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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 order.

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...

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 the summer of 2016.  We presume that this will be the end of the Northern product line, including Normic 3200 elevator controls...

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...