either. But I’ve always been interested in all things mechanical ...
