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Keeping Your Elevators and Escalators in Top Gear
ConstructionReviewOnline posted a great article regarding the preventative maintenance of elevators and escalators. The article goes into great detail about the responsibilities of building owners in terms of their vertical transportation equipment. It also…
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Reducing Excessive Elevator Maintenance Charges
An elevator maintenance contract is a vital piece to the upkeep of all vertical transportation/elevator equipment. The terms and conditions of a maintenance contract can quite literally make or break the life of the…
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Elevator Inspections vs. Elevator Testing vs. Elevator Audits
Elevator inspection, testing, and audit sound interchangeable, but they are three different things. An inspection is a code-required safety check tied to your building’s safety inspection by the Authority Having Jurisdiction. Testing an actual…
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Elevator ADA Requirements
Many people have heard about the horrifying story of the woman who died in an elevator in the Chinese city of Xi’an. What makes it even more disturbing is that the woman had been…
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Elevator Service Trends for Building Owners
Building owners are paying for services that they are not receiving. Firstly, today it is very common for buildings to have an elevator preventative maintenance contract and not to receive said preventative maintenance. Elevators…
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What Is An Elevator Consultant?
Upon hearing the term “Elevator consultant,” one might wonder what the title specifically entails. Generally, a consultant is someone who is hired to fix or improve a component of their client’s business. The Elevator…
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