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Up until recently, Ontario has not enforced the CSA B44 requirement for monthly testing of elevator firefighter's operation - including recall of the elevators to the ground floor.  However,  the exemption for this testing disappeared as of January so this is now...

We continue to monitor the provincial safety regulator’s (TSSA) requirements for residential building owners.  In these types of buildings, the owner or their representative is required to report any non functioning elevator of 48 hours or more to the TSSA’s website. ...

TSSA strike in Ontario has ended - October 2022.

The TSSA announced new rules that go into effect in July of 2022 requiring owners of elevators in residential buildings and long term care facilities to report elevator outages lasting more than 48 hours. The reports need to be filed within 30 days of the elevator...

This information is intended to provide guidance to building owners on the use of their elevators and escalators. As of this writing, there is a rush in Canada to establish protocols for the use of vertical transportation equipment, considering the prospect of workers...

As elevator technical experts we would not presume to offer advice on pandemic medical issues, even regarding elevators. Information from various health authorities is available and it is fluid. It seems clear that limiting the number of people in an elevator is...

We hope that this message finds our friends, clients, and associates doing well under the circumstances. For our part, we have found the response of our community has been with kindness, responsibility, and resilience. The COVID-19 challenge for the elevator industry...

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...