Elevator Education - Educating our Customers and Facility Managers

 

This last Friday we had an opportunity to present to a group of school facility managers on elevators. Elevators have been an increasing point of interest for school systems or any facility manager in the last 10-20 years.  What we have found is that many of the decision makers we deal with lean on their current vendor for what they need to do.  Sometimes we as an elevator industry can do better at relaying code changes, new requirements, capital planning, understanding how the building needs to address their elevators moving forward; this year, next year, 5 years, 10 years, etc.

We were invited to speak to this group of facility managers and went through items that they need to know:

            Elevator regulations

 Required testing

            New testing requirements

            Paperwork requirements

            What to expect during an elevator inspection

            Good practices

            Building responsibilities

            New technology

            Obsolescence

Many of the facility managers where not our customers, where taking notes and had some really good questions.  Each school district had a different challenge they were dealing with and you could tell a light when off in their heads when that topic was covered during the presentation.

Each time our code changes and yields more and more requirements, it is important to get out and help the teams that work to keep buildings current as well as have a general understanding of what will be required of buildings in the future.

If you have a group of people that are interested in receiving a presentation on elevators, codes and the impact to your building, let us know. We can put together a continuing education program for your group.

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.