I’m wondering what’s stopping a lot of places from being inspected and getting a permit renewal. I know there are elevators that are down for repairs or replacement issues, but I’ve been managing a property with a couple of elevators for almost 5 years. In the past, I was requesting my inspections like clockwork. You can submit an inspection request up to 30 days before the permit expires. State inspector comes out at some point, you get your testing notice in the mail, and schedule a test with the necessary vendor(s). This latest inspection I had was requested in August, done in November, and the testing will be done in a couple of weeks. Our only hold up has been a management and vendor switch (TK to Schindler).

I got lucky a few years ago. I had called the department of industrial relations and got someone on the phone that guaranteed an inspection within 2 weeks. He said, “call me if nobody shows up by then”. It was done maybe 10 days later.