Sunday, September 15, 2024

Giant Passenger Elevator Construction – Traction - Canton Elevator

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  This summer, we had the opportunity to work with one of our great school customers to install a giant freight passenger traction elevator ...
Monday, September 2, 2024

Schindler 330 Inverted Piston Roped Hydraulic Elevators MCP Update Notice

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In the second of our series in how to maintain an elevator, we'll discuss roped hydraulic pistons. We recently got a few emails and call...
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...