Elevators / Escalators
Expert Witness & Consultants by State

Experts in this filed provide evaluations in the design, maintenance, operation, safety, and manufacture of elevators and escalators, including issues on accidents, design, failure analysis, material strength and stress, reliability, safety assessment, and compliance to standards. An escalator is a conveyor transport device for transporting people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move up or down on tracks that keep the surfaces of the individual steps horizontal. A moving walkway, moving sidewalk, travelator, or travelator is a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.  An elevator or lift is a transport device used to move goods or people vertically.