News and notes
Notes from the machine room
Practical guidance for building owners and facility managers, and news from Atlas.
Guide · 20 October 2026
Power cuts and lifts: what really happens when the light goes
Why lifts stop between floors, what an automatic rescue device does, and how to set your generator changeover so it does not trip the lift.
Read the guideGuide · 2 October 2026
Seven questions to ask before you sign a maintenance contract
Response times, parts, logbooks and what happens at 3am. A checklist for estate boards and facility managers.
Read the guideUpdates
From Atlas
Example updates for this demo.
Our Abuja rescue desk now runs round the clock, with two engineers on night shift in Wuse and Maitama.
Remote monitoring is now included in every Comprehensive plan at no extra cost.
Twelve new apprentices join the Atlas academy from technical colleges in Yaba and Kaduna.
Free rescue drill for security teams on Saturday 4 October at our Ikoyi workshop.
Escalator pre-season checks for malls open for booking.
Topics
What we write about
Power and generators
Changeovers, inverters and rescue devices.
Contracts
What to ask, what to pay, what to expect.
Safety
Rescues, drills and riding safely.
Modernisation
When to renew and how to stay open.
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