Click Here to download ERS-2012-05-16 #295

It’s like a bad dream that keeps popping up in my head and it’s hard to be optimistic when reading some of today’s articles. Can someone tell me when it’s going to end? Connect the dots with a few of the stories on today’s show and you’ll see the apparent issues that our industry is facing. Safety devices being jumped out, shoddy elevator maintenance, elevators running with the doors open, a worker dies in an elevator shaft.  Keep in mind that these are just on ONE show.  These appear to be just the tip of the iceberg as I receive e-mails from concerned elevator advocates who share their stories which further terrify me.  I’m starting to loose hope that there are more elevator advocates out there who are doing a good job daily than the individuals who should stop working on conveyance devices and go get a job where ensuring the safety of the public is not a requirement.  Anyone have a good feel as to what percentage of our industry attempts to make it safer each day?  I truly hope it’s 80% with the remaining 20% in need of some much needed good safety training.

So as you read the stories and the letter from the State of CA letter in today’s show, think of how you can make a difference in turning things around. We are all in a position to make it better and safer. Get out of bed everyday thinking of ways that you can. Let’s get that 80% number up to 99% or 100%.

News/Article Links:
State of CA Issues with Elevators
Shoddy repairs blamed for elevator death
NY Seeks to Thwart Elevator, Boiler, Cyberattacks
New City Hall Contractor rectifies elevator malfunction
Councilman unhappy with change order for elevator
Hospital worker killed in elevator shaft
WMATA board to consider $2.3 billion budget for FY2013
Desk lamp inspired by elevators, science and apple
When not to sell on an elevator
WMATA Outage percentages compared to length
Queens worker trapped in elevator shaft, lucky man
Vintage Otis Elevator Video
Horror as boy falls from Monument Mall escalator
Elevatoritis….what will they think of next
EIGSC – Monthly Message – May 2012
Elevator Mechanic – Dirty Jobs
Escalator to solve crossing problem
City of Chicago DOB E-Plan Rollout
Great photo of the week
Moscow Metro Escalator Chief Sacked
Chicago Elevator Association Golf Outing
1906 – Elevator Birdcage & Enclosure Design
TKE Partners with aPriori
Small fire snuffed out in elevator shaft
Love these Youtube Videos!
Low Bid Contracts….beware
2012 – Elevator U Conference Program Released
VEE Conference Agenda Released

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Sorry but this week there are to family and work obligations to put a show together. On a side note I would like to take this opportunity to wish a very good friend of mine and the show a very Happy Birthday.  Bob, I hope you had a wonderful day.

As Arnold would say “I’ll be back”, next week.

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Click Here to download ERS-2012-05-02 #294

Bring you show #294 today the 2^nd of May it’s a rainy one today. As we approach show #300 I wonder if any of you have ideas on how to celebrate. Send your ideas to elevatorradioshow@gmail.com and I’ll take a look at them. It would be nice to celebrate it in a special way. Shorter show today, which again is a nice change of pace from some of the marathon shows I’ve put out. Have a news article you’d like me to cover or a company press release? Send it to me and I’d be happy to cover it on the program.

News/Article Links:
NAEC Regional Educational Seminar San Fran
Diamonds found in elevator
Check this bathroom out
Ribbon cutting ceremony for elevator
Officials agree to fix long-troubled elevator
A happy ending part 2
Elevator Ninjas
Spring woman sues after elevator incident
BART eager to fast rack trains bicyclists ridership
Escalator blues
MTA focuses on ups, downs
Symax Lift announces record sales and profitability
Shuttle up the Hudson
Can special elevators spare Manhattan-bound buses trips back to NJ
Fall down elevator shaft in church
Advertisements around every corner
Erant elevator drops, traps riders
Maxton Valve educates at SF NAEC Regional
Car elevators for the very wealthy
New Trier examines accessibility issues
Epic 1953 Monarch Elevator Video/CJA Fixtures
1906 Elevator Cage/Enclosure Design

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Click Here to download ERS-2012-04-25 #293

It’s our prize pack giveaway today and included along with some great goodies is a $100 cash Visa Card. I am excited about the Elevator U Conference that’s coming up. A great slate of presenters and topics are all set for the 2012 event and as always we’re going to have a great time. Not a whole lot going on this week as we cover a weeks worth of news. There’s one article/video that I need your help in taking down. It shows the improper use of riding an escalator and depicts dangerous riding behavior. Please comment, post and do what you can to get to the Huffington Post to have it taken down.

Special thanks to the companies who have donated goodies to the prize pack giveaway!

Fujitec America, GAL, The National Association of Elevator Contractors, The National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities, The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation, Peelle, C.J. Anderson, Truxes, EMS Group, Elevator Bob’s Elevator Pictures, Minnesota Elevator, ElevatorGear.com, ElevatorShack.com, ElevatorU.org, Elevator World Magazine, Elevator Cab Renovations, The Elevator Preservation Blog, ECS Corporation, Parts Specialists, Elevatormanstories.com, Elevator Riders Riding Club, Elevator History Museum, Code Data Plate.com and  Certified Conveyance Training Corp.

News/Article Links:
VEE Registration Open and Free
UTC 1Q Profit up minus business sales
Another Perspective
New York City portrayed online in 870,000 images
KONE raises outlook after strong Q1
ISEC Call for papers
Man robbed in elevator
Egyptian faces court from groping woman in elevator
Tour of the America’s Elevator
Elevator firm sued for similar accident
LACMA buys seven works one by Louis Sullivan
Elevator upgrades to be subsidized
Elevator company makes impact on sports
People in the elevator
Boy attempts to ride escalator handrail! Please respond
Lickable Wallpaper – Another photo
Black boxes for all Beijing’s escalators
Elevated Closet
Younger generation lacks civic consciousness
Door obstruction
Elevator maker worries that riders need more to do
Metro Escalator Woes
EW Unplugged: Photo of the Week
A little fun on an elevator
Maxton provides certified elevator training

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