據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)道，美國(guó)檀香山一座高40層的公寓在過(guò)去五年內(nèi)由于一個(gè)不完善的電梯系統(tǒng)，維護(hù)費(fèi)用增加三倍，達(dá)到了每月1800美元。這筆費(fèi)用的增加主要是來(lái)自于電梯系統(tǒng)的更換需要。據(jù)該建筑的一名公寓委員會(huì)成員介紹，該建筑在1980年代開(kāi)始建立，當(dāng)時(shí)的外部電梯系統(tǒng)直接把室內(nèi)電梯系統(tǒng)安裝在建筑外墻，對(duì)電梯零件缺乏恰當(dāng)?shù)谋Ｗo(hù)措施，因此導(dǎo)致了電梯服務(wù)時(shí)常中斷和高昂的修理費(fèi)用，僅在過(guò)去兩年就達(dá)到了將近100萬(wàn)美元。在前幾年，僅僅是為了把兩臺(tái)電梯圍好的工程就花費(fèi)了800萬(wàn)美元，然而因?yàn)榻ㄖ牡鼗鶡o(wú)法承受多余的重量，這個(gè)計(jì)劃并不可行。現(xiàn)在，電梯設(shè)備每逢刮風(fēng)下雨的天氣就要關(guān)閉，還經(jīng)常發(fā)生困人事故。同時(shí)，公寓方依舊無(wú)法擺脫這些維護(hù)費(fèi)用高昂而賣(mài)不出去的電梯設(shè)備。過(guò)去五年，每月的維修費(fèi)用達(dá)到600美元。

ELEVATOR WOES DRIVE UP HonOLULU ConDO TOWER FEES

Over the past five years, a faulty elevator system has taken most of the blame for a tripling of maintenance fees to $US1,800 a month at the 40-story Waikiki Marina tower in Honolulu, the Honolulu Civil Beat reports. The fee increases stem from the need to replace the elevator system. When the tower was built in the early 1980s, the exterior elevator system used was an indoor system mounted on the outside without appropriate protection from the elements, a condominium board member said, leading to service outages and costly repairs — nearly US$1 million over the past two years alone. An effort several years ago only to enclose the two elevators had a price tag of US$8 million, but that plan proved unfeasible because the building’s foundation couldn't support the added weight. The elevators are prone to shutting down during windy and/or rainy weather, often trapping people inside. Meanwhile, owners are stuck with units they can't sell because of the high fees, which, only five years ago, stood at $US600 per month.