Metro Detroit elevator consulting
Independent Elevator Consulting Services in Metro Detroit, Michigan
Elevators. Escalators. Moving walks. Independent engineering-based guidance for building owners, property managers, architects, engineers, and developers throughout Southeast Michigan.
Independent representation
Your building. Your priorities. Independent recommendations.
Senawi Group Consulting LLC provides independent elevator, escalator, and moving walk consulting throughout the Detroit metropolitan area. Backed by more than 39 years of elevator industry experience, we help owners and design teams make informed technical and financial decisions about vertical transportation equipment.
We represent the interests of building owners and facility professionals—not equipment manufacturers or service contractors. Our work focuses on safety, reliability, performance, maintainability, code considerations, and long-term value.
What we do
Elevator and escalator consulting services
Modernization planning and specifications
Assess aging equipment, establish replacement priorities, develop specifications, evaluate bids, and oversee modernization work.
Maintenance audits and contract evaluations
Review maintenance quality, recurring shutdowns, service agreements, equipment reliability, and corrective action plans.
Equipment condition assessments
Evaluate equipment condition, obsolescence, operational deficiencies, and long-term capital needs.
New elevator design and construction
Support architects, engineers, and owners with design, equipment selection, specifications, bidding, and acceptance.
Project management and contractor oversight
Provide independent technical coordination and oversight during repairs, replacements, and construction.
Code compliance and technical evaluations
Review applicable safety requirements, inspection findings, equipment performance, and proposed corrective work.
Traffic and performance analysis
Assess elevator capacity, passenger handling, waiting times, and operating performance.
Escalators and moving walks
Independent consulting for escalator and moving walk maintenance, condition assessments, and modernization.
Local service area
Serving Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties
We support commercial offices, residential buildings, healthcare facilities, schools, hotels, mixed-use properties, and other facilities across Metro Detroit. Our service area includes Detroit, Southfield, Farmington Hills, Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield, Troy, Novi, Royal Oak, Auburn Hills, Dearborn, Livonia, Sterling Heights, and surrounding Southeast Michigan communities.
For projects elsewhere in Michigan and the Midwest, explore our full service area.
Why Senawi Group Consulting
Technical experience with an owner's perspective
- More than 39 years of elevator industry experience
- Independent representation of owners and facility professionals
- Engineering-based evaluations and practical recommendations
- Support from planning and bidding through construction and acceptance
- Attention to equipment reliability, safety, long-term performance, and cost management
Metro Detroit consultations
Need an independent elevator consultant?
Discuss modernization, maintenance audits, condition assessments, design, project oversight, or other elevator and escalator concerns with Senawi Group Consulting LLC.
Request a consultationContact Karl Senawi, Ph.D. | President
- 248-301-1585
- senawik@senawiconsulting.com