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Audit of Department of Buildings Elevator Inspections

October 28, 2014

Summary

The Office of Inspector General conducted an audit of the Department of Buildings’ compliance with the annual elevator inspection requirements set forth in Municipal Code of Chicago §13-20-100.

Executive Summary

The audit did not examine the quality of inspections, but focused rather on whether inspections required by ordinance were performed as a matter of record.

This audit included all inspections performed in 2013 by DOB staff inspectors as well as those performed by private inspectors under the Department’s Annual Inspection Certification (AIC) program. A description of AIC is included in the background section of this report.

The objectives of the audit were to determine if DOB:

1. ensured that all elevators received annual inspections;
2. conducted timely follow-up inspections of elevators found to have violations;
3. accurately and timely recorded elevator inspection information required for the Department of Finance to bill and collect inspection fees; and
4. audited AIC inspections annually.

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