There aren’t many titles that One Vanderbilt (ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2019) doesn’t have. At a height of 1,401 ft, it is the fourth tallest tower in New York, the fifth tallest in North America and the U.S. and 27th tallest in the world. Now, its elevator system Ascent has a title as well: the winner…
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Style, design and safety distinguish available gear. POTS Replacement Ooma, Inc., a cloud-based communications provider based in Sunnyvale, California, has introduced Ooma AirDial, a solution for businesses that addresses the looming retirement of legacy copper-wire analog phone service, also known as plain old telephone service (POTS). The phasing out of POTS affects critical safety and…
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Hope is like a path in the countryside. [At first], there is nothing — but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears. — Lu Xum My thoughts for January are on the future and how our industry is changing. However, as I write this in early December 2021, the future still…
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Honoring Jim Sullivan, the 46th annual “Pop/Joe” golf fundraiser is a smashing success.
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Your authors describe CAA model regarding cab-stress predictions.
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Remembering NYC elevator man Kenny Lau by Michelle Gallego On August 21, the world lost a talented, bright and kind-hearted human being. He was a self-taught engineer and a brilliant designer who pioneered unique systems that helped evolve the elevator industry worldwide. The unprecedented loss of this extraordinary individual altered the future trajectory of elevators…
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Your author (TBM) visited Standard Elevator Systems to present President Jimmy He (JH) with the 2021 Ellies Award for Best Supplier (Motors/Drives). JH gave TBM a tour of the Standard facility, and the pair discussed the growth of the company, current challenges facing the industry, the importance of technology and more.
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Examining the “facts” from the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition
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The “Future Living® Berlin” quarter in Adlershof, Germany, paves the way to the future.
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CECA PRD has important information for those involved in home elevators.
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