EM - Regulations on Fire and Safety require that buildings must be equipped with fire elevators and rescue means. In each fire compartment of buildings with a height of >28m, an elevator shall be arranged to meet the requirements for transporting firefighters and means (as specified in Section 5.14 QCVN 06:2010/BXD).
Elevators are regulated in the list of "machines, equipment, materials and substances subject to strict requirements on occupational safety and hygiene". Therefore, the Vietnam Standards (TCVN) were born to standardize the process of manufacturing, testing, operating and using elevators.
Circular No. 21/2014/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction promulgating the National Technical Regulation on Construction of Works to ensure access to use by people with disabilities, in which Section 2.5 regulates elevators specifying the regulations. technical specifications for elevators.
Elevators play an important role in people's modern life, especially in high-rise buildings. However, in the past time, there have been many serious accidents and elevator-related incidents that have caused public unrest. 2020 was a terrible year with nearly a dozen serious elevator accidents occurring across the country. According to the assessment of many industry experts, most of the incidents are caused by subjective human factors from product quality to the stages of installation, operation, maintenance, ... leading to unexpected events. . While the sets of standards, regulations, and technical processes are basically adequate, the actual implementation to control risks still has many issues that need attention.
Home elevators have gradually become popular in social life. But perhaps not many people are aware that this is an item on the list of potentially unsafe products and goods. And customer need to be attentive to how to inspect, what needs to be noted to protect themselves and their family members.
EM – The seminar "Improving the quality of human resources in Vietnam elevator industry" was a great success with the high appreciation of the state management agencies, scientists, the business community and attracted a lot of attention. The question is when will we realize key solutions such as building the National Occupational Skills Standards, issuing training codes in the vocational education system, and standardizing human resources?
