How does a condo board plan for an elevator modernization?
Short answer
Start with an independent condition assessment, not a bid. Knowing remaining service life by subsystem lets a board fund reserves on a schedule instead of facing an emergency assessment. Bids come after you know what the equipment actually needs.
What matters in these buildings
The reserve conversation
A modernization is the largest single line most associations will face for vertical transportation. Boards that plan it four or five years out fund it from reserves. Boards that wait for a failure fund it from a special assessment.
Owners who want to see the numbers
We write scopes so a board can present them to owners — required work separated from recommended, priced apart, with what happens if the second list is deferred.
Getting out of proprietary contracts
Many associations discover at renewal that they cannot get a competitive bid because the equipment is locked. Modernization is the moment to fix that permanently.
What makes us different
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.
LifTech bids the whole thing. Every sub-trade is in our scope, on our schedule, under our
supervision. You get one contract, one point of contact and one company accountable for the
finished result.
Elevator
Electrical
Fire alarm
HVAC & mini-split
3-phase disconnects
Ball valves & oil lines
Control room
Permitting
Inspection coordination
Recent work
See a full modernization, stage by stage
Amberly Village in Naples, photographed at every stage — 1980s relay controller through to a modern non-proprietary system, with every sub-trade in our scope. Drag the handle to compare any part of the job.