OTIS elevator upgrade underway at IOWA county offices

A US$1.2-million modernization by Otis is underway at the Scott County Administrative Center in Davenport, Iowa, the Quad-City Times reports. It involves two elevators at the center, which houses offices, and two at the courthouse. Offices that are inaccessible have been relocated until the work is complete in late January or early February 2019. Courthouse elevator work is expected to be complete by June 2019. The maintenance coordinator for the county’s Facility & Support Department said the project includes the units’ inner workings, and added, “Our service calls have gone up in past years, but the bigger motivating factor was being in compliance with 2020 [elevator] code changes.”