Speaking at the press conference on March 27, 3, in Hanoi, Mr. Nguyen Hai Duc, Chairman of the Vietnam Elevator Association, said elevators can have problems and incidents anywhere, from homes , apartments to office buildings, shopping centers. Although it is not on the list of common accidents such as fires or traffic accidents, it still poses a high risk of threatening human health and life. Incidents can come from many causes such as faulty elevator doors, faulty safety brakes, electrical/mechanical problems... or even homemade elevators that do not meet standards and regulations. still "naturally" working.
Therefore, the Association has presided over the planning, planning and review, assigned to the Institute of Elevator Application Techniques to draft and build TCCS for the elevator industry.
Meanwhile, Mr. Nguyen Huy Tien, General Secretary of the Vietnam Elevator Association shared that TCCS 01:2023/VNEA takes elevators as the core, elevator users as the center, industry standards, and at the same time aims to The goal is to solve the problems of relevant parties in ensuring elevator safety: Owners, elevator users, state management agencies, individuals working in the industry and society. .
TCCS takes Vietnamese standards (TCVN) as the base, supplementing TCVN, in accordance with the actual cultural situation and domestic technology development capabilities, helping to perfect and enhance competitiveness according to trends and trends. practical requirements.
Standards and requirements for the work that must be done to ensure safe and long-lasting operation of the elevator, including 4 main contents: Detailed work of elevator technical services including (standard technical inspection) periodic maintenance, emergency rescue, regular repair, major repair, elevator modernization...); Require elevator owners and elevator users to ensure operating conditions, compliance with regulations, actions to be taken during use and emergency situations...; Requirements for specialized units in terms of facilities, technical means, personnel arrangement, plans for work norms, personnel norms to meet the job...; and Requirements for elevator technical personnel qualifications according to functional roles such as from technical staff (operations, maintenance) to organizational and management experts.
In addition, this is also the first official document in Vietnam that focuses on equipment life recommendations - an important issue in elevator operation based on specific research, evaluation and synthesis. From there, the owner or state management agency has a basis to establish budgets and prices for maintenance and repair as well as organize elevator management and operation departments properly.
TCCS 01:2023/VNEA also provides an elevator identification code system (ID and QR code lookup system) to help make information about elevator status transparent and increase efficiency in management and repair work. , rescue... of consumers, businesses and state management agencies.
Appreciating the elevator identification code implemented by the Vietnam Elevator Association, Mr. Vu Tien Thanh, Head of Technical Regulations and Safety Technical Inspection Department, Department of Labor Safety, Ministry of Labor and War Invalids and Society said this is also the content that the Ministry has planned to implement for many years. In fact, the unit has built a data system on elevator inspection, but it has not yet been comprehensive in terms of operation and use.
And Mr. Phung Quang Minh, Head of Planning Synthesis Department, Technical Committee for National Standards TCVN/TC 178 "elevators, escalators and passenger conveyors" of the Vietnam Standards and Quality Institute said: "The standards National standards are mainly applied voluntarily by individuals and organizations. This is very necessary to meet the actual needs of the industry and society. We highly appreciate and support the Vietnam Elevator Association in building industry standards, from which we can evaluate and raise these basic standards to add to the national technical regulation system QCVN".
Vietnam standards on elevators were first released in 1993 and are always supplemented and amended, in accordance with international practices. The most popular and comprehensive version was issued in 2017, focusing mainly on safety requirements for design and installation, with no or complete general safety requirements in management and use. , maintenance and repair of elevators./.
