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Elevators a let-down for Toronto condo dwellers - Globe and Mail, May 24, 2018 "The 25-storey condominium building at 59 East Liberty Ave. has for the past 10 months been torturing its residents with one of the scourges of vertical living in Ontario – an elevator that...

Have you been tasked with setting up an elevator maintenance contract for the property you manage? It is generally the case with elevators that if they are working as designed, nobody takes notice.  However, if the elevators operate unreliably, or cause safety...

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 government's announced "fair housing plan". Requiring elevators to be repaired in a timely fashion and requiring developers...

A CTV News report shares that proposed novel legislation in Ontario would hold maintenance contractors responsible for getting broken-down elevators up and running in relatively short...

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. A recent story raises the issue of what happens as condominiums get taller, elevators more complex, and are relying on fewer...

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 the frequency of maintenance...

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 & Associates, however, there are no ownership or...