What to know and ask when considering digital transformation The benefits of undertaking a digital transformation for building-transportation professionals are well-known and cannot be overstated. From enhancing operational efficiency and predictive maintenance, to creating new revenue streams, implementing technologies like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has the power to significantly improve the way one…
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Lift City is ready and waiting for the VT-industry trade fair. After a successful 2017 event, Interlift is gearing up for one of the vertical-transportation (VT) industry’s biggest trade shows. More than 20,000 people attended the previous event, which featured 574 exhibitors from 48 countries. This year’s event, set for October 15-18, is shaping up…
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Boston-based Eagle Elevator has carved out a piece of the U.S. East Coast market with a focus on customer service and willingness to tackle tough jobs. Hawks buffeted by a brisk wind make their presence known to Eagle Elevator Co. Inc. constructors as they climb scaffolding 10 stories up and traverse a narrow catwalk to…
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This Product Spotlight highlights a lifelike virtual elevator window system designed to transform the passenger experience. The elevator cars we’ve been using are more like closed transportation boxes than elements of architectural experience. With their lack of visual stimulation, a ride in a conventional elevator is often an awkward interruption of an otherwise enriching experience…
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The need for new mechanics to be trained on older equipment should not be ignored. In 1980, the vast majority of traction (electric) elevators were Ward Leonard motor control, and direct-acting hydraulic elevators dominated the market. Today, solid-state motor controls and machine-room-less elevators have displaced those industry offerings. The advance of new technology and the…
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OEM provides units for tall Edmonton tower and the announcement of a high rise for Sainte- Dorothée
60-Plus thyssenkrupp Units for Edmonton ICE District thyssenkrupp provided more than 60 elevators and escalators to JW Marriott/The Legends Private Residences and Stantec Tower in the ICE District in Edmonton, the company said in August. A joint venture of Katz Group and ONE Properties, the CAD2.5-billion (US$1.8-billion) ICE District will be the largest mixed-use sports…
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Escalators Figure Big in Innovative Shenzhen Facility Design Escalators figure big in the design of the Yuehai Community and Sports Center that the architect URBANUS conceived for the Public Works Bureau of Nanshan District in Shenzhen, designboom reported. Launched in 2016, the 69.5-m-tall, 38,911-m2 structure adheres to a “new urban public building typology that departs…
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KONE Wins Order for Singapore’s Central Boulevard Towers KONE has won an order to deliver 47 elevators and escalators to Central Boulevard Towers, a mixed-use development in Singapore, the company announced in August. Central Boulevard Towers will provide Grade-A office and retail space to Singapore’s Central Business District and is being developed by Wealthy Link…
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More Than 500 Elevators for Azerbaijan Capital The Lift Repair Production Association in Azerbaijan, a Middle Eastern country that borders Armenia, signed a contract with German company Wittur Holding GmbH to fulfill an order to strengthen the material and technical bases of elevators in multi- apartment buildings in the capital city of Baku, Trend News…
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