Click Here to download ERS-2011-05-18 #254

I thought that last week was a tough one.  The reality is that you need some tough days to make you appreciate the good ones is true. On today’s show I’ll give my perspective on last weeks Illinois Elevator Safety Board meeting and what I learned. It being the first one I attended I learned a lot.  Next week is our $100 giveaway so make sure you sign up for our e-newsletter to qualify to win. Hard to believe that June is fast approaching us. Before you know it we’ll be celebrating the 4^th of July!

News/Article Links:
Elevator shaft fall leaves man seriously hurt
Thousands of elevators running with expired permits
2012 Space Elevator call for papers
Prizes available for Space Elevator
Council puts reins on capitol rail spending
India escalator installation
Driver in elevator shaft crash, “I was going down”
City of Chicago Elevator Info
Elevator Productions 2011 countdown
Escalator snares child’s foot in D.C.
Fire Fighters rescue trapped passengers
KONE brings energy efficient escalator to U.S.
Tragic shipboard elevator death report released
Massachusetts escalator inspectors penalized
Metro escalator repairs make commuters made
NY residents want elevator fixed
Bob Denniston retires from EW Board
Ripley couple sues for elevator door injuries
Survivor of elevator shaft fall looks for good Samaritan
The return of Sandy the elevator operator
Water shorts out apartment elevator
Elevator inspection cartoon
13 rescued from elevator in Boston
Inconvenient escalator
Tiche-Goettinger Building Elevator Rediscovered
Hyundai Elevator to launch double decker elevator
Mowery breaks ground for new headquarters
Tower Elevator Systems manufacturers custom VRC’s
Cops Hunt Subway Attacker
Supreme Court makes it harder for contractors to be convicted of fraud
Radio City & CJA Fixtures
160 Elevator World Magazines for sale
Will this happen to our industry next?

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Click Here to download ERS-2011-04-27 #251

Prize pack giveaway show today along with some great articles to cover a couple of which are shocking. Recording from our little podcasting factory from the Windy City, it’s again a week filled with rain. I appreciate the input many of you have given regarding items of concern and possible improvements for our industry. Keep them coming and never stop trying to make a difference. Together collectively we should be able to. I’ve got a few other soap box items to cover on the program today that I’m sure you’ll be interested in hearing. One is a code related item and the other is just pricing in general that came my way on purpose or perhaps not. I’ll let you be the judge on that.

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

News/Article Links:
Newspaper delivery man plunges down elevator shaft
Attention Elevator Inspectors on East Coast!
Cold blooded killer identified
Fanta Elevator Commercial – Pretty Slick!
Man killed on escalator at SF Transit station
Victim identified in fatal fall on BART escalator
Cause of death not known
Old Tandy Computer – Congrats on 3 years Chris
New legislation to enhance lift safety
Ngu Hanh Son Mountain elevator gets green light
Elevator Consultant Services RFP
Ducks on escalator?
UTC finds love in an elevator
Links to Huffington Post NY entrapment video
Elevator man held in sex case
Four injured in high rise condo blaze
Lawsuit over Bergen County Courthouse “widowmaker” elevator settles
Love hate relationship with Metro escalators
Most mall escalators lack full state inspections – MA
Escalator safety review – Myfoxboston
5,000 Catalogs + 7 Pallets = CJA’s New Product Catalog!
Hitachi lifts elevator, walkway production
India and China, more elevators please!
State budget takes spotlight
TKE Elevator Brochures
Why note eliminated Metro escalators?
Elevator finally back in business at Peabody City Hall
Woman robbed in Town Center Mall Garage elevator

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Click Here to download ERS-2011-03-23 #246

I was surprised by the number of elevator related news stories on the program today. I was truly expecting a much shorter show.  I was hoping not to cover any elevator accidents but there was one that I’ll cover on the program today.  I’ve got a few items in which I get up on the Soap Box and chat about and encourage your comments and offer this show as your means to get up on your Soap Box as well.  Next week is our prize pack giveaway and we’re giving away $100 along with some cool elevator goodies. While it’s the beginning of Spring here in the Midwest, it feels like winter.

News/Article Links:
Green Elevator Initiatives
I’d hate to have this guys job
Boy’s family devastated as Escalator Case thrown out  
Building caretaker found killed in elevator, suspects missing
Deadly Lapse – Please feel free to respond here
Elevator Radio Show Podcast on Youtube  – Thanks John
Correction on 4 year old escalator death article
Library elevator funds OK’d
Man falls three stories down elevator shaft
Mass. Escalator Inspections  - Youtube Version
WPRI Original Version of Above
Otis Elevator, Canberra moved quickly after earthquake
Police seek man suspected of NY assaults
Santa Anna College modernizes with holeless Modular Elevator
Schindler wins national service agreement with Linc Group
The New World: Elevator Movie
The ThyssenKrupp Tour
Work to shut down elevators at MBTA for a year
Space Elevator by 2040
Deputy of the year helped save boy’s live
End of an era….hats off to Mr. Coffee
Escalator at Macy’s in Auburn Mall shut down after Sears accident
Indy Airport to spend over $2.5M to fix flaws in new terminal service
Metro capital spending plan focuses on the basics
Metro holds public hearing on spending improvement funds
MHS students raise elevator funds
Old elevator cab info needed
Otis employee 184, who are y0u?
MN: House extends elevator fix timeline
Elevator Operators “Hero’s” During Shirtwaist Fire

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Click Here to download ERS-2010-01-13 #188

Today’s show reminds me of the very first show we ever did, in terms of the number of stories I found.  It’s nice to have a shorter show today after last weeks technical issues. Also on the program we’ll talk about the calendar of events which we missed last week. Also on the show was a story hitting much closer to home here in the Midwest when a worker, not clear if it was an elevator mechanic or not, fell off some scaffolding in an elevator shaft, remember to be careful out there everyone! Thanks for joining me on the program today.

Calendar Of Events:
NAESA Calendar
NAEC Calendar
NAVTP Calendar
EIG SC Calendar
CEA Calendar
EAF Calendar
ECNY Calendar
CECA Calendar
EESF Calendar
Elevator U Calendar
MESA Calendar
NCEIG Calendar

Listener Links:
Help The EESF Reach It’s Goal of 700,000 Kids

News Links:
Man charged with torturing dog in elevator
How To Save Money This Year
The article that the EW Blog posted on
Careful of those elevator first impressions
WVCA Given grants for new elevator
Worker killed after falling from scaffolding
What are your chances of dying in an elevator
Kentucky center dealing with repairs after fire
Jammed lift traps 14 in world’s tallest building
Going Up! How to ride an elevator pitch to New Heights
Don’t know much about the Burj Tower? Get Educated Here!

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