We got a quick glimpse at the new changes with the City of
Chicago’s code on Thursday at the Chicago Elevator Association's monthly
meeting. Chicago’s elevator committee
chairman Joe Donnelly gave a presentation on the code changes.
There are quite a few changes I will highlight the items I
took away
1 Chicago
is adopting A17.1 2016 10/1/18 for new permits
a. w/limited
modifications
2 Chicago
is adopting A17.3 2015 10/1/18 for all existing elevators
a. What
does this mean? Emergency lights,
phones, pit ladders, phase monitors, etc will need to be installed on new
elevators
b. w/limited
modifications
c. Enforcement
MAY start 1/1/19, plan on 10/1/18 but there are talks about extending the
deadline.
3 AIC
program is modified
a. Stronger
auditing process
b. Time
line expectations have been tightened up
4 All
elevators shall have written maintenance control plans in the elevator machine
room
5 Supervising
mechanic license requirements will be changed to allow QEI’s to be the criteria
instead of the test
6 Elevator
fire panel to be by the fire control panel – not in the lobby, unless the fire
control panel is in the lobby.
There was a lot of material covered and I may have missed
some of the other items that we went through.
But this is big news for Chicago for sure as we are catapulted to the
latest and greatest A17.1 & 17.3 codes.
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.
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