The company’s “learning that drives customer care” approach has served it well. KONE’s approach to learning and development is simple: develop a winning team of true professionals. That effort is one of the company’s five strategic targets, supported by the “70/20/10” approach to learning: 70% of learning at KONE is done on the job; 20%…
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The evolution of Columbia’s elevator light curtain Virtually everyone who has ridden an elevator over the past several decades knows the feeling of his or her person, children, pets and/or possessions being annoyingly bumped by an automatic door that withdraws upon contact by the mechanical shoe, or buffer, at the door’s edge. Many people take…
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Chicago provided the backdrop for the 81st gathering of the National Elevator Industry, Inc. The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) met on April 1 at the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport for its 81st annual meeting. The full day of meetings began with the Full Regular Member Annual Meeting, which included the election of directors, followed…
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photos by ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas On March 24, ThyssenKrupp Elevator celebrated its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance Gold certification awarded to the company’s elevator factory in Middleton, Tennessee. With almost 1,000 distinguished guests, company executives and employees in attendance, the event was held to “recognize the great…
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Pennsylvania-based VTX continues to provide services for some of North America’s most noteworthy transit systems and landmarks. Consulting firm Vertical Transportation Excellence (VTX®) is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2015 and is proud to have more than tripled its staff to 18 since it was founded in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as a division of Gannett Fleming,…
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Self-sufficient Charlotte, N.C., company possessed remarkable business model. One of the most familiar sayings about curiosity reminds us that the last place we tend to look for something interesting is “in our own backyard.” A recent invitation to examine a hand-powered elevator located in Fairmont, North Carolina, prompted the investigation of an elevator manufacturer that…
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Vertical transportation serves as a backdrop to subtle and not-so-subtle discussions on race, gender and human relations. By the time this top-five list reaches you, it may already be obsolete. Seven episodes of the hit AMC television show Mad Men, the second half of the seventh and final season, began airing on April 5 and…
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A case study illustrates that the CMOPSO algorithm method is better than the traditional elevator configuration method of improving the service quality of office buildings. by Ma Lianzhe, Luo Zhiqun, Huang Shaolun and Wan Jianru As the number of high-rise office buildings continuously increases, it is more and more obvious that elevator configuration is an…
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In August 2014, two new standards covering elevator design (EN 81-20:2014) and installation requirements (EN 81-50:2014) were released in Europe. These replace EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009 and EN 81-2:1998+A3:2009, which were 15 years old and needed upgrading to comply with modern safety requirements. It is expected the new standards will also be adopted in China, South America…
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An examination of a key component to rope life and rope performance by Martin Rhiner and Heinz Studiger There is an old saying that bears repeating when discussing elevator rope lubrication: “It isn’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just isn’t so.” This is doubly…
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