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CSA B44 / ASME A17.1 Part 6, the escalator and moving walk chapters: balustrades, step and skirt clearances, comb plates, handrail and step devices.
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Elevator design, inspection and maintenance rules: hoistways and pits, clearances and runbys, machine spaces, doors and what MRL really means.
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The guides are written to the 2016 code book (ASME A17.1-2016 / CSA B44-16) and flag the major changes in the 2022 edition. Tell the guide where you work and it knows which edition is law there: where that is 2022, it leads with the newer rule. See which edition applies where you work.
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