Monday, August 19, 2024

State of Illinois Fire Marshal Elevator Division 8/13/24 meeting

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We had our State of Illinois Fire Marshall Elevator Division meeting this last week and it was a big meeting for a few reasons.     1. ...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

Vote Colley Elevator for Elevator Worlds 2024 Best Contractor – North

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  Colley Elevator is excited to announce we have been nominated for Elevator Worlds 2024 Best Contractor – North award once again.  We broug...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Elevator Picture Hall of Fame 2024 – Volume 2

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  The Hall of Fame posts are typically some of the more popular blogs in the Colley blog history. We get to see a lot of elevators during th...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Traction Elevator Modernization – Indian Head Park, IL

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  In the late 1970s/early 1980s US Elevator installed a good amount of elevators in a complex in Indian Head Park, IL.   We have had the opp...
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Oak Park, IL New Elevator Certification Process

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We started getting calls and emails from our Oak Park, IL customers asking questions about their elevator's annual inspection.   The cus...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Hot Weather & Elevator Machine Rooms Will Affect Your Elevator's Ability to Service the Building - Summertime! HOT! TOO HOT!

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  We have had some blistering hot and humid days, that hit all of a sudden, and have gotten a lot of calls from equipment failure due to hot...
Sunday, June 9, 2024

Identification of Elevator Equipment – Labeling Elevator Hoistway Door Frames - A17.1 2019

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  In our area we have had more attention paid to labelling our elevators on hoistway door frames.   In the past w e had labeled our elevator...