The Ups and Downs of Elevator Maintenance Contracts

Recent articles about the decrease in elevator service and the increase in entrapments in the GTA would normally concern us… but PSCC 888 has a solution… they have an Elevator Consultant!  During budget preparation in September 2015, PSCC 888 realized that their 5-year elevator contract was coming due in May 2016. PSCC 888 talked to a local elevator consulting company about how they could assist in negotiations. Before the Corporation had even read their brochure, the consultant reviewed the existing elevator contract and quickly pointed out that there was a requirement to notify the incumbent 6 months in advance if PSCC 888 wanted to go out for bid and avoid auto-renewal.     Read the article…………..

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