Resources / Working guides
Guides for elevator
project teams.
First-party guidance from the JV shop: how to specify cabs, choose materials, frame an RFQ, and design interiors for the traffic they will actually carry. General guidance — project-specific decisions always run through scope review.
Specification guide
How to Specify a Custom Elevator Cab
What an elevator project team should gather before specifying a custom cab: dimensions, elevator type, traffic, materials, coordination inputs, and drawings.
Read the guideMaterials guide
Elevator Cab Materials & Finishes: A Working Guide
How stainless, bronze and Muntz metal, wood veneer, glass, laminate, and patterned metal behave in elevator interiors — and how project teams choose between them.
Read the guideEntrances
UL Listed Fire-Rated Elevator Entrances, Explained for Project Teams
What an entrance package covers, how UL Listed fire-rated entrance products fit an elevator project, and what information a project team should gather for review.
Read the guideRFQ checklist
What to Include in an Elevator Project RFQ
A practical checklist for requesting elevator cab, interior, or entrance quotes: the project details, documents, and decisions that make a quote fast and accurate.
Read the guideApplication guide
Passenger, Service, and Freight Elevator Cabs: What Changes
How cab design changes across passenger, service, freight, and transit-style elevators — durability, materials, protection, and coordination differences that matter.
Read the guideTransit environments
Transit Elevator Interiors: Designing for Durability in Public Service
What makes transit and public-infrastructure elevator interiors different: vandal resistance, serviceability, materials, and coordination with agency project teams.
Read the guideCeilings & lighting
Elevator Ceilings and Lighting: Options and Coordination
How elevator ceiling systems and integrated lighting shape a cab: panel and island ceilings, downlights and cove light, materials, and the coordination details that matter.
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