Elevator New Construction – Elk Grove Village VFW – Elk Grove Village, IL

We got a call from our Local Union office asking if we would be interested in helping the Elk Grove Village, IL VFW get an elevator installed.  I had so happened to have been to this building before so I knew there was accessibility challenges.  We of course said yes and began the long process of planning and installing an elevator for the Vets. I have a deep respect for all who choose to serve our country and wanted to give something back.  The reason I'm in the elevator business is because my father fell into the elevator business after going to school on the GI bill.  Colley Elevator donated over $40,000.00 to the elevator installation.

We had a few general contractors, a few electricians, a lot of cooks in the kitchen but at the end of the day and 2 years after our initial engagement with the VFW we turned over the elevator for usage.  All of the Veterans that run the building where wonderful to work with and I am very happy we finally delivered an elevator to them.

Package provider – Canton Elevator

Controller – Motion Control Engineering

Fixtures - GAL

Power unit – Canton Elevator w/Maxton UC4 Valve

Door operators – GAL MOFVR

Outside of building – It is always amazing to see existing buildings before and after construction.

[Pre construction meeting]

[Building in process]

[Building in process]

[Completion]

Elevator machine room – This elevator started out as a hydraulic MRL and was changed to a typical machine room hydraulic elevator.  We got a chance to use the bullet proof MCE Motion 2000 control system.

[Machine room GC gave us to work with]

[New MCE 2000 and Canton Power unit]

[Bullet proof MCE Motion 2000 controller]

[Maxton UC4 valve in power unit]

Hall and car fixtures – Nothing fancy here, front and rear openings with GAL fixtures.

[Elevator lobby]

[Return & GAL Fixtures]

[GAL elevator car station]

Car top – This is a holeless hydraulic with GAL MOVFR door operators.

[Front and rear openings with the MOVFR]

Package provider – Canton Elevator was great to work with on this project with the bumps, changes and whatever we needed. They made it easy.

Thank you to all the veterans who have served our country!  We need to support you when you come home!

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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