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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: DECEMBER 2019 MAINLINE Committee Update: Accessibility/Residential Member Site Visits: New York & Maryland MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Koch Elevator / Wachendorff Automation NAEC News / New Members / Events Calendar
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DECEMBER 2019MAINLINE
AND WARM WISHES FOR 2020!
Committee Update: Accessibility/Residential Member Site Visits: New York & Maryland MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Koch Elevator / Wachendorff Automation NAEC News / New Members / Events Calendar
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The Accessibility & Residential Committee met during the Convention in Grand Rapids, MI, where an update on the recent meeting held by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in Washington, DC, was given. The CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the unsafe use of products. The meeting was called by the CPSC to gather more information from members of the elevator Industry in order to better understand what actions the CPSC could take to alert the general public and help eliminate the potential safety hazards related to home elevators that do not meet current industry safety codes and standards. Representatives from AEMA were also present. It was noted that the CPSC has taken the initiative to contact all State Governors regarding the ASME Code A17.1. The Washington Post published an article after this meeting alleging to describe it, although inaccuracies were included. Following that, the CPSC released a statement of the Acting Chair, Ann Marie Buerkle, to the public on August 1, entitled Safety Alert to Protect Children from a Deadly Gap Between Doors of Home Elevators, with the support of NAEC and AEMA.
The Accessibility & Residential Committee also discussed the production of two safety videos demonstrating proper
NAEC Committee Update: Accessibility & Residential Committee
installation for residential elevators and corrective actions for the 3/5-inch gap in them.
The first video will contain instructional points for installing and designing new home elevators. It will be directly geared towards contractors, architects, and builders and explain why they should build or install based on the new residential elevators by showing the potential entrapment hazards of the old regardless as to whether or not their state has adopted the latest codes or rules.
The second video will be geared toward the general public, inspectors, realtors, homeowners, and others who are involved with a home that currently has a home elevator. This video would show them what to look for (“old 3/5”) and direct them to NAEC or encourage them to contact a local elevator contractor if they are unsure as to what to do as well as to learn more about cost effective modifications or repairs the contractor can offer to ensure their equipment meets current safety code or standards.
The committee set the goal of filming the raw footage for the videos by the end of December 2019, and final, edited versions to be ready for review by the committee meeting at the 2020 NAEC Spring Conference in Charleston.
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Lucia Coghlan joined the NAEC team in November as our Certification Manager and will be working with the CET, CAT, VTMP, QEI and Continuing Education Programs. She received her BA from the University of Georgia and has spent more than 15 years as an experienced Customer Service Manager working in the e-learning industry with emphasis on exceptional solution focused, beneficial client interaction.
Lucia is the proud parent of a son who is near completion of his studies at Georgia Southern University. Being a Georgia native, Lucia is a huge fan of the Atlanta Braves and can be found at many of their home games. When not attending games, Lucia enjoys listening to live music and down time with her new rescue dog.
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LUCIA COGHLAN
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Member Site Visits: New York & MarylandNAEC continues to be committed in building relationships with our members. Your new Executive Director has been busy visiting members during her travels. Recently, Alesa was in the New York City area, and spent a few days meeting with members and touring members’ facilities.
In addition to making a stop at President Don Gelestino’s office at Champion Elevator, Alesa had the pleasure of touring Columbia Elevator’s Bridgeport, CT, facilities with L.J. Blaiotta. He also showed her their original factory building location in Port Chester and served as her personal tour guide.
Alesa was able to spend time with Jim Duffy at Richmond Elevator on Staten Island, then traveled to Hauppauge to meet with Nick Dalvano and Brie Lattman of All-Ways
Alesa and L.J. visit Columbia Elevator facility.
Elevator, and Nat Alcamo of Elevator Systems in Garden City. She also enjoyed a personal tour of D & D Elevator’s impressive Elevator Learning Center in Yonkers.
In Pelham, she visited with Chip and David Nyborg of Tri-State Elevator and Tri-Lok Manufacturing, and actually went on a job site with Jaime Mendes of Tri-State Elevator to view a LULA elevator installation. What a treat!
It was a busy few days, and very interesting! She looks forward to being back in the New York area to visit some of the members she missed, as well as getting out on the road to other parts of the country.
You might ask, where in the world is Alesa McArthur? Well, the next trip was to Maryland where she spent an enlightening day visiting with Pete Meeks and David Smarte in Salisbury, learning all about Delaware Elevator. In Owings Mills, she toured Elevator Safety Company (ELSCO) with Doug Hamilton, III and Paul Kreutzwiser learning about their products.
Be on the lookout for a visit to your area soon!
Job Site visit with Jaime Mendes
NEW & RETURNING MEMBERS
BVS Insurance Agency, LLC Steven V. Barbuto, President247-07 Jericho Tpke.Bellerose, NY 11426347-548-5602 / fax 347-548-5599 [email protected]
SUPPLIER
Cel PanelsChristene Sache, Business Development538-1231 Pacific BoulevardVancouver, BC V6Z0E2 Canada+39 051 782505 / fax +39 051 782477 [email protected]
Çelik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.Ş.Burak Hocaoglu, Sales SpecialistErtugrul Gazi Mahallesi, Sehitler Caddesi No 2Kartepe/Kocaeli 41180 Turkey +90 262-371-1280 / fax +90 262-371-5115 [email protected]
Humphrey Manlift Company, Inc.Mary Freeburg, General Manager 4454 Morristown Blvd.Faribault, MN 55021507-334-6193 / fax 507-334-1731 [email protected]
Swiss Dane Corporation Samantha Legorreta 31955 Auberry Rd.Auberry, CA 93602559-855-8205 [email protected]
Precision Lift Industries Scott Humbaugh, President 3605 N Davis Hwy.Penscola, FL 32503877-770-5862 / fax 850-433-7323 [email protected]
GMV North America Rob Farrell, Managing Director4 Cochran DriveAyr, Ontario N0B1E0 Canada289-952-2598 [email protected]
ES Controls LLC Amarnauth Appana, President104-18 110th St.Jamaica, NY 11419718-909-5673 [email protected]
ASSOCIATE
AMSTFrank Viscaino , Elevator Fabrication Manager 7777 ParnellHouston, TX 77021832-309-1460 [email protected]
CONTRACTOR
Elevator Ready Paul Chance, President197 Old York Rd.New Cumberland, NY 17070717-697-3780 / fax 717-697-3740 [email protected]
Lins Elevator Service, Inc. Delbert V. Baustert, President207 Gist St.Pittsburgh, PA 15219412-261-1656 / fax 412-261-1659 [email protected]
Right ElevatorMark Berkley, PresidentP.O. Box 1406Johnstown, PA 15907814-444-2748 [email protected]
Triton Elevator, LLC Don Criswell, President815 Mercury Ave.Duncanville, TX 75137972-362-1711 / fax 972-298-8474 [email protected]
Hitatech Ruzbeh Mirabdollah Yani, CEONam a vamberyho 4913Dunajska Streda, Trnava 92901 Slovak Republic +42-133505432 / fax +42-144505432 [email protected]
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Koch Elevator has been providing elevator services to the greater Northern Nevada and North Eastern California area since 2002. After starting Koch Electric Co. in early 2002, Mike Koch decided to take a leap forward and start his own independent elevator company. Having worked primarily for independent elevator companies since 1985, Mike was confident
in his abilities to own and operate his own company. In November 2002, Koch Elevator was founded and operated from a home office. In 2005, the modernization segment of the business skyrocketed and it was clear that a bigger space was needed. Fast forward to today, and you will find Koch Elevator’s 20 employees active with maintenance, modernizations, commercial repairs, new installs, residential elevators and stair chairs.
One of Koch’s customers is Reno’s local hospital. The largest private account in Northern Nevada with over 80 units, Koch Elevator has been maintaining, servicing, and modernizing the hospital for the last 10 years. This contract, along with the maintenance contract for the local university, and several other local buildings keeps Koch Elevator at the top of the market. Koch Elevator has grown to become the largest independent elevator company in Northern Nevada by always falling back on their best practices of answering the phone (usually on the first ring), and following the golden rule of treating the customer how they would want to be treated. Koch Elevator prides themselves on the fact that their office employee’s don’t have voicemails simply because there will always be a person in the office to answer calls.
Koch Elevator has always been family owned and operated. Over the years, Mike has stuck by his original plan of having a family business, His wife, Lisa, joined the business in
2004, and his daughter-in-law, Rachel, in 2018. Rachel is the Administrative Assistant and brings the office mascot, Bucky Koch, with her to brighten everyone’s day.
Mike’s son, Nick, who was brought on to the team in April 2013, plays a central role in the company as a whole. Nick also spearheads all things Sales and Management related to the Residential side of the business.
Koch Elevator is proud to be a member of the IUEC Local 8. At Koch Elevator educating their team is effortless because they are close knit. Mike has an open door policy and welcomes input and questions from his employees without judgment. Mike and Lisa feel very fortunate in the fact that they have the best mechanics and helpers the industry has to offer. In addition to having weekly safety meetings and the annual Christmas parties, it is not uncommon to find Koch Elevator employees enjoying barbeques at the office and going to baseball games together after a great work week. Koch Elevator has become a cornerstone of the elevator industry in the Reno/Sparks area and is looking forward to many more great years to come.
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Koch Elevator561 Sunshine Ln.Reno, NV 89502
775.323.8822 905.846.2161 fax
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Lisa Koch Bucky KochRachel Koch
Wild Dunes ResortIsle of Palms (Charleston), SC
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For over 40 years, the German company Wachendorff Automation has developed and manufactured systems and encoders for worldwide use in many different applications in the f ields of mechanical engineering/plant construction, elevator construction, mobile machinery and renewable energies.
Wachendorff has over 2,500 clients who can attest to their high quality and absolute customer orientation. They stand behind the quality of their products with a five-year warranty on all of their encoder systems, an offer which is unmatched anywhere in the world!
In addition to incremental and absolute encoders, Wachendorff supplies the elevator industry with specially developed digital shaft positioning systems. These systems have proven to be the optimal solution regarding customer comfort, customer security and an easy installation for a wide range of medium sized building applications: residential elevators or home lifts, hydraulic lifts, LuLa (Limited use Limited application) systems, cargo lifts or car lifts.
Efficient manufacturing…certified processes guarantee top quality- Each of their intensively trained employees is capable of assembling an encoder from A to Z under his own responsibility. Thanks to the varied production steps and the identification of the employee, clients can be sure of receiving a high-quality final product.
Wachendorff uses the latest state-of-the-art tools in the manufacture of their encoders, ensuring optimization and
quality control. Their delivery reliability is 100 % and their great flexibility ensures a standard delivery time of 15 working days.
The whole order processing procedure is controlled and documented by the ERP system. The assembly is divided into the fundamental steps of mechanics, optics, electronics and final testing. All final testing data is automatically measured and recorded. Continual statistical evaluations ensure the required safety.
Wachendorff Automation GmbHIndustriestrasse 7D - 65366 GeisenheimGermany+49.6722.996525 +49.6722.996570 [email protected] adamselevator.com
NAEC Member since February 2008
Our passion: Position and velocity ... measure reliably and accurately
By using an integrated m a n a g e m e n t s y s t e m , Wachendorff ensures reliable quality which is constantly monitored and improved so that the objective of not allowing any errors is achieved at all times. This is based on a comprehensive quality concept.
Wachendorff ’s commitment to quality starts with the definition of the specification, is applied during all development stages, and is of particular importance for day-to-day series production and the third-party products required for this. Their commitment to quality also covers the service they provide, during and after the sale of a Wachendorff product. By delivering outstanding quality in all aspects of service, Wachendorff ensures long-term success.
Social commitment … with heart and mind - The long-term provision of support for social projects has a long tradition at Wachendorff dating back decades and forms a key focus for them to take an active role in shaping a “better society”. Their managing directors maintain close personal contact with all of the projects, enabling them to see what happens to the money that they donate. With in-kind and monetary donations, as well as personal involvement, Wachendorff has primarily been involved in the fields of equal opportunities, integration, youth development, education and the fight against poverty.
Local contact…to make use of existing connections and short distances - Wachendorff works very closely with the technical distributor ADAMS ELEVATOR in the USA and Canada. Wachendorff distributors are specifically selected, trained and certified companies whose product range is optimally supplemented by Wachendorff equipment.
Robert Wachendorff, CEO
Guided belt measuring system- Silent Move Compact
Encoder Online Configurator
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metal index1982 Base Oct 2019
(Current)Sept 2019
( 1 Month Ago)April 2019
(6 Months Ago)Oct 2018
(1 Year Ago)
Metal and Metal Products 215.4(P) 218.9(P) 226.0 225.9
Hot Rolled Sheet 128.1(P) 134.0(P) 140.3 159.1
Hot Rolled Structural 192.7(P) 198.9(P) 216.8 217.5
Steel Pipe and Tube 279.7(P) 280.8(P) 286.4 297.3
Cold Rolled Sheet 218.1(P) 222.5(P) 236.2 250.6
No 2 Diesel Fuel 276.3(P) 274.2(P) 297.5 340.1
P: Preliminary. All indexes are subject to revision four months after original publication.
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Establish yourself as an industry leader and become a presenter! Contact Amanda Smith at [email protected] or 770.760.9660 for details.
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NAEC will be closed on December 24th, 25th, 31st and January 1st.
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Four of the premier organizations in North America will join forces for United in Houston 2020. Booths are still available. Don’t miss this opportunity to generate
quality leads, close deals, and build lasting professional relationships!
Why exhibit? • Your booth visitors will consist of independent elevator company owners, managers and field personnel.• Branch managers and field personnel of the multi-national companies will be in attendance.• Consultants and inspectors will be there.• Universities with Elevator Maintenance divisions will be there.• Exceptional networking opportunities.• Your competition will be there.
Why do Elevator Professionals attend? • To see what you have to offer!• Networking with peers and suppliers.• Looking for new ideas and technology options.• Attend educational classes that offer Continuing Education credits for CET, CAT, QEI & NEEIEP.• To explore what your competition is offering.
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INDUSTRY CALENDAR& NAEC EVENTS
Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA)
MESA Monthly Meeting Jake and Joe’s, Norwood, MA Andrea Hunt / 888-503-3222
JANUARY 14
JANUARY 14Elevator Association of
Florida (EAOF) EAOF Monthly Meeting
Holiday Inn Toronto Airport, Lee Rigby / [email protected]
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
NAHB International Builders’ Show Las Vegas Convention Center,
Las Vegas, NV 800-967-8619 / [email protected]
JANUARY 21-23
Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA)
CECA WR Prairie Meeting Cambridge Hotel Red Deer,
Red Deer, AB Canada 905-446-0327 / [email protected]
JANUARY 21
DECEMBER 13NAESA International Code Update Seminar
Holiday Inn Express, Plantation, FL Megan Fitzmaurice / 360-292-4968
NAESA International Eastern Region Workshop
Carousel Oceanfront Hotel and Condos, Ocean City, MD
Megan Fitzmaurice / 360-292-4968 [email protected]
MARCH 27-28
Reed Exhibitions Buildings NY 2020
Javits Center, New York, NY 888 334 8702 / [email protected]
APRIL 28-29
Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
2020 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference
Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, IL 312 283 5759 / [email protected]
APRIL 5-7
MENA Management Lift Expo Algeria 2020
SAFEX Expo Center, Alger, Algeria +213 779 699 872
MARCH 16-18
FEBRUARY 26-28Elevator Escalator Safety
Foundation (EESF) Annual General Membership Meeting
Doubletree Airport Westshore, Tampa, FL
Laurie Dueitt / 251-479-2199 [email protected]
Advanced Creations for Trade Fairs & Conferences (ACT)
Lift City Expo Egypt 2020 Egypt International Exhibitions Center,
Giza, Egypt (002) 012 88 66 8 275
APRIL 9-11
National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC)
Spring Educational Conference Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms
(Charleston), SC Shawn Cowden / 770-760-9660
APRIL 19-22
JANUARY 13-16American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) A17 Elevator Code Week
Sheraton Sand Key, Clearwater Beach, FL
Geraldine Burdeshaw / 212-591-8523 [email protected]
FEBRUARY 27-28Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs
India Pvt. Ltd. International Elevator and Escalator
Expo 2020 Bombay Exhibition Centre,
Mumbai, India Surabhi Saxena/ +91 22 6103 8433
FEBRUARY 6-7NAESA International Code Update Seminar
Adams Street Training Center, Phoenix, AZ
Megan Fitzmaurice / 360-292-4968 [email protected]
Tarsus Turkey Fuarcilik A.S. ASANSOR Istanbul
Tüyap Convention & Exhibition Center, Istanbul, Turkey (90) 212-2757579
MARCH 25-28
NAESA International QEI Training Course and Exam
Holiday Inn & Suites, Phoenix, AZ Emerald McGehee / 360-292-4968
MARCH 9-13
Oliver Kinross New York Build 2020 Expo
Javits Center, New York, NY 212-461-4253
MARCH 3-4
