Maintenance

Parts Ordered for VT Maintenance at Malaysia Transit Stations

Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd, operator of the rapid transit system serving Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley area in Malaysia, announced that it has ordered the spare parts needed to...

Only One of Eight Elevators Function at Indian Public Hospital

Only one of eight elevators at South Goa District Hospital in Margao, the commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa, is operational, Heraldo reports. The source says the elevator...

ERS Lands 170-Unit Maintenance Contract for Houston Airports

Houston-based Elevator Repair Service, Inc. (ERS) in September was awarded a five-year contract by the City of Houston Finance Department to operate and maintain more than 170 vertical-transportation units at...

Residents: Lift Entrapment Points to Larger Issues at India Towers

Residents of an affordable housing complex in Gurugram in northern India say the entrapment of a 6-year-old boy in a lift on September 15 points to larger elevator maintenance issues...

Major U.S. Independent EFS Appoints Biskaduros CEO

Elevated Facility Services Group (EFS), headquartered in Tampa and providing elevator repair, maintenance and modernization in 58 markets across 24 states, has appointed Matt Biskaduros as CEO. Biskaduros follows interim...

A Discussion About Preventive-Maintenance Practices

Observations from a consultant Since 2008, your author has investigated elevator, escalator, VRC (vertical reciprocating conveyor), A10.4 personnel hoist, and even home-built elevator injury incidents, observing the conditions and causes...

Right Way Elevator Opens Office in Bonita Springs

Right Way Elevator Maintenance, Inc., an American Elevator Group (AEG) company that specializes in the maintenance, modernization and repair of elevator equipment, announced the expansion of its service footprint with...

Ontario’s ATTA Elevators Expands into B.C. With Acquisition

ATTA Elevators, headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, has expanded into British Columbia with the acquisition of Metro Elevator, based in Vancouver, ATTA announced on June 28. Metro will become a...

Jackson Lift Group Adds Escalators to Maintenance Contract

The Jackson Lift Group Manchester team recently won a maintenance contract for the escalators at the four-story Princes Quay Shopping Centre in Hull, the company announced on LinkedIn in April....

Maintenance Ahead

Reliability centered maintenance of elevators – an introduction by Lakshmanan Raja Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is approved for Continuing Education by NAEC for CET® and CAT®....