ALWAYS ON
Elevators & Lifts
Education communities--specifically research colleges and universities--are stewards of 100's of elevators. The first cost of building them--$50,000 to $150,000 per floor-- is outpaced by the life cycle cost of maintaining licensed mechanics, inspection fees and software upgrades. Today we update our understanding of the moment in regulations; taking time to examine state-level exceptions and adaptations of generally accepted best practice.
Lifts, escalators & moving walks
The capital-intensiveness of this technology limits standards setting participants to multi-national industrial manufacturing conglomerates. Technical committee rosters reveal the deep-pockets of the Producer Interest for funding travel to marquee meeting locations. Virtually absent is the User Interest and, in the case of the educational settlements, the largest non-residential building construction market in the United States.
Floor & Pathway Safety
It's today and its Slip and Fall season everywhere. Accordingly, we review best practice literature for the safety and sustainability of the surfaces beneath our feet -- on the pathways around campus and within building foyers. With links to relevant legislation; including "Bates v. State Bar of Arizona" 433 U.S. 350 (1977) -- the case that ruled lawyer advertising is a First Amendment Right.
Quadrivium: Winter
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Elevator Safety Code
Elevators, lifts and moving walks make the urban environment possible. Many large educational settlements have 100 to 1000 elevators to operate and maintain according to the minimum standards set in the A17.X tranche of titles. Today we explore the reasons and the remedies for elevator passengers trapped in elevators during power outages -- with consideration for passenger need to communicate with the outside world. Public consultation on redlines run at a brisk pace.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
