One
of the cool things I get to do as the President of the NAEC[National
Association of Elevator Contractors] is to attend the IAEC annual forum. I have never been to this and was excited to
get to experience it for myself. The
IAEC is the International Association of Elevator Consultants.
I
attended the opening night reception and vendor booth visitation. I had just seen a majority of the vendors in
Carlsbad California at the NAEC Spring Conference but this time they had a
table top set up to show their products.
I also got to talk with some old industry friends and met Paul Rosenberg
who is a consultant in the Milwaukee area.
Colley Elevator used to install Rosenberg equipment many moons ago so it
was pretty cool to meet someone who has a link to that because we still have
some Rosenberg equipment on maintenance and some artifacts around the
shop. There was also a silent auction to
benefit the EESF.
Janus line seizing device - this can be used when you had multiple elevators that share the same phone line or to reduce the number of phone lines. You have to buy the seizing device as well as replace the car station phone.
MEI/Vertitron's mobile app - Steve from Vertitron showed me the new mobile device that will work on any newer elevator controller that will allow you to make calls from you phone. We don't run into this very often but once in a while we do get a request so it is good to know there is a source.
Wednesday
began the education part of the forum. I
did not attend this because I was away for 4 days the previous week and have a
day job and saw a majority of the continuing ed in California. They had some great topics about oil
analysis, freight doors, dumbwaiters and platform lifts, Elevator World gave
the State of the Elevator Industry address among other things. During the evening they had an event at the
Untitled Super Club which was a unique experience. During the dinner I got to talk to a number of consultants and suppliers about some interesting industry topics.
Thursday
was more education and vendor visits.
I
had two very long days 6am to getting home at 10pm but this was a very cool
event that I’m glad I got to be a part of.
I saw familiar faces and met some new ones. We are all a part of such a niche industry so
it is great seeing people who share the passion as much as I do. While anyone can call themselves an Elevator
Consultant, when you meet some of the really good ones, it is very impressive
on their breadth of knowledge and experience.
As
always feel free to contact us at www.colleyelevator.com,
email Craigz@colleyelevator.com or call 630-766-7230.
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