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The Complete Elevator Code Spectrum
16 codes and standards, from new installations to existing equipment, electrical, fire and accessibility.
Elevators & Escalators
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
The core code for new elevator, escalator, moving walk, dumbwaiter and material lift installations, and for the…
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks
The inspector's companion to A17.1: what to look at, how to check it and what to test during acceptance and periodic…
Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators
Minimum safety requirements for elevators and escalators already in service. Used by jurisdictions to bring older…
Guide for Emergency Personnel
How firefighters and emergency crews safely evacuate passengers from stalled elevators and…
Elevator and Escalator Electrical Equipment
Construction, testing and certification requirements for elevator and escalator electrical equipment: controllers,…
Standard for Elevator Suspension, Compensation, and Governor Systems
Requirements for suspension and governor means: steel wire rope, aramid fiber rope and noncircular elastomeric-coated…
Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
An alternative path to A17.1: new designs are approved by proving they meet safety performance targets through risk…
Standard for Wind Turbine Tower Elevators
Requirements for elevators installed inside wind turbine…
Lifts & Hoists
Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
Design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of vertical and inclined…
Safety Standard for Belt Manlifts
Requirements for belt manlifts — the continuous vertical belts with steps and handholds used to move workers between…
Personnel Hoists and Employee Elevators on Construction and Demolition Sites
Safety requirements for temporary personnel hoists and employee elevators used on construction and demolition…
Electrical & Fire
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, Platform Lifts, and Stairway Chairlifts
The National Electrical Code article for elevator wiring: conductors, traveling cables, disconnecting means,…
National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code — Elevator Recall
The fire alarm side of firefighters' service: which smoke and heat detectors recall the elevators, primary and…
Building & Accessibility
International Building Code — Elevators and Conveying Systems
How the building code ties in: hoistway enclosures, machine rooms, fire service access elevators, occupant evacuation…
Accessible Elevators and Platform Lifts
Federal accessibility rules for elevators: car size, controls and buttons, signals, door timing, LULA elevators,…