Lift and Escalator Industry Association
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The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) is a United Kingdom
-based trade association
and advisory body for the lift
and escalator
industry. It was formed in 1997 through the merger of two-long standing associations dating back to 1932.
Representing around 95% of specialist contractors in its sector, the LEIA is one of six industry bodies in the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group
, represented on the UK government's Strategic Forum for Construction
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based trade association
Trade association
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...
and advisory body for the lift
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
and escalator
Escalator
An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...
industry. It was formed in 1997 through the merger of two-long standing associations dating back to 1932.
Representing around 95% of specialist contractors in its sector, the LEIA is one of six industry bodies in the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group
Specialist Engineering Contractors Group
The Specialist Engineering Contractors Group is a United Kingdom construction industry organisation, currently representing six specialist engineering membership associations...
, represented on the UK government's Strategic Forum for Construction
Strategic Forum for Construction
The Strategic Forum for Construction is a United Kingdom construction industry organisation established in 2001 as the principle point of liaison between UK government and the major construction membership organisations...
.