Companies bring in leaders to guide regional business. FS2 Opens Seattle Office, Names Mikkelsen Principal Fortune Shepler Saling (FS2) has opened a Seattle office, headed by Steve Mikkelsen. With the addition of Mikkelsen as principal, FS2 extends its elevator-consulting services to clients in the U.S. Northwest. Mikkelsen has 16 years of experience in the architecture…
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Exportation of Goods and Services Throughout the World Harris Companies, Inc. manufacturers, installs and services special purpose personnel and freight elevators. We custom build to meet your specifications, while meeting all ASME code requirements. We are known for providing safe, high quality vertical transportation serviced by licensed mechanics and Certified Elevator Technicians (CET’s). Whether you…
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This Continuing Education article discusses the main components of the False Car system and its uses and specifications. The Wurtec False Car is designed to be used as part of a system providing a temporary work platform for use during installation of hoistway equipment, specifically and most commonly the elevator rails. Manufactured of aluminum in…
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“A Safe Ride at the Heart of the Building” reflects importance of keeping abreast of changes. The Mövenpick Hotel in the world-renowned city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, played host to the European Lift Association (ELA)’s annual conference on April 10. The venue is in the heart of Amsterdam, on the quayside of the redeveloped port…
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Virtually all tall buildings are subdivided into zones served by groups of four or six elevators. These groups, with large, single-deck cars, reflect the planning concepts of the attendant-operated elevators of the early 20th century. When attendants were abolished, these groups lost their human intelligence. However, traditional controls with up/down buttons in the lobbies and…
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Reconstructing an architectural jewel’s vertical-transportation system Reconstructing a historic monument’s elevators represents a much more difficult and complex challenge than constructing a system for a new building. This was exactly what the Hungarian subsidiary of TÜV SÜD faced, starting in 1970, when it was tasked with rebuilding the vertical-transportation system of the Hungarian Parliament Building,…
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