Sunday, November 24, 2019

State of Illinois Elevator Braille ADA requirements Inspectors enforcing NOW!

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A newer mandate is being enforced in the State of Illinois requiring all elevators to have Braille on elevator car stations and hoistway ent...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

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

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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 in...
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Sunday, November 10, 2019

The Elevator Maintenance Trinity – Maintenance required

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Back in 2016 I wrote a piece on something I call the Elevator Maintenance Trinity; Companies, Mechanics and Building owners are responsibl...
Saturday, November 2, 2019

1929 Haughton Traction Elevator slated for 3rd or 4th modernization – Chicago, IL

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Since I have been working at Colley Elevator we have taken care of a Mansion on the near Northside of Chicago.   One of our old partners i...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

Hydraulic elevator control modernization – Mt. Prospect, IL

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We had the opportunity to work with a general contractor and building owner on the modernization of 4 hydraulic Westinghouse elevators fro...
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Saturday, October 19, 2019

What should not be in an elevator machine room

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We get the opportunity to see all sorts of buildings with all sorts of great things and not so great things.    This is   a quick one abou...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

When is it time to change your elevator’s dry hydraulic power unit?

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We recently took over a group of buildings that had a lot of aging ESCO dry power units that had been passed over for replacement over the...
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