There are three elevators in the Warde Academic Center, one in the library one in the G-wing and one in the N-wing.
The library elevator was part of the extensive renovations done to the library this summer, but the other two elevators in the Warde Academic Center are the oldest at SXU.
The N-wing elevator was inspected on the eleventh of June, 2013. Its certificate of inspection expired on August eleventh, 2013.
Director of Facilities, Peter Skach, said that the city inspectors are responsible for inspecting the elevator and, as of now, they have not contacted, or set a date with, Facility Services to inspect it again.
The company that works with Facility Services to service the elevators, Urban Elevator Service INC., comes to SXU nearly once a week to check the elevators, according to Skach.
The N-wing elevator is the elevator that they have the most trouble with because it is the most used elevator at SXU.
This elevator is located right outside of the nursing wing. Students that take this elevator not only use for the nursing wing but also for faculty offices located in this wing.
It functions as a service and passenger elevator. Just this summer, there was a new door operator installed in it.
However, due to its old age and high traffic volumes, there are plans to further repair the N-wing elevator.
Similar to the renovations done to library elevator, there are plans to replace the circuitry and improve the aesthetics of the elevator, said Skach.
Significant repairs, or the installation of a new elevator, would have to be postponed until the summer because they would put it out of commission for at least two weeks, thus inconveniencing students, staff, and faculty.
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