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.  

 

[Old Schumacher Elevator controller]

 

[New Alpha Elevator controller]

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.

 

[Old MAC door operator]

[New GAL MOVFR II door operator]

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.

 

[Old car station]

[New Innovation car station w/Rath Phone]

[Old hall station]

 

[New Innovation main landing hall station]

Machine room layout – Our new machine room layout creates a nice, clean and professional environment. 

[Old machine room layout]

[New machine room layout]

Turnkey – The building wanted a turnkey project and we had great partners to complete the fire alarm and electrical components.

[Old mainline disconnect]

[New main line disconnect]

 

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.

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