“at last, there is no need to climb the stairs, from the first floor to the fifteenth floor, to take a few breaks.” on 27 october, the owner of seven 15-storey gardens in the huai hua district of kunming city referred to the re-entry of the elevator in the district。
Open-screen journalists were informed by the puje street office, the property and owners of the district of huahua that all 26 elevators in the district had been restored. Of these, 14 elevators have been repaired and put into operation, while the remaining 12 elevators have not been repaired owing to problems such as the use of maintenance funds. To guarantee the travel of residents of the sub-districts, two security staff are currently stationed on the ground by elevator protection units every day to ensure their operation。
Previous status
Elevator failure. Regulators are banned
From 9 october to 10 october this year, a total of 26 elevators were stopped in the 13 buildings of the kunmingbo gardens quarter, affecting the lives of more than 1,000 owners in the district and causing media attention。
A total of 13 buildings, 1404 owners and 2 elevators are known for each of the 13 buildings. These elevators became operational on 1 september 2012 and have been in operation for 13 years now, exceeding their normal life span of 10 years. Owing to the relatively high proportion of elderly people living in the sub-districts, the stoppage of the elevators has caused considerable inconvenience。
"when there's no elevator, it's hard to go downstairs and buy food and walk dogs." one owner of the 15th floor told journalists that her dog needed to go out three times a day, without the elevator, had to carry the stairs and take the dogs to the stairs. “it will take more than 20 minutes from the 15th floor to the 1st floor, to climb from the 1st floor more slowly, to take about 30 minutes, and to rest many times in the middle.” according to the owner。
Why does the elevator suddenly stop
Previously, the market supervision authority of the huaihua district had issued a special equipment safety inspection directive to the sub-districts, stating that the elevators were not eligible annually and could not be used until new special equipment certification reports had been obtained. If the property was opened privately, it would face a fine of $30,000 to $300,000 per elevator. In addition, the sub-district property yunnan zhejiang property management ltd. Has issued a notice stating that elevators need to be repaired and parts replaced, and has applied for funds for specialized residential maintenance. At the same time, the law provides for the collection of opinions and confirmation of signatures of owners, which is followed up on requests for funds for maintenance, etc。
I'm embarrassed
So far, only one building has completed the elevator overhaul
At present, two buildings are the only two elevators in the sector that have completed major repairs and are back to normal operation, and the related capital for major repairs is in the final stages of being declared complete。
According to the head of the small sector property industry, the two fast-track elevator maintenance works were made possible by the fact that, on 15 september of this year, the two elevators were stopped, which had a significant impact on the movement of the owners, and were therefore listed separately。
The officer-in-charge described the advance of the maintenance of the two elevators: in order to ensure that the elevator could begin work during the national day, the property industry had submitted a statement of commitment to assume full responsibility during the construction; and urged the elevator protection company to redeploy workers from the field during the national day, to enter work on 2 october and to complete work on 8 october。
At the procedural level, 73 of the 108 owners of the 2 units agreed to repair, meeting the required “twice-to-half”. All the signatures were cleared (including telephone verification) by the urban and rural housing authority and were published over 10 days before the maintenance work was formally started。
In the case of minor contact failure following maintenance, the replacement was completed in a timely manner. In particular, the property side specified that “maintenance works are intended to resolve the publicity project and do not cover subsequent failure of all parts of the elevator”, and that once the elevator has been fully debugged, a formal request for acceptance will be made。
However, journalists, while travelling on two repaired elevators, found that the smoothness of their operation remained flawed. There was noise when the elevator was closed, and there was a certain difference between the surface of the car and the surface of the building after some of the floors had stopped。
It's hard to fix
Property's tight and owners disagree
While the maintenance of two elevators was successfully completed, the maintenance of the remaining 24 elevators in the sector did not advance smoothly. On 24 october, at 3 p. M., the phuket office organized a meeting of the housing urban and rural construction authority of the huahua district, the market supervision authority of the huahua district, the property industry, representatives of the owners, and the elevator protection unit to clarify the core contradictions of the current maintenance。
“the greatest difficulty lies in the signature chain of the owner.” according to the street staff member, the use of maintenance funds required more than two thirds of the owners to vote and more than half agreed that some of the current owners could have doubts about elevator testing reports and refused to sign, resulting in delays in moving forward on steps such as the subsequent tender and the withdrawal of maintenance funds. “... Next, we will continue to help the property industry and owners communicate, accelerate the formation of the commission, try to move forward with the remaining elevators as soon as possible and fully resolve the difficulties of the owners' travel.” the staff of the puggie street office indicated。
Property interests indicated that they were under considerable financial pressure. “accountable property charges are high and accumulated in arrears amount to nearly $2 million.” after completing maintenance work on 12 elevators with the elevator protection company, they were completely unable to continue processing the remaining 12 elevators。
At present, 26 elevators, including 12 unrepaired elevators, are fully operational in the sector. The 12 elevators are secured by the presence of 2 staff per day from the elevator protection unit。
Previously, the market supervision authority of the huaihua district had issued a special equipment safety inspection directive to the sub-districts, stating that the elevators were not eligible annually and could not be used until new special equipment certification reports had been obtained。
So the question is, who put 12 unrepaired elevators back into operation? Why? The journalists, through the department of publicity of the commission, contacted the housing and urban-rural construction department of the huahua district, and the market supervision authority of the huahua district, and were informed that the two departments were studying the situation. On 29 january, journalists received a telephone call from the communications department of the commission: neither of them responded to the matter, waiting for the matter to be taken up。
Owner questions
Overprice for maintenance and call for third-party bidding
Why would some owners object? In response, the owners indicated that they did not object to the use of public maintenance funds to repair the elevators, but refused to allow maintenance to be carried out by the current appetizer industry and the dark elevator company。
“we question the results of the tests and the maintenance offer of elevator protection, the dark elevator company, which we add to the sum of the price of $450,000 for maintenance on the basis of the industry's publicity, but we have asked the masters who know how to repair the elevator to look at it and find that the price is large and that the actual cost is only one third of the price. It is our hope that the elevators will be repaired by a third-party agency led by a community or street office
There are also some who say that they are not in favour of, or against, a wait-and-see attitude because they do not understand the rules governing the use of maintenance funds. Some of the owners also questioned the failure of the daily maintenance of the property, and one argued with indignation: “the failure to protect the property at normal times, the failure to repair it, the failure to change parts, and the inescapable responsibility of the frequent failure of the elevator”
In addition, there are widespread doubts about the maintenance programme itself. “13 elevators spent $25,000 last september on maintenance, another $45,000 this year, and $700 per household per year. Did you make a price match before you fixed it? How long will it last? These key information properties have never been clearly stated.”
Looking for a way out
Establishment of a committee to promote elevator maintenance
In response to the current difficulties, the parties are actively coordinating their search for a way out。
The staff of the pugi street office indicated that the formation of the district industry committees was now in preparation for the formation and qualification phase and that in the future, the issue of elevator maintenance would be promoted systematically through a unified opinion of the representatives of the owners. He also stated, however, that the longer life cycle of the commission made it difficult to fully respond to the immediate urgency of elevator maintenance。
The journalists observed in the district that a public announcement issued by the wang jiabashi community residents' committee had made it clear that the popular garden had “generally met the conditions for the establishment of a conference of owners” and that the procedure for the formation of the board had been officially launched。
At the same time, property owners have indicated that they are optimizing their communication with owners and have actively contacted some of the dissenting owners to explain it. For its part, the department of urban and rural housing and the market supervision authority of the huaihua district have indicated that they will actively promote the maintenance of lifts in the sub-districts, in accordance with the relevant regulations, with a view to ensuring the safety of travel。
Sources: open-screen journalists, zhang yong, jiangyang, photo coverage
