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Pennsylvania gave every elevator an annual test date
October 27, 2026
Pennsylvania Regulation #12-123 takes effect December 20, and Category 1 testing becomes an annual, stand-alone requirement with a first deadline of December...
Illinois just moved its door monitoring deadline to 2034
October 20, 2026
Illinois published a new door lock monitoring proposal on October 9 that replaces the 2029 timeline with January 1, 2034, and the comment clock is already...
Connecticut just changed the rules for your elevators
October 13, 2026
Connecticut's new residential elevator law took effect October 1, and Pennsylvania's code update lands December 20. Here is what each one requires from you,...
Who actually owns your elevator company?
October 6, 2026
Private equity keeps buying up independent elevator companies, the modernization market keeps growing, and NYC extended its third-party inspection pilot....
Your elevator company might not be yours anymore
September 29, 2026
Consolidation is reshaping who services your elevators, a hard deadline is closing in on NYC owners, and remote monitoring just hit a new high. Here is what...
The 60 to 120 day window that decides whether you can leave your elevator contract
August 25, 2026
Most owners think the decision point on an elevator maintenance agreement is the end date printed on it. It is not. The real decision point is a notice...
The elevator controller with no repair path, still running in thousands of buildings
August 18, 2026
Most owners think of obsolescence as a date somewhere in the future. It is not a date. It is a spectrum, and your building already sits somewhere on it. The...
Why two nearly identical buildings get elevator modernization quotes $40,000 apart
August 4, 2026
You get three modernization quotes for the same hoistway and they are not close. The reflex is to assume someone is padding. Usually nobody is. The quotes...
The quiet clause that raises your elevator bill every single year
July 28, 2026
Most elevator service agreements contain a price-escalation clause that quietly lifts what you pay every year, often faster than you noticed you agreed to....
The quiet clause that raises your elevator bill every single year (test)
July 24, 2026
Most elevator service agreements contain a price-escalation clause that quietly lifts what you pay every year, often faster than you noticed you agreed to....
ElevatorBlueprint: The quiet clause that raises your elevator bill every single year (test)
July 24, 2026
Most elevator service agreements contain a price-escalation clause that quietly lifts what you pay every year, often faster than you noticed you agreed to....
ElevatorBlueprint: The quiet clause that raises your elevator bill every single year (test)
July 24, 2026
Most elevator service agreements contain a price-escalation clause that quietly lifts what you pay every year, often faster than you noticed you agreed to....
ElevatorBlueprint: The 2027 elevator deadline most NYC owners have never heard of
July 21, 2026
There is a hard code deadline coming January 1, 2027, and if you own a building with older traction elevators it can cost you $25,000 to $50,000 per car....
ElevatorBlueprint: NYC's 2027 elevator deadline: $25k to $50k per car (test)
July 18, 2026
Your elevator company already knows about this. Here is what they are not telling you. A hard code deadline lands January 1, 2027. If your building runs an...
ElevatorBlueprint: NYC's 2027 elevator deadline: $25k to $50k per car (test)
July 17, 2026
Your elevator company already knows about this. Here is what they are not telling you. A hard code deadline lands January 1, 2027. If your building runs an...
[Preview v2] NYC's 2027 elevator deadline: $25k to $50k per car
July 14, 2026
Your elevator company already knows about this. Here is what they are not telling you. A hard code deadline lands January 1, 2027. If your building runs an...
TEST EB v4 typography — 2027 deadline
July 14, 2026
Your elevator company already knows about this. Here is what they are not telling you. A hard code deadline lands January 1, 2027. If your building runs an...
[Preview] NYC's 2027 elevator deadline: $25k to $50k per car
July 14, 2026
Your elevator company already knows about this. Here is what they are not telling you. A hard code deadline lands January 1, 2027. If your building runs an...
TEST EB v3 — NYC 2027 elevator deadline
July 14, 2026
Your elevator company already knows about this. Here is what they are not telling you. A hard code deadline lands January 1, 2027. If your building runs an...
TEST EB v2 — NYC 2027 elevator deadline
July 14, 2026
Your elevator company already knows about this. Here is what they are not telling you. A hard code deadline lands January 1, 2027. If your building runs an...
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