M E M O / N O T E D E S E R V I C E |
|
To / Destinataire |
Chair and Members of Transit
Committee/Président et membres du Comité des services de transport en
commun |
File/N° de
fichier: ACS2009-ICS-TRA-0016 |
From /
Expéditeur |
Alain Mercier, General Manager/Directeur général, Transit Services/Services de transport en commun |
Contact /
Personne-ressource : Alain Mercier, General Manager/ Directeur général, Transit Services/ Services de transport en commun Alain.Mercier@ottawa.ca 613-842-3636, 2271 |
Subject / Objet |
Elevators
at Transit Stations / Ascenseurs
aux Stations de Transport en Commun |
Date: November 5, 2009 Le 5 novembre 2009 |
At the special
meeting of Transit Committee on 9 February 2009, direction was given to staff
to “provide an update on the capital upgrading process of elevators at transit
stations as well as a review of operating procedures”. The following responds to that direction.
DISCUSSION
Update on the Capital
Upgrading of Elevators at Transit Stations
An independent engineering firm conducted a
comprehensive review of all elevators at OC Transpo stations in 2007. The resulting report, produced in May 2007,
outlined a number of recommendations including a prioritized list of elevators
requiring rehabilitation. Elevator
rehabilitation is continuing as recommended in that report.
The following major work was completed
recently. Complete rehabilitation refers
to the replacement of the control unit and car/cab, as well as bringing the
elevators up to the current design code.
The mechanical reliability of these elevators
has increased following completion of the rehabilitation work. For example, the percent of days when all
elevators at Tunney’s Pasture Station were operational increased from 83 per
cent to 99 per cent following rehabilitation, with a similar increase at
Westboro Station, from 69 per cent to 88 per cent. The increase at Westboro Station would have
been higher if not for water damage that occurred, which resulted in the need
for additional downtime to restore the elevators to working condition.
Rehabilitation of the following elevators is
already underway or scheduled to begin later this year or in early 2010:
In 2010, all elevators at Blair Station are
slated for complete rehabilitation.
Funds in the amount of $500,000 for this work are included in the draft
budget estimates for 2010.
All remaining transit station elevators are
scheduled to undergo complete rehabilitation in future years (see table
below). The amount of funding required
will be determined at a later date.
Transit Station |
Year
(tentative) |
Queensway |
2011 |
Campus |
2011 |
Billings Bridge |
2012 |
Greenboro |
2013 |
South Keys |
2013 |
Lycée Claudel |
2014 |
Smyth |
2014 |
Current Operating
Procedures
Elevators must be temporarily removed from
service in the case of vandalism, mechanical problems, or health and safety
concerns, such as the presence of bodily substances. The status of all elevators is checked by
Transit Facility Maintenance staff every day and any deficiencies are reported
immediately to the Transit Facility Maintenance Supervisor and Transit Law
Enforcement. In the case of mechanical problems, Transit Law Enforcement places
a call with the elevator maintenance contractor and sends a report by e-mail to
Transit Facility Maintenance confirming the call-in. In the case of janitorial services being
required, Transit Facility Maintenance takes appropriate action. Transit Facility Maintenance, Transit
Operations, or Transit Law Enforcement staff places out of order signage
on all elevator levels to inform customers about the elevator status.
If an elevator deficiency is reported by a
customer, for example through use of an emergency call box, Integrated Control
Centre staff liaise with and dispatch mobile staff (Transit Supervisor and/or
Special Constable) to verify the elevator status on-site. In the case of mechanical problems, once the
elevator deficiency has been confirmed, Integrated Control Centre staff
immediately report the failure to the elevator maintenance contractor and
notify Transit Facility Maintenance by phone and by e-mail. In the case of janitorial services being
required, Transit Facility Maintenance takes appropriate action. The responding Transit Supervisor or Special
Constable places out of order signage on all elevator levels to inform
customers about the elevator status.
Transit Supervisors manage customer impacts
resulting from the elevator failure until the elevator is restored to normal
service. This includes:
Once the elevator is repaired and operational:
As part of the recent integration of former
Real Property Asset Management staff (now Transit Projects and Facilities
Management staff) into Transit Services, new integrated operating procedures
will be put into place by the end of March 2010.
For more information on these procedures and
rehabilitation plans, please contact Stéphane Carbonneau, Manager, Transit
Projects and Facilities Management.
Customers with inquiries about specific elevators should contact
Customer Service (613-842-3600 or ocserve@octranspo.com) or Transit Information
(613-741-4390). To report a defective
elevator, customers at transit stations should use the nearest emergency call
box which provides a direct line to the Integrated Control Centre.
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Alain Mercier
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