December 27, 2017 – Chicago, IL. The Elevator Consultants, a leading elevator consulting and vertical transportation consulting firm helping building owners and property managers to improve elevator efficiency and increase the bottom line, is proud to announce a short but important post to its blog on potential conflicts of interest in elevator projects. 
The post alerts building owners, investors and property managers to the dangers of relying on the same company to both do repairs or upgrades as well as specify project parameters.
“While most elevator service companies are upfront and honest, we still think it is important that building owners, investors and property managers to solicit a party who will represent them and act on the buildings behalf before any major repair, modernization, or new elevator or escalator project,” explained Laurie Axium, marketing manager at The Elevator Consultants. “Our blog post is food for thought for any building owners, investors and property managers to who may be confronting a potentially expensive elevator, escalator, or lift project.”
To browse the post on potential conflicts of interest in elevator projects visit the website. The firm’s lively blog on everything elevator and vertical transportation can be read.
AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR EVERYTHING ELEVATOR OR VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION
Here is some background on this release. Building owners, property managers, and investors often struggle with the vertical transportation aspects of large projects. A simple elevator or escalator repair can become a significant ongoing cost center. An elevator or escalator modernization project, not surprisingly, can cost many times more than routine repairs.
A new building, or an investor’s purchase of an existing one, adds even greater complexity. Elevators and vertical transportation represent substantial cost centers in both existing buildings and new construction. The company responsible for repairs or upgrades should not also evaluate recommended actions or costs, as this creates a conflict of interest.
Smart businesspeople seek an independent party who works on behalf of the building and has no vested interest in an elevator company. They should engage a vertical transportation expert for an objective evaluation of what actions to take, which codes apply, and how much the work will cost.
ABOUT THE ELEVATOR CONSULTANTS
The Elevator Consultants is a leading elevator consulting firm helping building owners, property managers, building engineers, facility managers, and REIT’s oversee and optimize their elevator and vertical transportation assets for greater efficiency and increase bottom line. Service offerings including elevator consulting services like elevator audits, elevator due diligence and even elevator cost reduction and elevator management services. The firm provides elevator service monitoring software to escalator and elevator insurance claims, not to mention other consulting services, elevator modernizations and new elevator maintenance service contracts. Anyone looking for an elevator advisor, elevator expert, or elevator consulting firm, is encouraged to reach out for a no obligation consultation.