by Andrew McGregor | General
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...
by Andrew McGregor | General
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...
by Andrew McGregor | General
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...
by Andrew McGregor | General
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...
by Andrew McGregor | General
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 order.