We too struggled with this for years. When our building was built
20 years ago, the freight elevator was nixed when the bond money ran
out. To my knowledge, there was nobody with any chemical health and
safety background involved in the construction at that time to
advocate for the importance of a freight elevator in a science
building. We have 2 very small passenger elevators with carpet in
them and getting equipment to upper floors is not easy. As we have
a renovation approaching this summer they are already talking about
how equipment and supplies will be brought in.
Moving waste was our biggest issue, but we also have to move the
large LN2 tanks. We use the already suggested buddy system with
signs, but I finally got the physical plant to give us a key to lock
out an elevator so it won't stop on the other floors during the
process a couple of years ago. This has made the process much
better. We also time the transport at non-heavy traffic periods,
such as late afternoons or during class times.
Sammye
On 5/11/2018 2:59 PM, Michael Ahler
wrote:
