Belgium The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) new headquarters has been under construction since December 2010, and completion is scheduled for 2015. The new 100-acre site in Brussels is designed by Chicago-based architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the Belgian Bureau Assar. The site will feature a series of six-story blocks linked by a central…
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Preservation Massachusetts has presented Suffolk University with a Paul E. Tsongas Award in recognition of its restoration of the Modern Theatre in Boston’s Historic Theater District, which reopened in November 2010. Otis provided two units for the theater: one Gen2® high-rise elevator and a low-rise holed hydraulic elevator. While the front of the building is…
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The 20th century was an era of significant innovation and technological development, particularly in the fields of vertical and horizontal transportation. The Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was the impetus for what ultimately became the commercial airline industry. Henry Ford’s mass production of automobiles was the first step in making automobile manufacturing…
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by Jesus Sanz and Jose Enrique Fernandez In recent years, the development of new joining systems for guide rails has opened up a new perspective in the concept of the riding path by considering it a “whole” unit and aiming to maintain the same structural and quality properties along the hoistway. However, joints are critical…
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This engineering research provides a look at the various aspects of guide rails and how important they are to elevator safety. by Serhat Koç, Dr. C. Erdem Imrak and Sefa Targit Abstract Elevator systems consist of too many components and guide rails are the most important ones in terms of elevator safety. For a safe,…
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This paper provides an example of conventional elevator design practice pertaining to rail clips, brackets and rail anchors as separate units. This paper was presented at Lucerne 2010, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 18, edited by A. Lustig. It is a reprint with permission from…
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Arizona State University’s research and education center provides a solution for determining the energy efficiency of elevators. by Rich Madarasz, Jimmie Anicich, Rob Vandling and Kathy Mutch Arizona State University (ASU) is itself a city of 82,000 students, fac-ulty and staff. ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) is a leading research and education center for…
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ViviStone™ creates new possibilities for elevator interior designs, freeing some constraints of elevator projects. Few materials have the visual impact or distinctiveness of stone, yet working with stone has its challenges. Its weight and structural integrity make it difficult to work with, while visual inconsistencies limit design flexibility. Not only that, but relying on distant…
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This endeavor examines the design of the museum and its escalators and panoramic elevator. The Porsche Museum in the outskirts of Stuttgart, Germany, is certainly a venue of great interest, whether you are an engineer, architect or car enthusiast. This “On Camera” feature endeavors to illustrate an inspirational museum that typifies many of the design…
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A brief look at a pioneering magazine during its first years in publication The International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) was founded on July 18, 1901. Two years later, in November 1903, the new union launched the first monthly publication that addressed the world of vertical transportation: The Elevator Constructor. This article provides ELEVATOR WORLD…
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