Maintenance
Is It Working?
A different approach to elevator monitoring and why it is a worthwhile expense for owners, saving them money and downtime, and preserving quality Building owners, maintenance companies, construction companies and...
Navigating the Sweeping Changes of NYC Elevator Compliance
In a city of constant transformation, it’s no surprise that elevator compliance is also constantly evolving. Throughout the five boroughs of New York City (NYC), the metropolis’ Department of Buildings...
Dotty Stanlaske
A Trailblazer for Women in the Industry When Dotty Stanlaske began her career as a construction helper for Otis in 1980, women were rare in the industry. She was hesitant...
Elevator Inspections – Understanding Outsourcing Options
The building construction market is heating up around the world, with new commercial builds — office buildings, hotels, hospitals, etc. — getting taller. This translates to a need for more...
Optimizing Maintenance and Repair Cost Reduction
Adopting intelligent lift-system sensors with intelligent evaluation algorithms can facilitate permanent monitoring. This paper was presented at USA 2012, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies and first published in...
Creating a Written Maintenance Control Program Document
The process of creating and using a Maintenance Control Program is explained. Beginning with the publication of the ASME A17.1-2000 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, a written Maintenance Control...
Advanced Elevator Maintenance Network during a Major Seismic Disaster
Maintenance network systems that support the restoration of elevators damaged during earthquakes by Motoyoshi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Shibata and Kouzou Mabuchi - Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd., Japan This paper was...
Remote Monitoring and Supervision System
A system to control hundreds of lifts over TCP/IP network is presented and detailed. André Guerra, Rui Pinheiro and António Garrido This paper was presented at USA 2012, the International...
Keep Your Elevators Running with Door Operation Upgrades
This article discusses the performance benefits of upgrading elevator door equipment. The average elevator door opens and closes more than 200,000 times a year. No wonder the majority – more...
Scheduled Maintenance – A Waste of Money
Can the industry make more money by selling elevator up time instead of service visits? The elevator industry earns most of its living from maintenance contracts. You can presumably make...
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