“Exciting” Tweaks to Plan for City’s Future Second Tallest Golub & Co. and CIM Group, developers of what would be Chicago’s second-tallest tower, unveiled tweaks to the proposed 1,422-ft-tall mixed-use building planned for a parking lot just east of Chicago’s Tribune Tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2018), Curbed Chicago reported in November 2019. Designed by Adrian…
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Vertical-transportation upgrades enhance system efciency in Philadelphia; NYC; and Washington, D.C. WMATA Completes US$176-Million Escalator Overhaul In November 2019, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced the completion of a US$176-million, multiyear escalator overhaul that included 145 new units, The Washington Post was among news outlets to report. The last escalator replaced in the…
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by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick Twenty-five years ago, my father had a vision. He called it “seeing into the future with 2020 Vision.” He invited many of the great visionaries in our industry to predict what the vertical-transportation industry might look like in the year 2020. That year came upon us suddenly. In the article 2020 Vision:…
Read More About a year ago, I took it upon myself to translate into Hebrew Elevator Mechanical Design, the seminal elevator engineering
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One of the frequent maintenance methods for escalators includes modular maintenance, which is the maintenance of its inner parts in certain intervals
Read More As we go to press, it is a troubled time for all of us around the world. For a while now, we have had to physically cut ourselves
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Ashok Chhajer, chairman and managing director of Arihant Superstructures, shares perspectives on development in the planned city
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KONE has released what it calls “the world’s first digital elevator series.
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Your author (OQ) chats with Professor Ignacio Herrera (IH) about Spanish university’s contribution to the vertical-transportation industry.
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In 2009, architect Tripat Girdhar and Umesh Sharma cofounded The Design Studio, a leading architecture and interior design firm
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