One-Week Elevator Modernization
Modernize an eligible aging elevator in as little as one week. Improve reliability, ride quality and accessibility with less disruption.
Your Elevator Is Showing Its Age. The Good News? It Can Be Modernized in Just One Week.
If your elevator is more than 15-20 years old, chances are it's still running. But "still running" doesn't necessarily mean it's performing at its best.
Building owners and facility managers often deal with:
- Increasing service calls
- Difficulty finding replacement parts
- Longer downtime events
- Passenger complaints
- Higher energy consumption
- Aging technology that no longer meets expectations
As elevator equipment ages, maintaining reliability becomes more challenging—and more expensive. The result is often an elevator that works, but not as efficiently, reliably, or comfortably as it once did.
The good news? You don't need to replace the entire system to see significant improvements. The even better news? There’s a faster path to better performance.
Better Performance. One Week. Big Impact.
A targeted elevator modernization upgrades critical components that have the greatest impact on performance, reliability, and passenger experience. Replacing aging equipment can help reduce breakdowns and unplanned outages, ensures compliance with current codes and improves overall passenger experience.
One of the biggest misconceptions about elevator modernization is that it requires weeks or months of disruption.
In reality, certain modernizations can be completed in as little as one week, delivering substantial improvements while minimizing impact on tenants and building operations.
Imagine upgrading critical elevator technology during a single week instead of managing extended shutdowns, construction impacts, and prolonged inconvenience.
For building owners, this means:
- Less disruption to building operations
- Faster return to service
- Reduced inconvenience for tenants
- Quicker realization of performance improvements
The Cost of Waiting
Many owners delay modernization until a major failure occurs. Unfortunately, that's often when costs, downtime, and tenant frustration are highest.
A proactive modernization strategy allows building owners to:
- Address equipment before failures occur
- Better plan budgets and capital expenditures
- Reduce emergency repair costs
- Extend the life of the elevator system
The question isn't whether an aging elevator will eventually need attention—it's whether you'll address it on your terms or after a disruption impacts your building.
Small Timeline. Significant Return.
Modern elevator technology has changed the modernization equation.
Today, building owners can achieve meaningful improvements in reliability, safety, sustainability, and passenger experience without committing to lengthy shutdowns.
When a critical upgrade can be completed in as little as one week, modernization becomes less about disruption and more about opportunity.
Because your elevator may be aging—but improving its performance doesn't have to take months.
Is your elevator showing signs of age?
Learn how our ONE Week modernization can improve reliability, reduce downtime, and enhance the passenger experience. Contact KONE today for a modernization assessment.
Frequently asked questions about one-week elevator modernization
Certain targeted elevator modernizations can be completed in as little as one week. This faster approach upgrades critical components while minimizing the impact on tenants and building operations.
Not necessarily. A targeted elevator modernization can replace aging components that have the greatest impact on performance, reliability, and the passenger experience without replacing the entire elevator system.
Signs may include increasing service calls, difficulty finding replacement parts, longer downtime events, passenger complaints, higher energy consumption, and aging technology that no longer meets expectations.
Modernization can help improve reliability, safety, sustainability, and the passenger experience. Replacing aging components may also reduce breakdowns and unplanned outages while assisting in meeting current code requirements.
Completing critical upgrades within a single week can mean less disruption to building operations, a faster return to service, reduced inconvenience for tenants, and quicker realization of performance improvements.
Planning modernization proactively allows building owners to address aging equipment before failures occur, better plan budgets and capital expenditures, reduce emergency repair costs, and extend the life of the elevator system.
If your elevator is showing signs of age or declining performance, a modernization assessment can help determine how targeted upgrades may improve its reliability, reduce downtime, and enhance the passenger experience.
The information contained herein is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as legal, engineering, code compliance, or other professional advice. Modernization scope, timing, costs, and results will vary based on equipment condition, building characteristics, applicable code requirements, and other project-specific factors. Please contact a KONE representative to evaluate the solutions most appropriate for your building and equipment.