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Sensitive heritage-mansion retrofits in Ballygunge and Alipore — and monsoon-grade pit waterproofing for Salt Lake and Rajarhat new builds.

Why Kolkata is different

Kolkata's heritage homes in Ballygunge and Alipore are unlike anything else in India. A 1920s mansion has a load-bearing wall layout that wasn't designed for a lift, a courtyard you can't encroach on, and a façade that the owner's family treats as sacred. We specialise in installing lifts into these buildings without changing the exterior and without compromising the load path — using existing courtyards, stair wells, or back-of-house service corridors. On the new-build side, Salt Lake and Rajarhat towers need monsoon-grade pit waterproofing as a hard requirement, not an upsell.

We specialise in heritage retrofits — sensitive structural work, period-appropriate cabin finishes (burma teak, wrought-iron cage doors), full restoration aesthetic. Most heritage owners have been turned away by national brands that can't commit to the structural sensitivity. We've done 35+ heritage Kolkata installs and have the architects-of-record on speed dial.

— SEE engineering team
Where we install

Across Kolkata — by neighbourhood.

South heritage belt

Ballygunge, Bhowanipore, Alipore, New Alipore, Lansdowne, Lake Gardens. Heritage-home retrofits dominate here.

Central Kolkata

Park Street, Camac Street, Loudon Street, Theatre Road, Elgin Road. Boutique commercial passenger lifts + old residential building retrofits.

Salt Lake & Bidhannagar

Salt Lake Sectors I–V, City Centre Salt Lake, Bidhannagar. IT-park commercial passenger lifts + new-build apartment retrofits.

Rajarhat & New Town

Rajarhat Action Areas I–III, New Town, Eco Park periphery. New-build villa and apartment passenger lifts — most of our 2026 Kolkata volume is here.

Howrah & industrial belt

Howrah, Salkia, Liluah, Belur, Bally. Cargo lifts and dock-leveller installs for the engineering and jute units.

Why a Kolkata install needs specialist spec

Four engineering decisions that change here.

A passenger lift specced for Bengaluru’s mild climate won’t survive Nagpur’s 48°C summer or Mumbai’s salt air. We engineer to the city, not to the catalogue.

01
Heritage structural sensitivity

We don't cut load-bearing walls. Every heritage retrofit uses existing courtyards, stair wells or back-of-house service corridors. Civil contractor selected with us, not the homeowner. We've had zero structural-distress reports across 35+ heritage installs.

02
Period-appropriate cabin

Burma-teak panel cabin walls, wrought-iron cage doors, brass-fitting buttons, hand-cut glass for cabin lights. For heritage installs we work with restoration carpenters as collaborators — the lift doesn't look modern, it looks like it always belonged.

03
Monsoon-grade pit waterproofing

Salt Lake and Rajarhat installs get bituminous-membrane pit waterproofing + a tap-off drain to the sump as standard. Cheaper than the first service call after a Bidhannagar overflow.

04
High-humidity electrics

Bengal's year-round humidity gets conformal-coated control boards + sealed IP54 control panels on every install. The standard spec doesn't survive five monsoons; ours has.

Industries we serve in Kolkata

B2B context — the customer pattern.

Many of our home-elevator customers find us through our industrial work. Here’s how the city’s economy maps to the projects we run.

Engineering (Howrah)

Howrah's long-standing engineering cluster runs our cargo lifts. Heavy-duty hydraulic goods lifts for fabrication shops, foundries and machine-tool units.

IT & ITES (Salt Lake)

Salt Lake Sector V is Kolkata's IT capital — TCS, Wipro, Cognizant and their satellite operations run our passenger lifts. Most of our central-Kolkata home-lift customers come from here.

Tea trade & family business

Multi-generational tea-trade families in Alipore and Ballygunge make up a substantial chunk of our heritage retrofit work. Quiet conversations, no marketing required.

Questions buyers in Kolkata actually ask

Local FAQs.

Can you install a lift in a 1920s Alipore mansion without structural damage?
Yes — it's most of our Kolkata work. We use the existing courtyard, the stair well, or a service corridor — never a load-bearing wall. We bring our own structural-engineering reviewer to vet the install before we quote. Across 35+ heritage installs, we've had zero structural-distress reports. References include several Lansdowne and Lake Gardens heritage homes.
Do you service Salt Lake Sector V office towers?
Yes. We service approximately 20+ Salt Lake Sector V buildings under AMC contracts. Our nearest service hub is in Sector III. Standard Comprehensive response is 4 hours; Premium 24×7 is 2 hours. Spare-parts buffer is held in Sector V.
What's the typical AMC plan for a heritage residence?
Heritage homes typically go on Comprehensive AMC — 6 preventive visits a year, wear-item parts coverage, monsoon-prep pit check before June. ₹38,000–₹45,000/year for a single home elevator depending on age and condition. The AMC includes a period-appropriate-finish inspection: brass polishing, teak treatment, cage-door alignment.
Do you do period-appropriate cabin finishes for restoration projects?
Yes — Burma-teak panel walls, wrought-iron cage doors, brass-fitting buttons, hand-cut glass for cabin lights. We work with restoration carpenters and brass workers in Kalighat as collaborators, not subcontractors. Quote includes a sample finish panel for sign-off before fabrication.
Two ways to start

Book a free site survey
or send a sketch on WhatsApp.

Heritage retrofits start with a conversation, not a brochure. Send us photos of your house on WhatsApp and we'll set up a sensitive site survey.

Shiv Engineering & Elevators installs home elevators across Kolkata — Ballygunge, Alipore, New Alipore, Park Street, Salt Lake (Sectors I–V), Rajarhat, New Town, Behala. Heritage-home retrofits with period-appropriate Burma-teak and wrought-iron cabin finishes. Industrial cargo lifts across Howrah, Belur, Salkia. IS 14665 compliant, monsoon-grade pit waterproofing standard. Free site survey, AMC across West Bengal.