lift inspectors association of south educom · january 31 by sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum,...
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DOPPLER sent us this data on their latest wheel-chair lift, designed for
both indoor or outdoor usage, either with indoor concrete shaft or out-
door aluminium/steel shaft and cladding - Easily adapts to any exist-
ing building. Complies with latest EN standards at a cost of only Euro
7000 (supplied only - Installation, commissioning, inspection and
maintenance by your local preferred supplier)
Technical data … 300kg capacity @ 0,63 m/s; Maximum travel is
20m (6 floors); Pit is only 170mm with headroom of 3350; Car has
no door, but with swing-doors on landings; Shaft dimensions of
1300 x 1350 and Car @ 900 x 1000mm, carried on Ruck-sack sling.
LIFT INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH ESTABLISHED 1996
March 2019 Volume 16 - Issue 3
Recognised Voluntary Association in terms of Section 36(1) of the Engineering Professions Act
EDUCOM fulfills a requirement for Continued Professional Development as specified in the Act N..46 of 2000
ESTABLISHED JANUARY 2003
Educom
Inside this Issue
ELENET : Latest News from Elevator
World … (February Issue)
SANAS : Latest Communication ...
Tallest Buildings in South Africa
Regulatory Health & Safety News - UK
Technical Bulletin: Willem du Toit retire
SANAS Internal Auditing (continued)
International Elevator News >>>
LIASA & ECSA latest General Meetings
Preventative Maintenance ...
International Elevator News (continued)
LIASA - Lift Inspectors Association
- National Executive Committee
- LIASA Meeting Schedule for 2019
- TUT’s Lift Inspect. Courses for 2019
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Kostas Andreadis
Commercial Director
Electrical Engineer, M.Sc.
Polykastro Industrial Park,
61200, Greece
T. +30 23430 54000
F. +30 2343023701
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(Photos cropped slightly to allow fitting - Ed)
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BUILDING PERMIT
ISSUED FOR TALLEST
BUILDING IN SERBIA
Serbia's Ministry of Con-
struction, Transportation
and Infrastructure has is-
sued a building permit for
what will become the coun-
try's tallest building : the 40-
storey, 168-m-tall, 47,500-
m2 Kula Boe-grad (‘Tower
Belgrade’) in Belgrade, Ser-
bia.
YOKOHAMA KITANAKA
TOWER TOPS OUT IN
JAPAN
Yokohama Kitanaka Tower
has topped out in January
at 58 stories on the water-
front in Yokohama, Japan's
largest city by population,
located on Tokyo Bay.
OTIS UK NOW MAINTAINS 340 UNITS AT GATWICK AIR-PORT: Gatwick in West Sussex, U.K., has appointed Otis UK the service provider for 340 elevators, escalators and moving walks in the U.K.'s second-largest airport. The five-year contract "marks a significant expansion of the company's footprint in the U.K. major infrastructure market," Otis UK said. It will have a team of onsite service engineers for the work. The airport trans-ports 46 million passengers annually and serves more than 228 destinations in 74 countries.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC SAUDI INAUGURATES NEW OFFICE IN TA'IF: Mitsubishi Electric Saudi Ltd. (MELSA) inaugurated its newest office in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia, in January. The MELSA president, vice president, regional manager and employees were in attendance. Headquartered in Riyadh, MELSA is a joint ven-ture established in 1980 between Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Ja-pan and Omar Kasim Alesayi & Co., Ltd. of Saudi Arabia. The Ta'if office adds to locations in Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah and Madinah. MELSA reports it has more than 900 employees and has installed more than 20,000 units in roughly 6,000 projects in the kingdom.
KONE OUTFITTING "LIVING SCULPTURE" IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER: KONE has been selected to provide the eleva-tor system for a 25-story office tower at 400 West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver, Canada. Described as a "living sculp-ture", the building was designed by OSO of Tokyo and resem-bles stacked boxes. Aiming for Leadership in Energy and Envi-ronmental Design Platinum certification, it incorporates features such as a triple-paned curtain wall, glass floors, column-free space and extensive landscaping. Installation of the vertical transport system is scheduled to start this summer, and consists of eight high-speed MiniSpace
TM, four MonoSpace® 700 and
one MonoSpace 500 elevators, as well as a destination-control system. The developer is Westbank Project Corp. of Vancouver, and the general contractor is EllisDon Construction.
TOWERS WITH THOUSANDS OF HOMES TO BE NAIROBI'S TALLEST: Erdemann Properties in Kenya, plans to build a de-velopment that will be the tallest in Nairobi. The River Estate on Jodongo Road will consist of eight 34-story towers containing 340 homes each. Erdemann has also pledged to build a bridge across the Nairobi River to ease residents' movement into and out of the 2.3-ha development. The project is scheduled for com-pletion by 2022.
CLAM-SHAPED SUPERTALL AS CENTERPIECE OF DUBAI PROJECT: Burj Jumeriah, a 550-m-tall oval tower that brings to mind the razor-clam-shaped Pertamina Energy Tower in Jakarta (ELENET 588), is planned as the centerpiece of a larger devel-opment called Downtown Jumeirah in Dubai. U.A.E.-based Du-bai Holding unveiled the master plan, which was inaugurated on January 31 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the U.A.E. and ruler of Dubai. Close to Burj Al Arab in Al Sufouh, Burj Jumeirah is planned to have multiple observation decks and digital displays.
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CNN ARTICLE GIVES ELEVATOR OVERVIEW
CNN recently published "A Short History of the Elevator." While it may not have any revelations for readers of ELEVA-TOR WORLD, it offers interesting statistics and should be informative for laypeople. Dr. Lee Gray is quoted often as an expert voice. Gray is an EW correspondent and columnist, and cu-rator of The Elevator Museum and professor of Architectural History at the University of North Carolina.
Internal Auditing
What do you to look out for when doing internal audits – taken from the assessors’ point of view?
The requirements in standards such as ISO/IEC 17020:2012 are very clear, the AIA shall conduct internal audits. There are similar requirements in the CASCO suite of documents, however for this article we will concentrate on the requirements for inspection bodies (AIAs).
The Standard for inspection bodies (ISO/IEC17020) requires the following:
Establish a procedure
Verify that it fulfils the requirements of this in-ternational standard (ISO/IEC 17020)
The system shall be effectively implemented and maintained.
ISO/IEC 17020 Clause 8.6 Internal audits (Option A)
Clause 8.6.1 of ISO/IEC 17020 states: The inspection body shall establish procedures for internal audits to verify that it fulfils the require-ments of this International Standard and that the management system is effectively implemented and maintained.
During SANAS approval committee review of as-sessment packs, the evidence made available to assessors by AIAs often lack information on three (03) important aspects:
1. Implementation, 2. Effectiveness 3. No opportunities for improvement identified.
Without a definitive statement from the assess-ment team (including supporting evidence), the approval committee lacks information on the depth and effectiveness of the assessment on clause 8.6 (ISO/IEC17020).Please see (below) some typical responses assessors get from AIAs:
The table (below) gives us some more substan-tial information should the assessors be given detailed records to assess and report on (these are just examples):
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SANAS LATEST COMMUNICATION ...
Requirement Typical response
Establish procedure
In place OK
Verify that it fulfils the requirements of this international standard.
17020 Accredited
System is effectively implemented and maintained.
Planned
Conduct internal audits
Planned 9001 Auditor used
Planned intervals
Planned Audit report in place
Requirement Expected response
Establish procedure
QP-XX – Internal Audit Procedure version 0X in place covering the re-quirements of the stand-ard. Audit plan part of the procedure, audits planned over an as-sessment cycle.
Verify that it fulfils the re-quirements of this interna-tional standard
All aspects of ISO/IEC 17020 including the monitoring of personnel are covered in the pro-cedure. Audit report covers the clause and own requirements, de-tailed checklist annotat-ed.
System is effectively imple-mented and maintained.
The internal audit pro-cess followed, covers the review of the proce-dure for compliance to the relevant clause re-quirements followed by verifying that personnel are aware of the proce-dure. Several staff members interviewed on the awareness and use of procedure QP-XX.
Conduct internal audits
The auditors’ qualifica-tions, experience, sys-tem and technical knowledge verified. audit team suitably qualified and experi-enced to cover both system and technical requirements.
Planned intervals
Annual internal audits planned for 2019/2020, plan sampled. Audits planned to be conclud-ed prior to the manage-ment review of Novem-ber 2019.
Note: The comments above are examples only of what assessors shall ideally report back to SANAS.
TALLEST BUILDINGS in SOUTH AFRICA
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LEONARDO TOWERS OFFICIALLY TALLEST BUILDING in AFRICA
The January edition of Educom placed the Leonardo in the 3rd position as tallest building in South Africa. There were communications which Educom could not substantiate at the time, that the Leonardo was now acclaimed the tallest building in the RSA … in fact in Africa.
Official news articles by Media-24 and Caxton have now put this claim beyond dispute with the formal advice that the originally designed 40-storey building commenced in 2015, has now been approved to rise to 55-storey at 233m tall. This height usurps the tittle of ‘Tallest building in Africa”, previously held by the Carlton Centre, built in 1973.
The Legacy Group and Nedbank originally mandated Co-Arc at the con-ception stage of the project. Catharine Atkins was accordingly nominat-ed to run with The Leonardo project.
Other recent projects led by Catharine are ’The Raphael Apartments’ on Nelson Mandela Square; the ‘Wits Cham-ber of Mines 4th Quadrant’ addition; ’The Wheatbraker Hotel’ in Lagos (Nigeria) as well as the new offices for ’The World Bank Group’ in Accra (Ghana).
The revised data of this R3bn skyscraper now includes lux-ury residential apartments, penthouses and retail office space. A 70m² apartment will set you back a minimum R3,5m, whilst the penthouses will sell for approximately R60m. Legacy will manage the building and operate the lux-ury rental-pool apartments. The lift and escalators contract has been awarded to Schindler Lifts (se January issue of Educom).
Interestingly, the Hillbrow Micro-wave Tower at 269m height, was built in 1971 but did not enter the equation for recognition as the tallest commercial or residential building in Africa. The original lift installation, inclusive of the latest upgrade modification was contracted to Schindler Lifts.
Thanks to Manny Pereira for
sending in the above Media-24
clipping of the published media
data of our six tallest buildings.
Below please meet Catharine
Atkins, a director at Co-Arc In-
ternational Architects, the comp
-any responsible for the design
and completion of The Leonar-
do. Catharine is the principal
consultant on site for this land-
mark Leonardo project.
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REGULATORY HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS
LIFT SERVICE ENGI-
NEER LOSES ARM
An engineer dragged himself to safety after losing an arm when a lift he was working on suddenly started moving, it has been claimed. The contractor, who has not been named, was working on a lift inside a Job Centre in Bris-tol city centre when the horrific accident occurred.
LIASA & EDUCOM regularly remind our RLI’s to make any lift they are about to work on SAFE … exactly so that it does not start moving unintentionally.
BUREAU OF ENGI-
NEER SURVEYORS Aritco Platform Lifts
13th February 2019
Speaker: Emily Shufflebo-
tham, Business Development
Manager, Ariitco UK Ltd; BES
South Eastern.
Emily will be delivering the
presentation, with two senior
service technicians present.
The presentation will look at
the following areas:
An overview of the A7000,
A7000 flexi and A9000, brief
-ly touching on the outside
models
Cover other types available
(i.e Homelifts)
Explain about the nut and
crew drive system; how to
check for wear, correct lev-
el of lubrication, etc
Overview of electrical fea-
tures, especially safety
lockout and resetting.
CPD: Professional Develop-
ment certificates will be availa-
ble to attendees.
5-YEAR OLD GIRL DIES
in LIFT ACCIDENT
On 13 August 2018, Alexys got
into the lift to get her brother’s
phone from upstairs. She put her
head through a hole in the vision
panel. As the lift moved upward,
the five-year-old’s head got stuck
between the lift and the ground
floor ceiling. Alexys Brown died
as a result of her injuries.
The Housing Company, West
Street, Poole pleaded guilty to
breaching Section 3(1) of The
Health and Safety Act 1974 and
has been fined £1m and ordered
to pay costs of £40,000.
RLI’s consistently complain of
the number of lift vision panels
that are either broken or miss-
ing. This accident again focusses
on this shortcoming … Ed
MINIMUM ENGINEERING SURVEYOR SALARY
A minimum salary of £40,000
(R720 000) will be paid to quali-
fied Engineer Surveyors (RLI’s)
when they complete the end of
their first 2 years with the Busi-
ness as of 1st April 2019. This
will be dependent upon satisfac-
tory performance and no discipli-
nary issues against them.
ONCE UPON A TIME … !
Do you have an amusing story
about something that has hap-
pened to you whilst carrying out
your role as an Engineer Surveyor
(Lift Inspector). I am sure you do!
Please can you share them with
us so that we can include them
in the next Allianz Bulletin.
Please send them to:
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UK Health & Safety News …
Allianz February News Bulletin
BULLETIN SURVEY
This month we carry out a
survey about our Unite
ESS bulletin, so please
click on the link below
and answer a few simple
questions to enable us to
review and improve our
most import communi-
cation tool with you, our
members, the ‘Bulletin’.
We last carried out a sur-
vey in 2009 and we have
used the same questions,
this is so that we can di-
rectly compare the results
from last time.
Please do take the time to
complete this survey, so
that we can better under-
stand what you require
from your publication.
The closing date for com-
pletion will be February
28th 2019.
Perhaps it is time for LIASA
to carry out such a survey
so as to evaluate our mem-
bers’ requirements … Ed.
TECHNICAL BULLETINS by WILLEM DU TOIT …
It was with sincere regret that we received Willem’s withdraw-al from the Lift Industry this week : as much his participation on the various works committees as his monthly technical bulletins in the Educom. Willem has upheld his regular monthly contributions for several years now, with these benchmark technical bulletins becoming reference files for most practicing RLI’s - His presence will therefore be most sorely felt.
Mr Du Toit was recognised by LIASA for his unwavering con-tributions to the Lift Industry by being awarded ‘Doyen of the Year’ in 2008 and again 2015. We wish Willem well with his proposed retirement from active service.
In many cases, non-compliant audit reports can be traced to the internal auditor who is not competent in conducting internal audits. These “internal auditors” are allocated the task by management without any support in terms of training, mentoring, monitoring and verifying that the individuals are deemed competent as internal auditors. The type of audit reports encountered in this situation lacks depth and substance, with the reports resembling a mere checklist indicating that the AIA has a document or procedure without any further comments. Normally in these cases no evidence of technical audits is available.
But excellence does exist. In cases were the audit reports are satisfactory and a thorough internal audit was conducted, it can be traced to two (02) main components, the motivation for accreditation and management commit-ment.
SANAS assessment teams have a duty to highlight deficiencies to the AIAs both in terms of system and technical requirements as the internal audit cuts through both. The AIA shall evaluate and improve the effective-ness of risk management, control, govern-ance processes and competence aspects, to mention but a view.
Way forward?
SANAS has asked its assessors to focus on the depth and substance (thoroughness) of internal audit reports in 2019, highlight the importance of a good internal audit to the AIA management and not shy away from SANAS’ responsibility to record the appropriate non-conformance(s).
We hope that viewing internal audits from this angle will assist AIAs in conducting internal audits that comply with ISO/IEC 17020 re-quirements.
Eben Smit and Linda Grundlingh February 2019.
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SANAS COMMUNICATIONS : INTERNAL AUDITING…
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The South African National Accred-itation System (SANAS) is the only national body responsible for car-rying out accreditations in respect of conformity assessment, as man-dated through the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibra-tion and Good Laboratory Practice Act ... Act 19 of 2006
2019’s MOST SHOCKING ELEVATOR
NEWS REPORT?
AFTER ELEVATOR FATALITY ...
SRI LANKAN LAW-MAKER WANTS
CHANGE ...
Sri Lankan Parliamen-tarian Ravi Karuna-nayake plans to intro-duce a law requiring …
All the country's ele-vators to be regis-tered and regulated!
The Daily Mirror report-ed recently. The move came on the heels of a 24-year-old man dying in an elevator accident in Colombo in late De-cember 2018 (ELENET 767). Then later, mem-bers of Parliament be-coming stuck in an ele-vator.
Karunanayake stated that there are approxi-mately 25,800 eleva-tors operating in Sri Lanka ... but NONE have been registered! “Should other incidents occur, someone should be held responsible” he said ... calling for annu-al registration and cer-tificates to be displayed for all these units.
Editor’s Note:
With South Africa oper-ating closely to the same number of lift units, we simply could not believe the above report in this modern age with EN standards.
INTERNATIONAL ELEVATOR NEWS
R.I.S.E was developed to eliminate the repetitive, physically demanding work of drilling multiple holes in concrete walls, to set an-chor bolts that give greater precision when installing guide rails and to reduce safety risks significantly in demanding working condi-tions.
ELEVATOR DEATH OF GIRL IN INDIA RESULTS IN CRIMINAL CHARGES
What authorities are calling an illegally installed elevator, en-trapped and killed a 7-year old girl in October 2018, in the Ghorpade Peth area of Pune, India. The builder and his two partners have been arrested on charges, including culpable homicide, The Times of India reports. Will keep you posted.
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Schindler Debuts breakthrough Robotic System for Elevators
Schindler forms robotics re-
search collaboration with
Council of Tall Buildings and
Urban Habitat
Schindler announces the debut of
its breakthrough Robotics Installa-
tion System for Elevators -
R.I.S.E, paving the way for greater
automation and digitalization in the
elevator industry.
With its autonomous and self-
climbing robot, this prototype solu-
tion allows for the safe and high-
quality installation of elevators, and
is ideally suited for use in high-rise
buildings.
“We are proud to introduce this in-
novative robotics system which pro-
vides a new level of worker safety
and helps to improve quality,” said
Karl-Heinz Bauer, Chief Technology
Officer, Schindler Group.
“This is another example of Schind-
ler’s commitment to providing digital
and urban mobility solutions to
shape smart cities of the future.”
The innovative technology was re-
cently used to install several eleva-
tors in commercial complexes and
tall residential buildings in Europe.
Below: R.I.S.E drilling multiple
holes in a lift shaft wall
WORDS of WISDOM
“Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience, for there we see the ultimate destination of almost everything that we so heavily
desired several years ago”
“The difference between a boss and a true leader - The boss says
‘Go’ … a true leader says ‘Let’s go’. EM Kelly
“We are what we think. All that we are, arises from our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world what it is today.” Buddha
“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you
can find humour in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
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By Sanjeev Singh
ECSA hosted a workshop today regarding:
• Voluntary Associations
• CPD
Clifford Kleinhans and I attended. Fortunately we had been proactive during our last LIASA meeting on 6th February, as some items on our agenda were congruent with the discussions at the ECSA Workshop today ...
The salient points that were highlighted today are: All Voluntary Associations must re-apply for recognition (on the new application form) by 31 March 2019 - If ECSA has sent us this request previously, Bonnie to action urgently, as we need to obtain the form for completion and submission.
The VA has to prove that it is committed to promoting registration with ECSA. This will require us to amend our articles of asso- ciation to incorporate a mission statement. Fortunately this was a minuted item on our meeting agenda. I will sort this out.
To be recognised as a Category ‘A’ Voluntary Association, we (LIASA) must have at least 100 members. Of the membership, a majority (50% +1) must be registered with ECSA and be in good standing with respect to fees and C.P.D. This will be no problem as we have a membership list, most of whom are reg- istered with ECSA. I will again request an accurate list of RLI's from ECSA and submit to the EXCO. Again, this was a min- uted item on our agenda and should not be a problem.
Members of a recognised V.A. are entitled to a R592.16 discount on ECSA fees. For your information.
The information provided to ECSA as part of the application for Recognition of the Volun- tary Association will be subject to audit/verify- cation by ECSA. For information.
LIASA also has the opportunity to apply to perform "Accreditation of CPD Activities" as well be an "Accredited Provider or CPD Activi-ties". We have to apply to ECSA for this and there is no fee applicable. Mickey Martin, there are immense opportunities and relation-
ship synergies here. Seeing that you have an "Accredited Facility", I anticipate that we can develop short modules relevant to Lift Inspec-tors as well as "aspirant" lift inspectors. I ex-pect that you will engage with all (especially Clifford and I) to initiate the planning asap.
We also need to consider having the LIASA meetings at your premises as the training ses-sion after the meeting can be conducted in an appropriate environment with a "hands on ap-proach"?
(LIASA EXCOM to comment here)
With respect to the last LIASA meeting at Jeppe Quondam, we have not (as yet) received any feedback. If any Excom has received any feed-back (positive or negative) please let me know.
With specific regard to the LIASA agenda and minutes, I have given this some thought regard-ing time-frames. If one considers the time bet-ween meetings, there are items that develop be-tween meetings such as …
1. The ECSA workshop as discussed above.
2. The robust and extremely constructive dis- cussions that we are having regarding door tests. 3. Progress on LIASA operational and admin-
istrative items.
Accordingly, I am of the view that the meeting Agenda with a follow-up record of …
what was discussed at the meeting ... what is outstanding, and developments on
each/any item ... be recorded and issued before the next meet-
ing, as a complete document that we can pub-lish on our website. This will be a living docu-ment that will form the basis for the next agenda. I will compile a trial this weekend and distribute such that the EXCO can add/edit if we have omitted anything.
LIASA & ECSA’s LATEST GENERAL MEETINGS ...
THOUGHTS TO YOUR FUTURE …
“If you don’t know where you are going, you will
end up somewhere else where you probably did
not want to go in the first place”. Yogi Berra 1925.
DETAILS ON THYSSENKRUPP COMPANY SPLIT
Elenet 774 : 20.02.2019
Thyssenkrupp has progres-sed on its path to planned separation, announcing leadership structures of the two future compa-nies,Thyssenkrupp Indus-trials and Thyssen-krupp Materials. In an effort to "become leaner, faster and better," the companies will have simplified leadership structures.
At each, the number of board directorates will be reduced to three, and cen-tral functions will be com-bined. From 17 corporate and service functions to-day, there will be 14 at Thyssenkrupp Industrials and 10 at Thyssenkrupp Materials. Additionally, the current matrix structure will be dissolved in favor of no regional structure besides the business areas at head-quarters level.
The tasks in the regions will be performed by the operating units or central functions, and the shared service units will be allo-cated according to busi-ness requirements. The final vote on the separation plans is to take place at the Thyssenkrupp Annual General Meeting in Janu-ary 2020. Both companies are to commence opera-tions at the start of the next fiscal year …
on October 1, 2019.
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ...
RLI’s are still consistently
faced with service provider
technicians who think nothing
of breaching manufacturer’s
connections with their own
chocolate-bar connections on
this as-new installation.
The fact that the photo shows
this to be a 380-volt connec-
tion and therefore most dan-
gerous, does not appear to
have crossed the service-
man’s mind.
This photo taken last month
on an inspection, shows the
thinner flex used for the en-
coder, which should be
screened co-axial cable
against electrical interference.
No wonder the AC V3F sys-
tem oscillates so much . Note
the heavier 380-volt motor
connection gland pulled out
of the trunking! Quality does
not enter the service provider
equation on this site.
With this modification, the
service provider replaced the
main drive motor with a used
motor of differing dimensions
which required packing to
raise the shaft center-point.
Note the amateur packings,
but worst still, replacing the
original tensile 16mm motor
fixing bolt with a standard
10mm bolt … with no position
-locking dowel-pin. Already
an imbalance motor-rumble is
discernable from the drive.
Note: Clients tend to view
such an upgrade modification
as a 10 to hopefully 15-year
lease of extended lift life. With
Immediately we again ques-
tion the apparent absence of
service supervision!
Argue all you want Mr Service
Provider … FACT is FACT ... as
seen in this photo!
this above Heath-Robinson
modification, this hardly seems
achievable ...
We look forward to the day
that the Regulator requires
these service providers to
become SANAS accredited.
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Family vs. Friendship …
It’s not about blood ... it’s
about who’s willing to hold
your hand when you need it.
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OTIS ASIA PACIFIC E&I CENTER INAUGURATED IN HONG KONG
Otis Chief Transformation Officer Julie Brandt, Industrial Centre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic, University Director Dr. Michael Leung and Otis Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Managing Direc-tor Joseph Armas were joined by more than 100 employees on February 15 to inaugurate Otis' Asia Pacific Experience and Innovation (E&I) Center in Hong Kong.
Divided into six zones, the center showcases Otis' signature products and services, such as Signature Service and Otis ONE, through apps and live demonstrations. Building owners have a dedicated zone that highlights how they can im-prove their buildings' value and improve tenant comfort and safety. The company observed:
"Intuitively located interactive touchpoints that blend the physical with the digital spark curiosity and offer hands-on experi-ence of Otis innovations in the real world."
RUSSIAN ELEVATOR EXPO June 26-28
Russian Elevator Week will be taking place at Pa-vilion 75 at The Exhibition of Achievements of Na-tional Economy. Now scheduled for June 26-28, it had previously been scheduled for earlier.
The large-scale expo aims to unite all participants of the industry, from manufacturers and suppliers to dealers, installers, servicers and architects.
Participants from more than 15 countries are scheduled to attend. There will be national collec-tive expos from South Korea and China. Confer-ences, roundtables and seminars will cover safe-ty, equipment updates, accessibility, certification in the Russian market, state programs and dis-patching.
Finally, there will be a competition and demon-stration of "the best achievements and develop-ments in the lift industry," according to organizers JSC and Nation Lift Union. For more information please contact the organizers on their website.
FIREFIGHTERS IN USA … PRACTICE ELEVATOR RESCUE
Members of the Fire Department in Minnesota city, recently underwent hands-on elevator-rescue training at the local Holiday Inn ... KIMT News 3 reports.
The MFD is performing such training to gain a better understanding of building layout before re-sponding to a possibly dangerous elevator en-trapment. The department regularly received such elevator-entrapment calls in 2017/8. A fire-fighter told the source that elevators are brought down slowly during an entrapment, after which firefighters gain access to the cab and release the occupants.
The source noted that elevator systems' fall-prevention features mean that elevator falls are indeed "very rare".
USA REPORT LOOKS AT
ELEVATOR-RELATED
CONSTRUCTION DEATHS
In light of a recent elevator-related construction
fatality at Salt Lake City (USA) International Air-
port (ELENET 722 and 771), Construction Dive
shared statistics about such fatalities from a Cen-
ter for Construction Research and Training report.
Noting the number of elevator-related deaths
among workers is relatively small when compared
to total construction industry fatalities. The num-
ber of such deaths doubled from 14 to 28 be-
tween 2003 and 2016. The peak was 37 in 2015,
with the most common cause being falls from
heights. Elevator workers also die from being
struck or electrocuted, with elevator installers
having the highest fatality rate among these pro-
fessions.
GIRL FALLS DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
A nine-year-old girl survived falling 30 ft (9m), down an
elevator shaft in a six-story apartment building in New
York on February 15, News Channel 2 report (no fur-
ther details other than a broken leg).
INTERNATIONAL ELEVATOR NEWS … Continued from Page 8
LIASA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
National Executive Chairman - Sanjeev Singh - 083 789 9455
Nat. Executive Deputy Chairman - Clifford Kleinhans - 084 089 5872
Nat. Executive Secretary - Bonnie Peden - 0823 536 2579
Nat. Executive Treasurer - Mickey Martin - 082 330 2126
Regional Chairman Western Cape (Cape Town) - Vacant
Reg. Chairman Eastern Cape (PE) - Brandon Brown - 076 737 8673
Reg. Chairman K.Z.Natal (Durban) - Sanjeev Singh - 083 789 9455
Reg. Chairman Free State (Bloemfontein) - Vacant
Reg. Chairman Northern Gauteng - Willem du Toit - 083 693 473
Additional Excom Members 2019/20 : Willem du Toit; Hennie Hudson Gilbert Legodi & Wesley Williams
Ex Officio Immediate Past Chairman - Ronnie Branders
Ex Officio Past Chairman - Dr Theo Kleinhans
PAST & CURRENT CHAIRMEN: Steve le Roux (1995-7)†: Dr Theo Kleinhans (1997-2003); Ben Peyper (2003-6)†; Sanjeev Singh (2006-15); Ronnie Branders (2015-18); Sanjeev Singh (2018-
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS: Eddie Cook (2017); Mannie Perreira (2017);
DOYENS OF THE LIFT INDUSTRY AWARDS: Buddie Cerone (2004)†;
Schalk van der merwe (2005)†; Dr Theo Kleinhans (2006 & 2011); Wil-lem du Toit (2008 & 2015); Bruno Isler (2009 & 2016); Alfie da Sil-va (2010); Manny Perreira (2010); Peter Murray (2012); Sanjeev
Singh (2013); Rodney Coetzee (2014)†; Billy Clifton (2014); Mickey Martin (2017);
LIASA CONSTITUTED MARCH 1996
Lift Inspectors Association of South Africa Lift Inspectors Association of South Africa
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LIASA MEETING SCHEDULE 2019
General Meeting - Wednesday 10th April @ 09:00
General Meeting - Wednesday 12th June @ 09:00
General Meeting - Wednesday 7th August @ 09:00
AGM Meeting - Wednesday 9th October @ 09:00
All LIASA meetings will be held at Jeppe
Quondam Conference Centre in
Bedfordview.
Please phone Bonnie Peden if unsure!
LIFT INSPECTORS’ COURSES 2019
We still await the TUT course dates for 2019, but sug-
gest that you contact Antoinette directly at …
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001.
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Mechatronics and Industrial Design (B3-329)
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment.
“Short Learning Program (SLP) : Lift Regulations
Preparation for Registration with ECSA”
Application form to be completed
(remember to attach a copy of your ID document)
Please note that the course will consist of a maxi-
mum 20 candidates, meaning a speedy response.
LIASA is recognised by ECSA as a Voluntary Association to represent the ECSA registered RLI’s