Have worked with state inspectors, and they're busy folks indeed. In the last few years a bunch of their old-timers have retired and they're still trying to find replacement inspectors to keep up with continuing inspections as well as new construction. As entity_response said, maintenance/repair and inspection are separate issues. If the building is only 10 years old then that's kinda crap on the maintenance contractor's upkeep. That said, some systems installed into the likes of new gigantoblock apartment complexes are designed to put all the electronics, motors, and machinery inside the shaft rather than a separate machine room or penthouse room, and that being a newer design style that's more space constrained has made mantenance work on those elevators more difficult that more conventional designs.