The Elevator Safety Review board met today at the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) Local 2 Headquarters in Chicago Ridge. Though the A17.1 2022 code has not been approved by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), the board is proactively addressing concerns that the new code will create.
Thursday, October 16, 2025
One Step Closer To Door Lock Monitoring In Illinois
The Elevator Safety Review board met today at the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) Local 2 Headquarters in Chicago Ridge. Though the A17.1 2022 code has not been approved by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), the board is proactively addressing concerns that the new code will create.
Monday, September 15, 2025
Elevator 101 - Oak Brook, IL - 10/7/25
Calling all property managers. Colley Elevator is offering continuing education credit to learn about elevators. You can learn about one of the biggest head aches buildings have and fulfill your CEU requirement.
Join us Tuesday, October 7th at 11:00am for Elevator 101. In this lunch and learn workshop, we'll be discussing:
• DOOR LOCK MONITORING
• Types of elevators
• Governing codes & certification requirements
• Common elevator violations
• Fireman's service exercise & hoist way access
• Testing requirements
• Obsolete equipment
• Maintenance agreements
• Modernization projects
Elevator 101 is approved by CAM & Community Association Managers International Certification Board (CAMICB) to fulfill continuing education requirements for the CMCA® certification. This course is approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit.
Lunch will be provided.
Pinstripes
7 Oakbrook Center
Oak Brook, IL 60523
TUESDAY OCTOBER 7TH 2025
11:00 am
RSVP to Cathy@colleyelevator.com – Space is limited.
If you have any questions or would like additional information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or 630-766-7230 ext. 107.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
NAEC Elevator convention & exposition - Houston, TX
We are about
3 weeks away! This is a great place to
see new products, get some continuing education, meet new people see old
friends and talk elevators. Colley
Elevator has been a participating member of the NAEC since the 1950s.
2025
CONVENTION & Expo – Houston, TX
September 15
- 18, 2025
Monday,
September 15
7:00am -
2:30pm
Golf
Tournament (8am Shotgun Start)
7:30am -
5:30pm
Registration
Open
8:00am -
5:00pm
Exhibitor
Move-In
3:00pm -
5:00pm
United In
Deed
5:30pm -
6:30pm
First Time
Attendee Reception
6:30pm -
8:30pm
Welcome
Dinner Reception
Tuesday,
September 16
7:00am -
5:30pm
Registration
Open
7:45am -
9:00am
Opening
Breakfast
8:00am -
5:00pm
Exhibitor
Move-In
9:15am -
10:15am
General
Business Session (NAEC Members Only)
10:30am -
11:30am
Contractor
Member Session (NAEC Contractor Members Only)
10:30am -
11:30am
Supplier
Member Session (NAEC Supplier Members Only)
10:30am -
11:30am
Associate
Member Session (NAEC Associate Members Only)
11:30am -
1:00pm
Accessibility
& Residential Open Committee Meeting
1:00pm -
2:00pm
Education
Session: From Reactive to Proactive: How IoT Data is Transforming Elevator
Service Delivery & Creating New Sources of Revenue
1:00pm -
2:00pm
Education
Session: Elevator Industry Safety Codes: Everything You Want to Know, 2025
Edition
2:15pm -
3:15pm
Education
Session: Elevator Maintenance Reimagined: Implementing Task-Based Preventative
Maintenance Strategies leveraging IoT for enhanced equipment care, sales
opportunities, and The Customer Experience!
2:15pm -
3:15pm
Education
Session: AI in the Elevator Industry
3:15pm -
4:30pm
Education
Session: Women in Motion: The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
3:30pm -
4:30pm
Education
Session: Tuckman’s Model & Team Development
3:30pm -
4:30pm
Education
Session: Making an MCP, Elements Code Compliance
5:00pm -
6:30pm
AEMA Meeting
Wednesday,
September 17
7:00am -
5:30pm
Registration
Open
7:00am -
8:00am
Women in
Motion Networking Breakfast
9:30am -
5:00pm
Exhibits
Open
10:00am -
11:00am
Education
Session: The Impact of Consolidation and Globalization on The U.S.A. Market
10:00am -
11:00am
Education
Session: Educate Your Technicians with Code Knowledge to Make Them Your Best
Salespeople While Making Elevator Equipment Safer
11:15am -
12:15pm
Education
Session: Elevating Safety: Culture, Code, Collaboration and Best Practices in
the Elevator Industry
11:15am -
12:15pm
Education
Session: From Risk to Readiness: Navigating Code Shifts for Elevator
Communications
1:15pm -
2:15pm
Education
Session: Safety & Code Compliance when Installing Elevator Cab Shells &
Interiors
1:15pm -
2:15pm
Education
Session: Residential Winding Drum Gearbox Life and Safety
2:30pm -
3:30pm
Education
Session: Safety on the Job for Field & Sales Team Members
2:30pm -
3:30pm
Education
Session: In-House vs. Outsourcing: Strategic Decisions for Manufacturers and
Mid-to-Large Businesses
4:00pm -
5:00pm
Elevator
World's Ellie Awards
4:00pm -
5:00pm
Education
Session: Safety Absolute #4: Lockout/Tagout & Controlled Circuitry
5:00pm -
6:30pm
After Lift
Reception
7:00pm -
8:30pm
Elevator and
Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) Reception
8:30pm -
10:30pm
NexGen
Reception
Thursday,
September 18
7:30am -
3:00pm
Registration
Open
7:45am -
9:15am
Awards
Breakfast
9:30am -
3:00pm
Exhibits
Open
10:00am -
11:00am
Education
Session: Turkish Elevator Industry
10:00am -
11:00am
Education
Session: Diving Into the 2025 Field Safety Handbook - Jeopardy Edition
11:30am -
12:30pm
Education
Session: The World of a VRC and going deeper and looking at the steel!
11:30am -
12:30pm
Education
Session: Understanding Automatic Door Operation in Residential Elevators
12:00pm -
1:30pm
NexGen
Keynote Luncheon (by invitation)
1:00pm -
2:00pm
Education
Session: Modern drive concepts in the elevator - Interaction of components and
digitalization
1:00pm -
2:00pm
Education
Session: Ensuring Safe Communication in Elevators
3:01pm -
9:00pm
Exhibitor
Move-Out
7:00pm -
9:30pm
Dregs Party
For industry
newbies to our experienced professional this is a great place to learn and
network.
For more information - https://www.naecconvention.com/
A big thanks to the NAEC for all of the hard work putting the show on, we appreciate it and you do not get enough thanks!
If you have any questions or would like additional information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or 630-766-7230 ext. 107.
Also check us out on Instagram @Colleyelevator see what we have been up to.
Monday, August 4, 2025
Vote Colley Elevator for Elevator Worlds 2025 Best Contractor – North
Colley Elevator is excited to announce we have
been nominated for Elevator Worlds 2025 Best Contractor – North award
once again. We brought the Ellie home in 2019. 2020, 2022 & 2024. We would like to keep the Ellie back to the Chicagoland
area so please place your vote for Colley Elevator. You can vote
once a day from each device you have.
Voting takes place 8/1/25 to 8/11/25
https://elevatorworld.com/contests/the-ellies/the-ellies-2025-voting
For those at Colley Elevator who work tirelessly to be a
different elevator company and do great things for our customers, let us know
you support us fighting the good fight!
Thank you Elevator World for having this contest and letting
us give it a go for the 2025 year. It is a lot of fun to
participate!
If you have any questions or would like additional
information feel free to contact me
at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or
630-766-7230 ext. 107.
Also check us out on Instagram @Colleyelevator see what we
have been up to.
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Hydraulic Elevator Modernization – Highwood, IL
This is a
pretty typical modernization we recently completed. Each year as safety codes and regulations change, our work with gets a bit more complicated
and more involved with other trades. This building
needed a new fire panel and a lot of associated fire work in addition to our semi
vanilla elevator modernization.
New equipment providers
Controllers
– Alpha Elevator
Door
operators – GAL MOVFR
Fixtures –
Innovation Industries w/Rath camera
Power unit –
MEI w/Maxton valve
Visual
communication – CAT 5 line[building supplied & Towne Monitoring]
Elevator
controller – The existing controller was a Schumacher controller with 3 solid state boards. We are replacing it with a more user friendly
Alpha Elevator Controller which not only has replacement parts available, but also technical support for
any company that calls.
Elevator door
operator – The elevator
had MAC door equipment which we replaced with a new GAL MOVFR II door operator
and new MAC hatch equipment.
Elevator fixtures – We installed Innovation Industry's hall and car fixtures to replace the original buttons. The car station was an integral, which means it is one piece which integrates into the wall, so we had to be extremely precise with our measurements.
Machine room layout – Our new machine room layout creates a nice, clean and professional environment.
Turnkey – The building wanted a turnkey project and we had great partners to complete the fire alarm and electrical components.
Visual
communication - VAM – We had an electrician pull a CAT 5 cable to our
machine room for visual communication and we engaged Towne Monitoring for the answering
service. Rath Smartview was our camera
partner on this project.
Take away – We encourage building owners to take a proactive approach to equipment replacement. When equipment gets 20-30 years old, and a building’s expectations are that the elevators are to run reliably, it is a good idea to start planning when it should be replaced.
Team work– The sales person and the project team who finishes typically get the glory on a project. In between the initial contract sale and the final acceptance are many other people who work on the project to make it successful. From the truck driver to the engineer to the billing department to the assist when needed, 11 Colley Elevator employees where involved in the project and we had tremendous team work on it. Thank you everyone. Without you we would not have had such a successful delivery! Let’s not forget our great material supplier participation! A special shout out to our patient building through the whole process.
If you have any questions or would like additional information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or 630-766-7230 ext. 107.
Also check
us out on Instagram @Colleyelevator see what we have been up to.
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Information on State of Illinois Adoption of Elevator Code A17.1 2022 - Door Lock Monitoring
Find information below on our new cannon ball code that will be coming very soon after Springfield, IL approves it. This is extremely important for everyone that has an interest in elevators as it changes the way we test elevators and may force buildings to modernize their older systems.
Testing – When the code comes into effect, we will be adding a few more items we will have to test. This may require 2 people and an additional hour of time.
Testing is the easier part of this new code. The more challenging part is elevators that where installed 2004 and earlier. Most of these elevators may not have 'Door Lock Monitoring' so buildings will have to add it to their systems or replace their controller/door operator.
Question 1: What is door lock monitoring?
Door lock monitoring refers to a system that prevents an elevator from moving unless its doors are fully closed and locked. A door lock monitor is designed to monitor the position of an elevator’s car doors and prevent automatic operation if any door issues are detected, such as with door wiring, door locks, door contacts or a door system bypass. A door lock monitor is intended to ensure that an elevator cannot operate in such circumstances, which would prevent the elevator doors from opening automatically and any passenger falling into the hoistway, being crushed during unexpected movement of the elevator, or otherwise being exposed to the danger of injury or death.
Question 2: Which elevators require door lock monitoring?
Door lock monitoring is required by the 2022 edition ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (ASME A17.1 (2022)). The door lock monitoring requirement in ASME A17.1 (2022) applies to all automatic passenger and freight elevators in the State of Illinois. Under the proposed rules, elevators permitted for installation after January 1, 2026, will be required to have door lock monitoring at the time of installation while existing elevators will be required to have door lock monitoring by January 1, 2029. Some existing elevators have door lock monitoring in place. Check with your elevator company if you are unsure of the status of door lock monitors for your elevator(s).
Question 3: When did the Board vote to adopt ASME A17.1 (2022) including door lock monitoring for all existing automatic passenger and freight elevators?
The Board voted at its August 13, 2024 meeting to amend the administrative rules, as required by the Act. In particular, the Board voted to adopt the ASME A17.1 (2022), which includes the door lock monitoring requirement for all passenger and freight elevators, both new and existing. At the Board’s November 7, 2024 meeting, the Board voted to extend the date of compliance for door lock monitoring for existing elevators to 3-years after the effective date of the 2022 code implementation. At the Board’s March 6, 2025 meeting, the Board voted to approve specific language for the administrative rules.
Question 4: Why did door lock monitoring become a requirement?
To protect the elevator-riding public from risk of serious injury and death associated with open elevator doors and elevator movement. New York City led the nation in instituting door lock monitoring after tragic incidents in 2011 and 2019 in which elevator passenger deaths occurred.
Question 5: When do elevator owners have to have door lock monitors in place to comply with the door lock monitoring requirement?
Under proposed rules, elevators permitted for installation after January 1, 2026, will be required to have door lock monitoring at the time of installation while existing elevators will be required to have door lock monitoring by January 1, 2029.
Question 6: How can existing elevators implement door lock monitoring?
Compliance can be achieved in two ways: 1) Adding an overlay; or 2) Modernizing the elevator. The approach taken will be determined by the elevator owner and may depend on factors such as the age of the equipment, usage, budget, and the owner’s plans for the building.
Question 7: Who can I contact about getting door lock monitoring on my elevator?
A list of all licensed elevator contractors is available at:
Take away – Ask your current contractor questions, get information on if you comply or if you need to do work. The State of Illinois has done a great job of getting this information out to us so we can prepare building owners. This is just the start.
If you have any questions or would like additional information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or 630-766-7230 ext. 107.
Also check us out on Instagram @Colleyelevator see what we have been up to.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Notice of Obsolescence – Schindler Elevator – HPBNA Push Buttons
Schindler Elevator has obsoleted their Schindler 330
hydraulic elevator push button board the HPBNA.
What this means is that Adams Elevator/Schindler Elevator no longer will
sell this board. If your push button goes out, we will have to rely on a used
board, repaired board or a 3rd party to procure the board. There are a lot of these elevators out there
and this will impact many buildings.
What’s the story? October 1st,
2024 Schindler published a document indicating that the HPBNA hall push button
boards, typically found on 321a and 330a elevators, are not supported and discontinued. Schindler is strongly recommending everyone
to upgrade their elevator portfolios with LONPBI boards.
Who will this impact? – Anyone with a Schindler
321a or 330a.
Are parts still available? – Yes and
no. We cannot buy genuine parts from our vendor Adams Elevator(Schindler's parts
company). We can still get the boards
repaired, which is always a coinflip if they will work. Another vendor, World Electronics, has come up with a
replacement board.
Take away – If you have a Schindler 330a
elevator we recommend consulting your elevator company for 2 reasons. First because there is a CRIPNA board that is prone to failure which can cost
thousands, possibly more than ten thousand dollars, to replace. Secondly the push button boards are obsoleted.
Maybe it is time to consider modernization?
If you have any questions or would like additional
information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or
630-766-7230 ext. 107.