Tariffs and Elevators: The Hidden Costs Impacting Our Industry with Chuck Tyler

19/08/2025 19 min
Tariffs and Elevators: The Hidden Costs Impacting Our Industry with Chuck Tyler

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In this episode, I sit down with Chuck Tyler to break down how tariffs are quietly shaping the elevator industry’s bottom line.
Chuck shares some of the real numbers he's experiencing, supply chain realities, and the strategic adjustments his team has made to keep projects on track despite rising costs.
[00:00] – Intro [01:45] – Tariffs hit the industry [04:20] – Steel price spikes [07:10] – Modular projects feel it first [10:35] – Cost-offset strategies [13:00] – Pricing challenges [15:15] – Bidding impacts [18:05] – Navigating costs [20:30] – Closing

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