Elevator consultants provide advice and assistance to companies installing and renovating elevators, escalators, and walkways. They offer advice on maintenance, rehabilitation, upgrading, and modernizing elevator systems. Consultants assess building plans and suggest elevator placement, size, and arrangement to meet internal transportation needs. They need to be familiar with systems and relevant laws to advise companies on safe and appropriate maintenance schedules. No special qualifications are needed to work as an elevator consultant, and they come from a variety of backgrounds.
An elevator consultant provides advice and assistance to companies that install and renovate people moving equipment such as elevators, escalators and walkways. Consulting can take place in the early stages of planning new construction, renovation and reuse plans. These construction experts can also offer advice on maintenance, rehabilitating old equipment, and upgrading to make equipment safer and more efficient. This work typically involves traveling to visit construction sites and meeting with owners and designers to discuss elevators and planned construction activities.
A portion of an elevator consultant’s job takes place during new construction. Consultants provide advice on the location, size and arrangement of elevators and other equipment to meet internal transportation needs. This includes not only people moving around the facility, but also special loads and needs. Special considerations may include elevators used to move patients between floors, where elevators may need to accommodate hospital beds, life support equipment and personnel. The consultant can study building plans and offer suggestions, working with an engineer on elevator placement and scheduling to ensure they meet the occupants’ needs.
When buildings are renovated, the company can install elevators or adapt them. An elevator consultant can assess the building and plans to develop suggestions. For adaptive reuse, where companies want to retain a building’s historic character while making it accessible and more functional, the consultant should consider discreetly integrating features to modernize the building without spoiling the appearance. Especially for historical landmarks, which can be protected, this requires special skills.
Businesses can also call on an elevator consultant for advice on modernizing an elevator system to make it safer and more efficient. The work may include consulting on scheduled maintenance and similar activities to keep elevators running smoothly and safely. Consultants, unlike technicians, do not perform repairs and maintenance, but they need to be familiar with systems and all relevant laws to be able to advise companies on safe and appropriate maintenance schedules.
No special qualifications are needed to work as an elevator consultant and they come from a variety of backgrounds. Some might be engineers, designers or former elevator technicians. Others have experience in construction and contracting, or learned on the job while working in a consulting business. Like other contracting consultants, elevator consultants need to keep up with industry developments in order to deliver the highest quality services to their clients, ensuring that companies obtain legal and architectural advice.
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