Elevator Safety Insights
Code updates, modernization guidance, and technical resources for elevator consultants, contractors, and building owners.
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The 2027 Traction Elevator Brake Deadline: What Each Party Needs to Do Now
With the 2027 traction elevator brake compliance deadline approaching, building owners, consultants, and contractors each have distinct responsibilities. Here is what the timeline demands from each.
Elevator Brake Compliance Reference
A plain-language reference for traction elevator UCM, ascending car overspeed, documentation, and AHJ review.
Elevator Consultant Compliance Submittal Guide
A technical checklist for consultants evaluating traction elevator brake and car-motion protection projects.
Elevator Contractor AHJ Compliance Planning
A field-planning guide for traction elevator brake retrofits, required documentation, testing, and AHJ acceptance.
2027 Elevator Brake Planning for Building Owners
How building owners can document traction elevator requirements, avoid broad deadline claims, and plan a defensible project review.
The 2027 Brake Code Deadline: What Elevator Consultants Need to Know
January 1, 2027 is closer than most project schedules allow for. Here is what the unintended and ascending car movement requirements mean for consultants specifying traction elevator work today — and why hydraulic elevator owners deserve a separate conversation.
The 2027 Brake Code Deadline: What Elevator Contractors Need to Know
The January 1, 2027 UCM compliance deadline is driving a wave of traction elevator retrofit work across multiple jurisdictions. Here is how to prepare your crews, your schedule, and your customers — and why hydraulic elevator owners represent a separate opportunity you should not overlook.
Unintended Car Movement: Start With the Governing Code
A project-review guide for separating UCM from ascending car overspeed and confirming the code, equipment, and acceptance path.