elevator regulation at a glance
- Regulator
- Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Oil and Public Safety (OPS), Conveyance Program
- Statute
- C.R.S. 9-5.5; rules at 7 CCR 1101-8; ASME A17.1, A17.3 and A18.1 adopted
- Who inspects
- Licensed third-party inspectors hired by the owner in OPS jurisdiction; approved local authorities having jurisdiction may use staff or contract inspectors
- Frequency
- Annual periodic inspection in the unit’s Compliance Month; annual contractor safety test within 60 days before it; inspector-witnessed safety test every five years
- Certificate
- Certificate of operation $30 per conveyance, expiring at the end of the Compliance Month; not issued until all prior deficiencies are corrected; temporary certificate 60 days, no renewal
- Fees
- Registration $200 per conveyance; alteration permit $150; new installation permit $300
Elevator compliance in Denver
Denver’s stock spans the 1980s oil-boom towers of the central business district, the newer Union Station and RiNo districts, Cherry Creek and the Denver Tech Center office markets, a large wave of recent high-rise and mid-rise residential, Anschutz Medical Campus and the region’s hospital systems, the University of Denver and CU Denver, convention and arena venues, and Denver International Airport’s escalators, moving walks and train platforms.
Under Colorado’s conveyance program the owner hires a licensed third-party inspector for the annual periodic inspection and the five-year witnessed test, and the state issues the certificate of operation only once all deficiencies are closed. Denver and several Front Range cities also act as authorities having jurisdiction with their own permitting layered on top of OPS registration. Owners who inherit a developer’s maintenance agreement on a new tower usually discover its exclusions at the first Compliance Month.
How we help Denver owners and managers
Elevator Compliance Group is an independent, QEI-licensed inspection and consulting firm. We do not sell maintenance, repairs or modernization, so our work in Denver is only for the owner: inspections and inspection witnessing, review of inspection reports and violations, deficiency tracking to verified correction, maintenance contract review, modernization planning and owner representation when the contractor and the inspector disagree.
- Annual periodic inspections and five-year witnessed tests by licensed QEI inspectors
- Compliance Month calendars and deficiency closeout across multi-building portfolios
- Maintenance contract review for new towers and institutional campuses
- Modernization planning and bid management for 1980s downtown equipment
- Escalator and moving-walk oversight for airport, transit and venue operators
Nearby communities
Aurora, Lakewood, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Boulder, Broomfield, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs.
Regulatory summary based on the agency sources below; requirements change, so confirm current rules with the agency or with us before relying on them.