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KJA Consultants Inc. is an engineering consulting firm specializing in vertical transportation systems. The firm is totally independent, having no affiliation with any industry contractor or developer. The firm was founded in 1965 and has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. KJA is the largest vertical transportation consulting firm in Canada and the second largest in North America.

KJA currently has thirteen staff members, nine of which are graduate or professional engineers, the remainder consists of technical and support staff. The project staff includes mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineers as well as a computer systems analyst. KJA also has staff serving as members of the B44 CSA Elevator and Escalator Safety Code Committee and has Certified Elevator Safety Inspectors (National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities).

KJA has designed, specified and inspected elevator systems in commercial, residential, and health care facilities throughout North America and internationally. KJA's area of expertise includes elevators, escalators, moving walkways, conveyors, and window washers.

KJA is familiar with the design criteria and ongoing needs specific to commercial, residential, and health care projects, and has developed performance criteria used on many such projects. Over the past five years KJA has assisted in the design and modification of over six hundred new and existing buildings.

KJA combines extensive experience together with the most modern techniques of computer based simulation, analysis and performance level metering. Expertise in the field of microprocessors allows KJA to properly test and evaluate modern elevator control systems.

The range of services available for new building projects covers the design of elevator/escalator systems (computer simulation with dispatching logic), specifications, coordination of work by other trades, bid review, contract negotiations, interim inspections, progress payment review, drawing review, final acceptance inspections and post-occupancy performance inspections. For modernization projects, similar services geared to the renovation process are provided.

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