If this ruling is adopted, it will become part of the 2018 Uniform Mechanical Code and eventually inserted into the California Mechanical Code. HVAC-R contractors have legitimate concerns around how they will be able to keep costs under control when the new regulation becomes mandatory. Phillip Grosenbach, President of the Institute of Heating & Air … Continued
Recently, there have been several articles published about the safety of elevators and the crisis Canada is facing with Elevator Maintenance. According to the National Post, last year in Ontario alone, firefighters responded to 4,461 calls to extricate people from elevators — more than a dozen a day — and double the number from 2001. The article … Continued
Without a system in place to facilitate communication between the field, back office, and your billing department, cash will flow out of a business just as quickly as it flows in. This lost income, or “leakage” will undermine efforts to grow your organization’s service revenues. With the right tools to automate, organize, and expose contract … Continued
The extra expenses required to resolve jobs not fixed the first time can take a substantial chunk out of your bottom line: multiple extra truck rolls, extra labor, increased dispatch energy and attention, and lost service opportunities elsewhere. The cost burden adds up quickly for companies burdened by low first-time fix rates. As a result, … Continued
A mobile workforce is just that, mobile. Meaning, it can be difficult to find accurate and easy ways to track your field service workers while they are on the move. Without accurate time tracking or GPS, it is a challenge to hold your employees accountable. Without a mobile time tracking system, field workers have to … Continued
equipment is still working with the hopes of preventing any future breaks from happening. A Preventive Maintenance program helps maximize machine longevity and reliability, rather than making repairs when a machine breaks down, saving time and money while preventing accidents before they occur. Elevator machinery is getting more complex and contractors and service companies are … Continued
Here are 10 to get you started. Improve service to cash cycle: If you equip your technicians with mobile software in the field, they can sync job details with the back-office and even collect customer signatures onsite for faster invoicing, which improves cash flow, profits and customer satisfaction. No more backlog of paperwork or lost … Continued
Our second version is out and it’s fantastic. We added a lot of new functionality, cleaned up the design and improved our mobile solution. We can implement our out-of-the-box solution faster than ever so if you are sitting on an old quote, we recommend you call us for an updated one. For elevator contractors, we … Continued
Manual workers writing on a calendar How could your entire organization benefit if you could service just one more work order per day? Free up time and increase revenue by using field service management scheduling software. Here are five ways that your organization can benefit from software that improves communication between schedulers and field technicians … Continued
Focus on Energy Savings Energy savings are important to consumers these days, not only because it saves them money on energy bills, but because people like to know they’re doing their part to conserve. The growing trend toward energy efficiency is encouraging home and building owners to upgrade to more efficient systems. In fact, some … Continued
Over one-quarter of the work-related deaths occurred when workers entered elevator shafts to repair or maintain elevators, or to perform activities such as cleaning, welding, and retrieving fallen objects. Beginning October 2, 2015, Elevator construction and maintenance companies will have to follow the new confined spaces regulations. A confined space is now defined as: large enough … Continued
When a resident drives into the complex, the car is scanned and proceeds onto a turntable. With the car’s engine switched off, the turntable aligns with the glass elevator capsule that uses a robotic arm to pull the car into the elevator. But don’t worry, laser scanners will ensure the arms don’t scrape the vehicle’s … Continued