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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...

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...

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...

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...

In Ontario, TSSA has relaxed the requirement deadline for elevator car top railings to May 2014 in lieu of December 2013.

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...

The Toronto lawyer handling the class action lawsuit against ThyssenKrupp Elevator regarding a certain product known as sheave jammers, announced on their website yesterday that a tentative settlement has been reached.  All owners of elevators with the affected...

There's a very interesting article in this month's edition of Elevator World from an American lawyer arguing how OHSA's attempt to exert jurisdiction on elevator machine guarding is misguided and absurd - comparing it to The Trial by Kafka.

Effective May 2012 in Ontario, elevator cabs must be weighed to establish their weight before and after any changes that serve to alter weight.  This is significant because even if very little weight is added in the scope of a cab upgrade, the process may bring to...