W A R E H O U S E

Hello everybody. El here.

I'm a hydraulic elevator, and although ladies usually don't tell their age, I was installed in 1990. 

I'm an in-ground hydraulic Dover elevator with a Dover DMC-1 type control system.

My machine room is in Parking Garage 2.

The link below (beginning at 3:04) explains how I work.

(How an elevator works? On YouTube by Jared Owens)

Give it a look.

See you on the up-and-down.

El

Hi everyone. El here.

The work during my five weeks of downtime is called a modernization by experts in the field. 

Check out what the experts have to say.

 Keeping it real,

El

Henderson Building Solutions (2020) defines elevator modernization as "…updating the supporting machinery and controls to provide safe and efficient transportation throughout the facility. I's often confused with an elevator replacement, which entails installing a new car and has a much greater cost implication (Henderson Building Solutions, 2020).

Murphy Elevator (2023) clarifies for its customers: "Elevator modernization doesn't have one clear-cut definition…Elevator modernization can be divided into three subcategories: maintenance, repair, and replacement. The entire system or subsystem will be altered, removed, and re-installed if a component is replaced."

Welch (2010, FacilitiesNet.com) takes a different approach, stating the industry defines modernization as an "alternation" in the code, stating that once you make an alteration, the rest of the system also needs to be brought up to the current code, which for elevators is the National Elevator Code: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (AMSE).

Our consultant, ECS, and contract with ELTEC refer to the planned work as elevator modernization. The document includes the replacement, retainment, and refurbishing of parts and the purchasing of new parts. AMSE is cited throughout the contract document, as well.