Uniformat D1010

Elevator, traction

Also called traction elevator, MRL elevator, geared traction

Confidence C
Version 0.2.0
Reviewed 2026-10-21

Service life

20 yearsmedian of the stated lives · sources say 20–35 years

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

Basis

35 years · Brockton: Policy F06-2009-03 Capital Asset Amortization, p2 · “Elevator - Mechanical Elevator” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page. None of the policies says hydraulic or traction; the same rows are cited for both types.
20 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p11 · “Elevator” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
20 years · Kenora: AF-6-1 Tangible Capital Asset Policy (By-law 34-2026), p15 · “Buildings - Elevator” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
20 years · Prince Edward: FIN-12 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p34 · “Buildings - Elevators” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
20 years · Sarnia: Finance-04 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Attachment No. 1: TCA Policy Appendix A, p1 · “Elevators” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
20 years · Severn: By-law 2019-04, Corporate Policy Manual: Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Useful Life Guide, p400 · “Building Components - Elevators” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
20 years · Welland: FIN-001-0012 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p8 · “Elevator” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
25 years · Parksville: Policy No. 6.16 Tangible Capital Assets, p9 · “Elevators” (accounting life)
Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Municipal lives for conveying (D10)

9 municipalities in Ontario and British Columbia state a life for conveying as a whole, in 9 distinct tables: 20–35 years, median 20. These come from capital asset policies: accounting lives, used for amortization. They describe the system rather than this component, and none is a measured life.

Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.

All 9 stated lives

Municipality	As written	Years	Kind	Source
Grey Highlands	Elevator	20	accounting	p11 · 2026
Kenora	Buildings - Elevator	20	accounting	p15 · 2026
Prince Edward	Buildings - Elevators	20	accounting	p34 · 2022
Sarnia	Elevators	20	accounting	p1
Severn	Building Components - Elevators	20	accounting	p400 · 2019
Welland	Elevator	20	accounting	p8 · 2021
Parksville	Elevators	25	accounting	p9 · 2023
Greater Madawaska	Services Conveying	25–30	accounting	p17 · 2025
Brockton	Elevator - Mechanical Elevator	35	accounting	p2 · 2009

Each row was matched to its page automatically: the label and the number appear in the text of the cited page. An editor has not yet compared every row with the table, so follow the page link before relying on one. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON

Preventive maintenance

No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.

Open questions

These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.
No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.

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Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Elevator, traction, v0.2.0. https://unfinished.one/c/elevator-traction/v/0.2.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_elevator_traction_0_2_0,
  title = {Elevator, traction},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.2.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/elevator-traction/v/0.2.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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