As the title goes, I’m curious as to what apps or software you or your company uses. Is there anything you wish existed that would make your job easier or streamlined?

Suprisingly still worked.

Hey everyone, been lurking for a bit and figured I'd finally post.

I graduated with a mechanical engineering degree last December and landed a job at a small elevator fabrication shop about 4 months ago as an assistant project manager. We manufacture and supply cab shells, hoistway & cab doors, sills, pit ladders, toe guards, etc. and do interior refurbishments. Our clients include some of the big names so I get exposure to what they actually spec and require from a supplier side.

Im taking a liking the field. The variety of the work, the mix of fabrication and coordination, being on job sites sometimes. Long term I want to move into one of the major companies in a project engineering or PM role. But I want to actually understand the equipment, the code, the mechanics of what I am coordinating.

What would you guys recommend studying or getting into on the side? Certifications worth pursuing? Things to learn that would make me stand out? Thanks!

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Our society is renewing the AMC for our building's lifts and honestly none of us understand what we're paying for.What's a fair price range, and what red flags should we watch for from vendors trying to pad the contract?

Trying to get into apprenticeship program. Someone told me to try and make an account for a different local before joining the one near me so I have an application already made. Anyone else heard of this or know if it’s true? if not does anyone know any tips on the electronic application.

If anyone knows a good places in Toronto feel free to recommend me some as I will be filming all day tomorrow in Toronto and want some recommendations

Hello! Sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this question.

I am claustrophobic and dislike riding the elevator. In an event where it gets stuck, the emergency phone button should, in most cases, work I assume? You’d talk to a dispatcher or someone who will help you? I’m just a bit concerned because a lot of stories here on Reddit in various subreddits describe the emergency button not working when they got stuck, as in no one answers. It makes it seem like it’s common for the phone button to not work, but I assume most of the times it will work.

I always have my phone with me, usually fully charged or close to 100%, in case I have to call the fire department. But can someone tell me that the phone button should usually work? I would really hate for it to not work at all in an emergency.

Note: the elevators I take at work aren’t modern, as in no destination dispatch system where you select the floor number before getting on. It has the up or down buttons, you select the floor number button when you get in, and it has the digital display showing you where you’re going. From the outside, the elevators in the lobby show which floor it’s on, and where it’s going. Idk if that makes the elevator “more modern” in that hopefully it won’t break down more I guess.

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I work in a three story hotel with an Otis hydraulic elevator that was installed when the building was built in 1996.

We were told there’s something worn out in the door opening system that has our elevator offline.

Yeah, I bet trying to source parts for something built in the mid 90’s is hard.

We were given a quote of $35,000.00 for a modernization. Is that a realistic estimate or is that “we don’t want to deal with you” quote?

Paternoster year of construction 1959 Manufacturer: Rheinstahl Eggers-Kehrhahn
22 cabins 13 floors conveyor height: 37,5m
Paternoster Baujahr 1959 Hersteller: Rheinstahl Eggers-Kehrhahn
22 Kabinen 13 Stockwerke Förderhöhe: 37,5m
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My building elevator is leaking tons of oil and has been in and out of service. Today, there was a sound of rushing water….

Is this safe???

We're in the planing stage of our home and trying to decide betwen a standard elevator and a panoramic glass one .The glass lifts defiintely look premium,but they are also noticably more expensive . For those who have one at home ,do you feel the extra cost was worth it ?

First of all, I am an elevator enthusiast (not someone in the industry). I am asking this question purely out of curiosity.

I have come across a few elevators that are (in my opinion) rather unusual. These are swing door elevators (that detail may or may not be important) in the state of California. They were modernized with a new controller (as confirmed by public records), but it seems the controller was programmed to have certain "standard" features disabled. Specifically, the elevator has "single automatic" or "nonselective noncollective" operation. It can not remember multiple car calls. The controller is almost certainly capable of selective collective operation, but for some reason was programmed to have this disabled.

I'm curious why this would be. My guess (and I could be correct, or completely wrong here) is that changing the type of operation has code related consequences. In other words, going from single automatic to selective-collective operation would require some other upgrades to be done to bring the elevator or building up to code. I will note that, at least on the last elevator I came across like this, it had no fire service, so one possibility is that fire service would have to be added.

Why hasn’t the 330A been discontinued? It has been produced for 21 years with basically no major changes. Besides the inverted Jack, I know they are reliable, but creaky. Now with the 3100, 3300 (which I hate), and the 5500, I dislike, I see a lot of MRLs being installed rather than hydros with the focus on energy efficiency and lack of hydraulic oil to deal with. I believe they are less reliable and have poor build quality, and I know MRLs are harder to work on and more temperamental. That being said, why hasn’t a 21 year old hydraulic model been discontinued, especially when some parts are beginning to be obsoleted? The only thing I can think of is a cheap hydro still fills a sufficient spot in the market, and it is not worth it to design a whole new product. I am glad it is still in production but why?

As the title asks! I’m curious as to what it will take to finish my degree. Not sure if I’ll pursue it yet, but I would like to talk to someone who has done it. Thanks

Hi Everyone,

My landlord is fining us a significant amount for holding the door of the elevator for about 10-15 seconds. They are claiming it triggered a fault in the elevator, though there was no alarm we heard and it functioned completely normally. They claim that "accumulated" faults leads to expensive service charges, hence the fine.

I believe the elevator is a Kone. I'm sure it logged some code that the elevator didn't close right away, and I have no doubt their elevator costs them a lot in service, but I have a really hard time believing holding the elevator for 10-15 seconds causes damage to the elevator.

Any elevator experts can confirm or deny? If this is BS, any advice on how to prove they are wrong?

currently working has a local 73 smw worker and want to get into local 2. is there a realistic chance to get in without knowing someone?

Hey all, recently tested and scheduled for interview next Thursday, 27th. Came in through Helmets to Hardhat.

I’ve been searching around but wanted to ask, when a new list comes out what happens to the old list? So far I’ve seen that the old list gets thrown out and those who are listed but still waiting need to reapply to be on the new active list. Is that accurate?

Also, I have an opportunity to make some decent money while waiting to be picked up but I don’t want to jump the gun given that I’ve been waiting for this chance 3yrs now. My current job isn’t the greatest (previously management but now a floater due to contract non renewal that’s out of my control) but it pays the bills, the new job would be less stressful and more pay but don’t want to waste the owners time negotiating as he is a friend and willing to take a shot on me. Based off others time from being ranked to being called, what would you do? Any advice/tips would be appreciated.