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Days Are Numbered For Skipping ‘Unlucky’ Floor Numbers in Vancouver Buildings
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...
Closure of Northern Elevator
ThyssenKrupp North America has announced that their Canadian factory, where they produced "Northern" elevator systems, will be closed by the summer of 2016. We presume that this will be the end of the Northern product line, including Normic 3200 elevator controls...
OHSA Elevator Guarding Issue Rears its Ugly Head Again
Court Bulletin Property Company Fined $50,000 After Worker Suffers Injuries to Hands June 5, 2015 3:40 PM Ministry of Labour TORONTO, ON - Oxford Properties Group Inc., a large owner of properties with holdings throughout Canada, has pleaded guilty to violating...
Some Contractors Are Doing Just Great!
From an email received today from a customer regarding an independent (not a multinational) elevator contractor: I am writing to let you know how great the elevator company is. They were friendly, respectful, professional, and very industrious. I can’t give enough...
Elevator Modernizations and Existing Contracts for Maintenance
Below is our message to a client describing a situation we encounter often - the incumbent maintenance contractor insists on the balance of contract term, even though modernization is planned. Dear [client], With regard to our conversation today about...
New Rules in Ontario Regarding a Specific Safety Device – Car Aprons
TSSA Safety Order 260/14 regarding car apron plates applies to existing elevator installations. This Director’s Safety Order applies to all passenger elevators that: Have an Elevating Devices Installation Number of 33700 or lower (usually elevators originally...
MCP – Maintenance Control Plan – Confusion!
In Ontario, the elevator safety authority (TSSA) has implemented new rules requiring all elevator installations to have an associated maintenance control plan (MCP). The essence of their intent is that detailed requirements for safe maintenance of elevators should be...
Car Top Railings in Ontario
In Ontario, TSSA has relaxed the requirement deadline for elevator car top railings to May 2014 in lieu of December 2013.
Status of Elevator Strike in Ontario
June 28 - STRIKE IS INDEED OVER! Agreement reached, according to NEEA, and now confirmed by IUEC.
Elevators and Proprietary Systems
It has come to our attention recently that one major manufacturer of elevator control systems is offering "software updates" to installations that have been lost to competing maintenance contractors. Elevator owners should decline this offer, as the software update in...