ASME A17.1/ CSA B44-2010 Handbook

and Escalators, and ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, Performance
Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, are the
accepted guides for design, construction, installation,
operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration,
and repair of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving
walks, and material lifts. They are the basis in total or
in part for elevator codes used throughout the United
States and Canada.
The ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Code and ASME A17.7/
CSA B44.7 are only guides unless adopted as law or
regulation by an authority having jurisdiction.
Local jurisdictions may, in their adopting legislation,
occasionally revise and/or include requirements in addition
to those found in the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and
ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Codes. It is therefore advisable
to check with the local jurisdiction before applying code
requirements in any area.
Requirement 1.1.2 outlines examples of equipment not
covered by theASMEA17.1/CSA B44 andASMEA17.7/
CSA B44.7 Codes. Requirement 1.1.3 specifies those
Parts and requirements of the Code that apply only to
new installations, as well as those that apply to both
new and existing installations.