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Capitalizing
on his 36+ years in the elevator industry, Richard founded Richard
E. Baxter & Associates,
LLC in 2003, after completing the sale of Baxter & Sons Elevator
Company, a large family owned full service elevator business started by
Dick Baxter and his sons in 1972. Richard
comes with a vast amount of both business expertise and experience within
the elevator industry.
Having spent his early years in the industry performing maintenance,
repair and installation of elevator systems, Richard knows the business
from the ground up. He spent
the last 20 years of his career in the management areas of the business. Richard
has been involved in specification writing, construction bids, maintenance
audits, modernizations projects, QEI Inspections and all other areas of
field operations. In addition
to the field operations of Baxter & Sons Elevator Company, Richard
assisted in various legal cases from securing the corporate records to
being listed and serving as the expert witness for the company.
To further his knowledge Richard became involved in the development
of codes for the elevator industry by becoming a member of committees such
as ASME A17.1 Maintenance & Repair; ASME A17.1 Elevators Used for
Construction; ASME A17.3 Inspectors Guide for Elevators, as Chairman of
ASME A17.1 Limited Use / Limited Application Elevators and as member of
the A17.1 Standards Committee.
Richard
has served as a director and is a past president of the National
Association of Elevator Contractors. He
currently serves on the board of directors of Elevator World magazine, the
National Association of Elevator Contractors (CET) board and the State of
Texas Elevator Advisory Board
. He is a member of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Association of
Vertical Transportation Professionals, and the National Association of
Elevator Safety Authorities and is an ASME recognized QEI elevator
inspector licensed in the state of
Texas
. In addition to the above,
Richard has served on other boards and association committees and has been
a presenter at functions such as National Association of Elevator
Contractors, National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities, Canadian
Elevator Association, National Association of Vertical Transportation
Professionals and the Building and Owners Management Association.
Having
a love for the elevator industry and a passion for “safe elevators”,
Richard began his new career with Richard E. Baxter & Associates to perform services such as
Maintenance Audits, Consultation on Elevator Systems, Litigation Support,
Inspection Services, Specification Writing and more.
Should
you have any questions or need assistance, please give us a call to
discuss your needs.
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