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ASME A17.1 HDBK Document Information:
Title
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators CSA B44-07, Safety Code for Elevators
ASME International
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 2007
Scope:
The ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and
Escalators, and ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, Performance Based Safety Code
for Elevators and Escalators, are the accepted guides for design,
construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing,
maintenance, alteration, and repair of elevators, dumbwaiters,
escalators, moving walks, and material lifts. They are the basis in
total or in part for elevator codes used throughout the United
States and Canada.
The ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Code and ASME A17.7/ CSA B44.7 are only
guides unless adopted as law or regulation by an authority having
jurisdiction. Local jurisdictions may, in their adopting
legislation, occasionally revise and/or include requirements in
addition to those found in the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and ASME
A17.7/CSA B44.7 Codes. It is therefore advisable to check with the
local jurisdiction before applying code requirements in any
area.
Requirement 1.1.2 outlines examples of equipment not covered by
theASMEA17.1/CSA B44 andASMEA17.7/ CSA B44.7 Codes. Requirement
1.1.3 specifies those Parts and requirements of the Code that apply
only to new installations, as well as those that apply to both new
and existing installations.
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