Your certificate expires on July 31.

Benjamin Franklin is credited for saying, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Unless you’re an elevator in Florida. Then there are two different certainties. An annual fee, and renewing your elevator certification. The latter requires a satisfactory inspection performed by a certified elevator inspector.

It’s coming up on that time of the year again. Your elevators must pass their annual safety inspections with enough time to correct any issues in order to receive a renewed certificate of operation. That expiration date is July 31.

Two considerations make it crucial that you start the process now. The most important is that any violations must be corrected within 90 days, and you need a clean report card to get your renewal. Just as important, though, is that this certification applies to all public elevators. The companies that inspect them are seeing their calendars filling up fast. (more…)