How to make the right decision when choosing an elevator consultant Any good elevator technician can witness the code-required testing of an elevator and know his or her way around the machine room and the differences between equipment, different jump numbers, etc. When it comes to a good elevator consultant, the rules change; you must…
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Business Analysis and Change Management (BACM) Consultants, Inc. consults elevator companies unconventionally, focusing on their internal operations. When trying to define “elevator consultant,” one might turn first to accessible online sources, where a decided variance in verbiage can quickly be found. Wikipedia defines an elevator consultant as “someone who specializes in the design, testing and…
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Now more than ever, brains, brawn and beauty are important to every aspect of elevator manufacturing. For years, I have been speaking and writing about “the 3 B’s” (brains, brawn and beauty) as the primary factors on the manufacturing side of the elevator industry. But they also apply to consulting, especially today, as architects design…
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Lerch Bates, the first elevator consulting firm, has been offering the service for nearly 65 years. This year, Lerch Bates Inc. will celebrate its 65th anniversary as the world’s first elevator consulting firm. The company is headquartered in Denver, one of its 20-plus North American locations, and has consulted on thousands of major projects around…
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An explanation of how these systems are used, including advantages and disadvantages by Chris Woodman and Dinesh Musalekar With more than eight million elevators in service around the world, elevator use is an essential part of urban life, and, with strong projected growth of construction during the next 15 years, this should only intensify. The…
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Clarifying the relativity between the two words Elevation, subtitled “A view of the U.K. Lift Industry,” is a magazine published by Ish Buckingham. In one of its past issues, David Cooper posed an inquiry to the readership seeking clarification on the relationship between digital and binary. Cooper wrote: “I found myself in a debate recently…
Read More Novels featuring the elevator car and other system components In a previous article, “Just for Kids” (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2007), I explored the use of elevators in children’s literature. This month’s article also concerns the “literary elevator”; however, the focus has been shifted to adult fiction as represented by detective and suspense novels in which…
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The use of a bidirectional DC/DC converter to control a super-capacitor energy storage device for an elevator is examined. by Shi Liguang, Yao Lianghong, Luo Zhiqun and Wan Jianru Elevators have been extensively applied in the rapid development of commercial high rises. As elevator energy consumption is similar to that of air-conditioning systems in the…
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The conclusion of a series on the detailed examination of the National Electric Code’s impact on vertical transportation In Part One of this series (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2012), we began an examination of National Electrical Code (NEC) 2011 mandates for elevators and related equipment installations. We resume with a look at wiring methods, overcurrent protection,…
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Poor weather could not stop the productivity of this March 24-27 National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) event. More than 130 delegates and their spouses met on the sunny (and sometimes rainy) “Island of Enchantment,” Puerto Rico, from March 24-27 for the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) Spring Educational Conference. The agenda called for…
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