Multiple new high rises up to 950 ft. tall were approved by the Chicago Plan Commission during a daylong meeting in October, indicating the city’s skyscraper boom will not cease anytime soon, Curbed Chicago reported. The projects, which all come with plenty of parking, infrastructure improvements and green space, are: Phase one of The River…
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Oracle Acquires Atlanta’s Vertical Systems Tampa-headquartered Oracle Elevator announced in October it acquired Vertical Systems, Inc., based in Atlanta. It is Oracle’s 27th acquisition since its founding and seventh since 2017. The transition of Vertical Systems into Oracle’s new Atlanta branch is being led by Oracle’s Midwest Regional Vice President Jeff Hanson and Director of…
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 934, also known as Kristopher’s Law in memory of corrections officer Kristopher Moules, during a ceremony in Harrisburg in September, the Times Leader reported. The law creates an elevator safety board that will review elevator construction, maintenance and inspection issues monthly. Consisting of elevator safety experts, the board…
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thyssenkrupp received the Innovative Star of Energy Efficiency Award in the Built Environment category from the Alliance to Save Energy coalition during a gala dinner in Washington, D.C., on September 26 for its ropeless, sideways-moving elevator MULTI (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2017). New York Congressman Paul Tonko, chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, presented…
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Austin developer Endeavor Real Estate Group has begun the permitting process to build a 30-story, mixed-use tower in the Texas capital’s Rainey Street neighborhood, KXAN. com reported in September. The city’s Design Commission, in reviewing the application, voted to recommend that the project at 91 Red River Street comply with city guidelines under the Downtown…
Read More While our focus this month is on consultants, a large part of our book is devoted to contractors at NAEC’s 69th Annual Convention and 2018 Exposition. When the contractor association decides to have its event in Atlantic City, New Jersey, it draws a large crowd. For many on the East Coast, it is just a…
Read More Rasmussen Joins SnapCab SnapCab has hired industry veteran Sherri Rasmussen as an interior specialist for the company’s Central Sales Region. In an October announcement, it noted Rasmussen has more than 28 years of manufacturing and sales experience in the elevator industry. Prior to joining SnapCab, she worked for thyssenkrupp, Otis, Day Elevator, Courion and MEI.…
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The International Association of Elevator Consultants (IAEC) states its position on efforts to merge the European Norms (EN) and North American standards. Introduction There is currently an effort to “Converge” the European Standard EN 81-20 and -50 (ISO 8100 Parts 1, 2 and 3), a performance-based lift standard, with ASME A17.1/CSA B44, the prescriptive code,…
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Outlining the importance of an “obsolescence strategy” to keep elevators in order It’s the sign every elevator owner, operator or user dreads: “Out of Order.” There’s actually a law that relates to the risk factor in seeing such a sign. I call it “Lenehan’s Law,” and it basically states, “As machinery gets older, its chances…
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Striking sculptures that reinterpret steel elevator cables from Taipei 101 distinguish an otherwise so-so year. The Aerosmith pinball game was last year’s greatest work of elevator art (ELEVATOR WORLD, November 2017). It has two multiball formats (including an elevator multiball), the ability to bank multiballs and then play as many as six balls at a…
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