About

Argon Elevator Consulting, LLC is Colorado's premier independent elevator and escalator consulting firm — and the only firm in the region where every client engagement is informed by active expert witness experience in elevator and escalator-related litigation.

Principal Russ Viciedo brings more than 40 years of elevator and escalator industry expertise, including R&D leadership at KONE and deep fluency in ASME A17.1/A17.3 safety codes and Colorado's 7 CCR 1101-8 conveyance regulations. That technical foundation is sharpened by his ongoing work as a forensic consultant and expert witness — experience that shapes how Argon reviews every maintenance contract, evaluates every service provider, and assesses every compliance program. Where other consultants review documents, Russ reads them the way opposing counsel will.

Argon is strictly vendor-neutral. The firm holds no service contracts, accepts no manufacturer commissions, and has no financial relationships with elevator or escalator companies. That independence delivers advice that is always in the building owner's interest — period.

Argon's Maintenance Control Program (MCP) advisory practice is particularly distinctive. With Colorado's MCP enforcement now active under 7 CCR 1101-8, building owners face direct regulatory exposure — and Argon structures MCP programs to serve as contemporaneous evidence of due diligence, not just a compliance checkbox.

Services include MCP compliance advisory, elevator and escalator modernization consulting, maintenance contract negotiation and oversight, facility and condition assessments, code compliance analysis, and expert witness and litigation support.