jar546
Forum Coordinator
In PA, the Dept of L&I handles the elevators although they do have 3rd party elevator inspectors listed on their site. Does anyone here to elevators?
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Elevator responsibility
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Mac
Gold Member
Re: Elevator responsibility
From the Property Maintenance Code of NY State:
606.1.1 Elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and platform lifts shall be maintained and meet schedule of inspections in accord with Building Code of New York State Section 3001, and Appendix N, Table-1 of ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1.
I don't know if any other agencies require inspection & maintenance of elevators, but I have a lot of them here. I always require the most recent test & maint record for each at the time of annual Fire & PM inspections.
Mac
From the Property Maintenance Code of NY State:
606.1.1 Elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and platform lifts shall be maintained and meet schedule of inspections in accord with Building Code of New York State Section 3001, and Appendix N, Table-1 of ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1.
I don't know if any other agencies require inspection & maintenance of elevators, but I have a lot of them here. I always require the most recent test & maint record for each at the time of annual Fire & PM inspections.
Mac
AegisFPE
Silver Member
Re: Elevator responsibility
This balance has been a challenge for some projects, especially where the smoke control design for hoistway pressurization is approved with the fire department and involves recall of the elevators upon any alarm such as to limit a potential piston effect.
Upon inspection by L&I, though the fire alarm contractor may have programmed elevator recall in accordance with the approved plans, L&I has been known to say that the only device that is to recall their elevators is a lobby smoke detector!
This balance has been a challenge for some projects, especially where the smoke control design for hoistway pressurization is approved with the fire department and involves recall of the elevators upon any alarm such as to limit a potential piston effect.
Upon inspection by L&I, though the fire alarm contractor may have programmed elevator recall in accordance with the approved plans, L&I has been known to say that the only device that is to recall their elevators is a lobby smoke detector!
Re: Elevator responsibility
I am a third-party QEI inspector and also a Designer/Consultant. If I were to point out any particular issue that Code enforcement and Architect/Engineers should be concerned with it's verifying that inspections are being performed by persons who are ASME QEI-1 certified and that that person is in no way financially involved with the installer/maintenance contractor. Although there do remain some States that still have an old boy network of State employed inspectors, the overwhelming majority now certify only QEI as the standard for qualfication.
I am a third-party QEI inspector and also a Designer/Consultant. If I were to point out any particular issue that Code enforcement and Architect/Engineers should be concerned with it's verifying that inspections are being performed by persons who are ASME QEI-1 certified and that that person is in no way financially involved with the installer/maintenance contractor. Although there do remain some States that still have an old boy network of State employed inspectors, the overwhelming majority now certify only QEI as the standard for qualfication.
mark handler
SAWHORSE
Re: Elevator responsibility
In CA we also have a state elevator inspector. The inspector must inspect the elevator prior to use.
In CA we also have a state elevator inspector. The inspector must inspect the elevator prior to use.
jar546
Forum Coordinator
Re: Elevator responsibility
It will be interesting if we adopt the 09 IBC as we are scheduled for Jan 1, 2010. With the changes in the IBC for a fire service elevator being added to Ch, 4, 10 & 30 we will be stuck because we did not adopt chapter 30 since the State has an elevator division. I want to see how that will be handled.
It will be interesting if we adopt the 09 IBC as we are scheduled for Jan 1, 2010. With the changes in the IBC for a fire service elevator being added to Ch, 4, 10 & 30 we will be stuck because we did not adopt chapter 30 since the State has an elevator division. I want to see how that will be handled.
Re: Elevator responsibility
Chapter 30 doesn't even nick the skin of what is involved with elevator inspections; elevator inspectors need to be QEI certified, which means they at some point were elevator mechanics, and are proficient in the requirements of ASME 17.1
Chapter 30 doesn't even nick the skin of what is involved with elevator inspections; elevator inspectors need to be QEI certified, which means they at some point were elevator mechanics, and are proficient in the requirements of ASME 17.1