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THE ELEVATOR IS THEIRS. THE BUILDING IS OURS.

THE ELEVATOR IS THEIRS.

THE BUILDING IS OURS.

THE ELEVATOR IS THEIRS.

THE BUILDING IS OURS.

ELEVATOR & ESCALATOR MODERNIZATION · WORK BY OTHERS

ELEVATOR & ESCALATOR MODERNIZATION · WORK BY OTHERS

When a modernization needs building-side work, hoistway, machine room, electrical, fire alarm, structure, we take the whole scope under one contract and have it inspection-ready when the mechanics need it.

INTRODUCTION

RiseWise is a Las Vegas general contractor for the building side of elevator and escalator modernization. The scope the elevator contract leaves out is the scope we take whole.

RiseWise is a Las Vegas general contractor for the building side of elevator and escalator modernization. The scope the elevator contract leaves out is the scope we take whole.

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Every modernization drags building work behind it: fire-rated hoistways, compliant machine rooms, disconnects and shunt trips, alarm interface, structural patching, permits, and the fire marshal's sign-off. We survey it, price it, build it, and walk it through inspection under a single contract, so the elevator crew never leaves the elevator. Relationships are earned on schedule.

ONE

ONE

One contract carries every building-side trade, and one point of accountability from the first site walk to final sign-off.

DAYS

DAYS

From site walk to an itemized proposal formatted for your customer file. The building scope moves while your bid is still warm.

LOCAL

LOCAL

Based in Las Vegas, walking jobs here. Nevada code, local subs, local inspectors, and response measured in hours, not time zones.

Services

Services

01

Hoistway & Fire-Rating

02

Machine Room Compliance

03

Electrical & Emergency Power

04

Fire Alarm & Life Safety

05

Structural, Mechanical & Finish

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Fire-rated walls, sealed penetrations, patching, bevels, and code-current landing lighting on long rises. The shaft passes before the car does.

01

Hoistway & Fire-Rating

Fire-rated walls, sealed penetrations, patching, bevels, and code-current landing lighting on long rises. The shaft passes before the car does.

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02

Machine Room Compliance

Non-elevator systems out or properly enclosed, fire-rated self-closing doors, HVAC that holds controller temperature, lighting and clearances the inspector actually measures.

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03

Electrical & Emergency Power

Fused lockable disconnects, shunt trip, GFCI protection, feeder work, and generator or ATS tie-ins sized for the new controller.

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04

Fire Alarm & Life Safety

Detection in the machine room and hoistway, recall wiring to the new controller, sprinkler coordination, and an alarm interface tested before the AHJ ever sees it.

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05

Structural, Mechanical & Finish

Pit work, cutting and patching, doors and frames, mechanical modifications, and the finish repairs that leave the building looking untouched.

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01

Hoistway & Fire-Rating

Fire-rated walls, sealed penetrations, patching, bevels, and code-current landing lighting on long rises. The shaft passes before the car does.

a truck driving down the road in the desert

02

Machine Room Compliance

Non-elevator systems out or properly enclosed, fire-rated self-closing doors, HVAC that holds controller temperature, lighting and clearances the inspector actually measures.

blue and red cargo containers

03

Electrical & Emergency Power

Fused lockable disconnects, shunt trip, GFCI protection, feeder work, and generator or ATS tie-ins sized for the new controller.

containers vans

04

Fire Alarm & Life Safety

Detection in the machine room and hoistway, recall wiring to the new controller, sprinkler coordination, and an alarm interface tested before the AHJ ever sees it.

aerial view of vehicles in parking area

05

Structural, Mechanical & Finish

Pit work, cutting and patching, doors and frames, mechanical modifications, and the finish repairs that leave the building looking untouched.

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OUR SOLUTION

Modernizations rarely stall in the hoistway. They stall in the building around it.

Scope Found Late

Building-side items surface after the bid, sometimes after the equipment ships. Every one of them moves the install date. We put a complete building scope on the table before the job starts.

Scope Found Late

Building-side items surface after the bid, sometimes after the equipment ships. Every one of them moves the install date. We put a complete building scope on the table before the job starts.

Trades Without a Leader

An electrician, an alarm tech, a framer, and a mechanical sub who have never met, each waiting on another. When nobody owns the sequence, the schedule owns everyone. We own the sequence.

Trades Without a Leader

An electrician, an alarm tech, a framer, and a mechanical sub who have never met, each waiting on another. When nobody owns the sequence, the schedule owns everyone. We own the sequence.

Machine Room Red Tags

The car runs perfectly and the room fails: storage that shouldn't be there, temperature out of range, the wrong door. The smallest room on the project kills more finals than the elevator does.

Machine Room Red Tags

The car runs perfectly and the room fails: storage that shouldn't be there, temperature out of range, the wrong door. The smallest room on the project kills more finals than the elevator does.

Fire Marshal Surprises

Alarm interface requirements discovered at the final walk instead of the first one. We start the AHJ and fire marshal conversation at the front of the job, where it costs days instead of months.

Fire Marshal Surprises

Alarm interface requirements discovered at the final walk instead of the first one. We start the AHJ and fire marshal conversation at the front of the job, where it costs days instead of months.

RiseWise exists so elevator companies can sell modernizations without inheriting a construction project. One general contractor takes the building scope whole, sequences every trade, and hands back a building that passes. Your install date holds.
RiseWise exists so elevator companies can sell modernizations without inheriting a construction project. One general contractor takes the building scope whole, sequences every trade, and hands back a building that passes. Your install date holds.
RiseWise exists so elevator companies can sell modernizations without inheriting a construction project. One general contractor takes the building scope whole, sequences every trade, and hands back a building that passes. Your install date holds.
  • ONE CONTRACTOR
  • EVERY TRADE
  • YOUR SCHEDULE
  • INSPECTION PASSED
  • ONE CONTRACTOR
  • EVERY TRADE
  • YOUR SCHEDULE
  • INSPECTION PASSED
  • ONE CONTRACTOR
  • EVERY TRADE
  • YOUR SCHEDULE
  • INSPECTION PASSED

How We Work

The job runs in four moves.

The job runs in four moves.

01

Walk It

We walk the site with your mod rep or superintendent, check every building-side item against current code, and leave with a complete scope. No allowances, no discovery clauses doing the work a survey should have done.

01

Walk It

We walk the site with your mod rep or superintendent, check every building-side item against current code, and leave with a complete scope. No allowances, no discovery clauses doing the work a survey should have done.

01

Walk It

We walk the site with your mod rep or superintendent, check every building-side item against current code, and leave with a complete scope. No allowances, no discovery clauses doing the work a survey should have done.

02

Price It

An itemized proposal back in days, formatted to drop straight into your customer documents, so the building work never holds up your bid.

02

Price It

An itemized proposal back in days, formatted to drop straight into your customer documents, so the building work never holds up your bid.

02

Price It

An itemized proposal back in days, formatted to drop straight into your customer documents, so the building work never holds up your bid.

03

Build It

Our subs, our sequence, our schedule risk. Trades arrive in the right order because one contractor answers for all of them, and that contractor is local.

03

Build It

Our subs, our sequence, our schedule risk. Trades arrive in the right order because one contractor answers for all of them, and that contractor is local.

03

Build It

Our subs, our sequence, our schedule risk. Trades arrive in the right order because one contractor answers for all of them, and that contractor is local.

04

Pass It

Permits pulled, inspections scheduled, AHJ and fire marshal handled, corrections closed same week. The job is done when it passes, not when we pack up.

04

Pass It

Permits pulled, inspections scheduled, AHJ and fire marshal handled, corrections closed same week. The job is done when it passes, not when we pack up.

04

Pass It

Permits pulled, inspections scheduled, AHJ and fire marshal handled, corrections closed same week. The job is done when it passes, not when we pack up.

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PARTNERS SECTION

RiseWise works for elevator companies first: OEM branches and independents modernizing equipment across the Las Vegas valley. The building scope barely changes from one manufacturer's job to the next. What changes is who answers for it.
RiseWise works for elevator companies first: OEM branches and independents modernizing equipment across the Las Vegas valley. The building scope barely changes from one manufacturer's job to the next. What changes is who answers for it.
RiseWise works for elevator companies first: OEM branches and independents modernizing equipment across the Las Vegas valley. The building scope barely changes from one manufacturer's job to the next. What changes is who answers for it.

Built to carry building-side scope on modernizations of every major line.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is "work by others" in an elevator modernization?

Who does the building work the elevator company won't do?

What building work is required for an elevator modernization to pass inspection in Las Vegas?

Doesn't the elevator contractor handle the electrical and fire alarm work?

How long does elevator work by others take?

What does elevator work by others cost?

Can you fix an elevator code violation without a full modernization?

What is "work by others" in an elevator modernization?

Who does the building work the elevator company won't do?

What building work is required for an elevator modernization to pass inspection in Las Vegas?

Doesn't the elevator contractor handle the electrical and fire alarm work?

How long does elevator work by others take?

What does elevator work by others cost?

Can you fix an elevator code violation without a full modernization?