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Elevator reliability has been in the news for the past year or so. Stories have been published concerning buildings with some or even all elevators non-operational resulting in angry tenants having to climb many floors of stairs. Once the media spotlight is shone on...

According to the Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA), which regulates elevators and escalators in the Canadian province of Ontario, people are 800 times more likely to be killed in a car than by using a vertical-transportation (VT) conveyance, but VT...

What initially looked like a private member's bill that was never likely to be taken seriously, has gained new credibility as part of the Wynne governments announced "fair housing plan". Requiring elevators to be repaired in a timely fashion and requiring developers...

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/ontario-bill-aims-to-hold-elevator-contractors-responsible-for-fixing-outages-1.3331379

Alert Number 056 | November 18, 2016 KONE KCM831 Resolve 20 Controller – Unintended motion with doors open It has come to the attention of thyssenkrupp Elevator through information given to us by our industry safety committee and verified by KONE, that there is a...

News media has a tendency to stick with one theme as long as it is hot.  Lately, the reliability of elevators appears to be on the hot list. This link to a recent story raises the issue of what happens as condominiums get taller, elevators more complex and and relying...

There has always been a disparity between elevator maintenance contracts written by elevator manufacturers versus those written by building owner advocates such as consultants.  Manufacturer-written documents tend to be very vague about frequency of maintenance tasks...

We have been noticing many changes in the elevator consulting industry - mergers, acquisitions etc.  Persons who are laid off from an elevator contractor one day become a consultant the next day. Here at Rooney, Irving however there are no ownership or lead consultant...

According to CTV news - "The city of Vancouver has issued a bulletin requiring developers to abstain from omitting certain floor numbers from new buildings in an effort to simplify the work of first responders. In short, the days of skipping 'unlucky' numbers such as...

ThyssenKrupp North America has announced that their Canadian factory, where they produced "Northern" elevator systems, will be closed by summer 2016.  We presume that will be the end of the Northern product line including Normic 3200 elevator controls that are...