McKinley joined the team at Delaware Elevator in the mid-1970s, hired by DEI founder, Charles Meeks, Sr. After 60 years in the industry, the employees of Delaware Elevator, Inc. expressed gratitude for “Mr. Jim” during his retirement celebration.

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Delaware Elevator has taken a bold and proactive stance, committed to empowering the next generation of elevator technicians and mechanics. Not only has the company established a comprehensive Youth Apprenticeship Program to provide aspiring students with invaluable on-the-job training and mentorship, but it has also made it its mission to elevate the visibility and appeal of the elevator industry within the local community by introducing elementary and middle school students to the marvels of elevator technology and design through a partnership with Junior Achievement.

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The thing about working for an elevator company that’s been hired to modernize the elevator in the Washington Monument is that, due to the very nature of the project, the only way to get to the machine room at the top is to walk. That’s up 897 cold icon steps, in a narrow, windowless staircase that spirals within the 555-foot-high-structure.

Jose Carrasco thought it was great. The stairs have been closed to the public since the 1970s, but when Delaware Elevator Inc. (DEI) got the job to lift the monument’s elevator into the 21st century, Carrasco — the company’s vice president of construction modernization — relished “the opportunity that not many people have to walk the steps.”

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