One of the main questions we get asked when ordering controller systems when keeping existing machines is if it is a foot for flange mount ...

Over the last several weeks we have been to many buildings in the City of Chicago visiting older elevator equipment.   I was reviewing a po...

I found this in my email and it has some great information.  This is a repost from https://schmelevator.wordpress.com. The anatomy of...

There is a building in the close western suburbs that has an elevator from the early 1960’s.  It is a Otis traction elevator with automatic...

I have been to a few elevators with proprietary equipment in the last week.  Both where two car buildings about 10 floors.  One was a Schin...

With the new codes coming out that require different items to be in the elevator machine room there seems to be some general confusion of w...

Many times when we are bidding elevator modernization the building owners do not know what they are required to do.  Or the “work by others...