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July 26, 2003

When freight elevators take on hauling construction debris, breakdowns threaten schedules. You need a temporary substitute pronto. How do you protect plush cab interiors when passenger elevators are pressed into heavy-duty service?

One solution is to build a plywood shield. Such devices provide adequate protection but take a while to set up and tear down, take up a lot of storage space in between uses, and must be custom made. A better solution for Cousins Properties in Atlanta is The Mat-A-Door®. A building engineer can quickly attach the supplied suction cups to cab walls and arrange its pliable panels to provide coverage as needed.

The Mat-A-Door® saves Cousins' schedule

When Cousins Properties in Atlanta leased seven floors of office space to Coca Cola Enterprises, they knew that demolishing and rebuilding that much space would put a heavy burden on the freight elevator. If it went down, construction deadlines might be missed unless a passenger elevator could be substituted temporariy. However, hauling construction debris in a fragile passenger elevator posed one major problem; how could the interior be protected from accidental, though inevitable, bumps and bangs? The cab was carefully measured and a wooden shield constructed. When the freight elevator went down, it could take as much as an hour to install the protective device, and another hour to deinstall it once the freight elevator was running again. Protection was certainly adequate but conversion time troubled Area Property Manager Janine Powell because of its impact on the construction schedule. Then she saw a demonstration of The Mat-A-Door®. Janine bought four sets on the spot. Now, when the freight elevator goes down, it takes a building engineer just minutes to attach the resilient devices to the inside of the cab. By placing The Mat-A-Doors® horizontally in the two rear corners of the elevator and attaching the self-contained suction cups to the walls, the cabs are protected from damage.