New York City’s Sperone Westwater Gallery, designed by Norman Foster, recently moved into its new eight-story Bowery location and has a surprise in store for visitors. One of the building’s key features is a 12 x 20-foot Otis Elevator Co. hydraulic freight elevator that has been designed to act as a moving art gallery. Visible…
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The March issue of the NAESA International Progress newsletter included an article by Jim Runyan, NAESA International’s educational director, in which he stressed the importance of using inspection checklists. Runyan cited a few examples of why these are important and how they can help ensure the implementation of thorough elevator inspections. Runyan also suggested, “If…
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by Nicholas J. Montesano On November 16, 2010, approximately 20 major consulting organizations were represented at a jobsite seminar conducted by Virginia Controls Inc. The seminar began with a field introduction by Marty Heinike, director of Operations, of the company’s VF3000 control system installed during a modernization by Richmond Elevator Co. The presentation consisted of…
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Photos courtesy of Eklund’s The MGM Grand in Las Vegas opened in 1993 and has been among the largest hotel complexes in the U.S. In 2010, Eklund’s of the Dallas area and Otis Elevator Co. joined efforts to complete the elevator modernization with minimal disruption to the hotel guests. The project required maximum allowable elevator…
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by Matt Thompson Portland Tower, also known as St. Andrew’s House, is one of the most prominent high-rise commercial buildings in Manchester, U.K.’s City Centre and provides commercial office space to various institutions. The tower, finished in 1962, was one of the first high-rise buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s across the country in…
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by Cristian Bourceanu The five-star Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest, a landmark of Romania’s capital city, sits in University Square, the middle of Bucharest. Built between 1968 and 1970, following the design of Romanian architects Dinu Hariton, Gheorghe N˘a.drag and I. Moscu, and at 90 meters high, it is considered one of the tallest civil buildings…
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Tony Aschwanden and Conradin JostBucher Hydraulics AG, Switzerland 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 the International Association of Elevator Engineers (website: www.elevcon.com). This paper is an exact…
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by Jeff Jenkins The Pennsylvania General Assembly established the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to provide public-transit services for its Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. SEPTA has since become one of the nation’s largest public-transportation systems, with a vast network of fixed-route services, including subway (underground and elevated), trackless trolley, light rail, commuter…
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by Mark E. Ortman Hydraulic elevator modernizations can be very challenging for both elevator contractors and drilling contractors alike. Many times, the challenge starts with simply moving the job materials into the building’s work area. Some buildings only have stairway access to both the basement and first floor. This makes bringing in heavy drilling equipment…
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