Commercial elevator specialists — Southwest Florida

Your elevator is out of compliance. We clear it.

LifTech modernizes, repairs and maintains commercial elevators from Everglades City to North Port — and brings every sub-trade with us, so you are not coordinating an electrician, a fire alarm company and an HVAC contractor yourself. Certified technicians, non-proprietary equipment, and a free second opinion on any contract or quote.

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No-cost assessment for buildings with an open violation or an expired Certificate of Operation. We tell you what it takes to clear it before you commit to anything.

Every trade in one bid
Electrical, fire alarm and HVAC included — you coordinate nobody
Founded by a KONE field trainer
Scott Tackett trained elevator adjusters in every US state
Non-proprietary equipment
You keep your parts, your data and your choice of contractor
Free contract review
We read what you’re signed to and show you what’s padded

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What does your notice actually say?

Most people call us holding a document they can’t fully decode. Pick the line closest to yours.

Certificate of Operation

The placard posted in every elevator in Florida

Expired — violation open Equipment in use without a current certificate
Building
Gulfshore condominium, 8 floors
Units
2 passenger, 1 service
Last inspection
Failed — 4 open items
Status
Cited

Example only. Certificate requirements and penalty exposure vary by county and by inspection finding — we’ll tell you exactly where your building stands.

What happens if an elevator Certificate of Operation expires?

Short answer

The equipment is being operated without a current certificate, and that’s a finding against the building and most times against your contractor as well. Exposure continues while the lapse continues, and it becomes an insurance and disclosure problem the moment anyone is injured or the property changes hands.

What it’s costing you

Penalty exposure that compounds with time, plus a compliance history that follows the property through sale and renewal.

What LifTech does

Inspect it ourselves, give you a written list of what stands between you and a current certificate, complete the work, and coordinate re-inspection.

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What makes us different to work with?

We bring every trade. You coordinate nobody.

Most elevator contractors bid the elevator and leave you to find an electrician, a fire alarm company and an HVAC contractor — then coordinate all of them around a schedule you did not write. That is how a modernization turns into a second job for a property manager.

QUESTION FOR YOUTwo things to confirm before this goes public: are you happy for us to name KONE on the site, and are you comfortable standing behind the 67% labour reduction figure on the Mono300 if a former colleague reads it?

LifTech bids and coordinates the elevator project. The subcontractors we work with coordinate with us throughout, which eliminates the need for a general contractor. The customer pays the subcontractors directly, creating a hands-off approach for every customer.

  • Elevator
  • Electrical
  • Fire alarm
  • HVAC & mini-split
  • 3-phase disconnects
  • Ball valves & oil lines
  • Control room
  • Permitting
  • Inspection coordination

Services

What we do

Commercial elevator work, start to finish, handled by our own certified technicians.

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Modernization

Full system upgrades with every sub-trade in our scope. Scoped by someone who helped design North American elevator equipment.

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Repair

Diagnosis and repair on all major makes and models. No proprietary lock-out on our equipment and no waiting on a manufacturer.

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Service & Maintenance

Planned maintenance built around how your equipment is actually used. No surprise exclusions.

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Contract Review

Send us the agreement you are already under. We show you what is billable, excluded and padded.

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Second Opinions

Before you sign another contractor’s invoice, have someone who trained adjusters nationally check the scope.

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Inspection & Compliance

Clearing open violations, correcting failed-inspection items and coordinating re-inspection.

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Consultant Reports

Independent condition assessments and due diligence for boards, buyers and managers.

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Recent work

A full modernization, stage by stage

Amberly Village, Naples. Drag the handle to compare, and pick any part of the job below. This is the same before-and-after record we hand every client at completion.

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NAPLES, FL

Amberly Village

A full hydraulic modernization taken from a 1980s relay controller through to a modern non-proprietary system — controller, power unit, door equipment, fixtures, pit and control room, with every sub-trade carried in our scope.

Building type
Residential condominium
Scope
Full hydraulic modernization
Controller
Non-proprietary
Also included
3-phase disconnects, ball valves & oil lines, control-room AC

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Amberly Village elevator hall station before modernization Amberly Village elevator hall station after modernization BEFOREAFTER DRAG TO COMPARE

The call station and fire service signage residents touch every day. New stainless fixture with a digital position indicator replacing a worn two-button plate.

Car operating panel rebuilt — new buttons, indicator and firefighter service, with the cab returns kept and cleaned rather than needlessly replaced.

The heart of the job. A 1980s relay controller with hand-lettered wiring gives way to a modern non-proprietary controller you are not locked into.

Overhead view of the power unit. New valve, new wiring, new guarding, and a layout a technician can actually work in.

Drive assembly and governor replaced, with new sheaves and correct alignment — where ride quality is won or lost.

Hoistway door equipment and locks renewed. Door trouble is the single most common cause of entrapment callbacks.

Ageing blue cabinetry and a stained floor replaced with a clean, sealed room and a new power unit. Condition here predicts equipment life.

Pit cleaned, sealed and fitted with new buffers and jack work. The part of the job nobody sees and every inspector checks.

We recently modernized our elevators at Amberly Village in Royal Wood, which is a big undertaking. Their professionalism, responsiveness and commitment to the job was excellent.
★★★★★ Spiro TurakuGoogle review · Amberly Village, Royal Wood

If your equipment is 20 years old or more

Obsolescence is a pricing problem before it is a safety problem

Once proprietary equipment passes twenty years, manufacturer copyright protections on the design begin to lapse and production of the original boards has stopped. What that means in practice is that a part which used to be stocked becomes an obsolete item, and the price increases sharply based on who still has that part.

This is the point at which buildings start being quoted eye-watering numbers to keep obsolete equipment alive — when the same money, or less, buys a modern non-proprietary controller that any contractor can service afterwards.

$23,000Quoted to replace a single obsolete proprietary board
VERSUS
$10,000A new non-proprietary controller, serviceable by anyone

Figures from a real quote we were asked to review. Your equipment and building will differ — send us the quote and we will tell you which side of that comparison you are on.

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Why LifTech

The people servicing your elevator learned it from him

Scott Tackett started at KONE in 2006 and was selected in 2017 as a North American Field Trainer, where he built and taught KONE’s only dedicated Field Adjuster Training Program in North America. He has trained elevator technicians in every state in the country.

He was later brought onto the development of the Mono300 elevator as subject matter expert, redesigning components and installation methods and contributing to the field assembly manual technicians still work from.

Read Scott’s background

2006Started in the trade
50States where he has trained technicians
67%Labor reduction achieved on the Mono300 build
1KONE’s only North American adjuster program
DRIVE SHEAVE CONTROLLER CAR CWT

Who we work for

Commercial buildings, exclusively

Condominiums & HOAs

Boards facing an open violation, ageing equipment, or a modernization they have to justify to owners.

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Hotels & Resorts

Properties where a unit out of service is lost revenue by the hour, and where cab finishes are part of the guest experience.

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Medical & Assisted Living

Buildings where reliability is a patient-safety matter and inspection records get scrutinised closely.

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Airports & Transit

High-traffic public equipment where an out-of-service unit is an accessibility and operations problem at the same time.

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Commercial & Industrial

Offices, warehouses and freight equipment where downtime interrupts operations rather than comfort.

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Property Management

Managers carrying multiple buildings who need one contractor with consistent records across the whole portfolio.

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Southwest Florida

One contractor, from North Port to Everglades City

Naples, Marco Island, Bonita Springs, Estero, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sanibel, Punta Gorda, North Port, Immokalee and Clewiston — dispatched from Naples, not routed through a regional office.

  • Naples
  • Marco Island
  • Bonita Springs
  • Estero
  • Fort Myers
  • Cape Coral
  • Fort Myers Beach
  • Sanibel
  • Punta Gorda
  • North Port
  • Immokalee
  • Clewiston

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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA · 12 CITIES

Reviews

What property managers say

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What happens next

  1. We read itYour notice, findings list, quote or service agreement.
  2. Scott reviews it personallyNot a salesperson, not a call centre.
  3. You get it in writingRequired versus optional, priced apart, with what we’d question.
  4. You decideUse us, renegotiate with your current contractor, or do nothing.

Most reviews come back within a few business days. Against a renewal deadline? Say so and we’ll prioritise it.

No cost, no obligation

Request a compliance assessment or contract review

Tell us what you’re holding — a violation notice, a failed inspection, a quote from another contractor, or a service agreement you’d like read properly. We’ll come back in writing.

Send it over

If it’s an emergency, skip the form and call (239) 427-1400 — someone picks up, 24 hours a day.

Send us the notice. We’ll tell you what it takes to clear it.

No cost, no obligation, and a written answer rather than a sales call.

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