Hongliang Liang

Hongliang Liang has more than 26 years’ experience in the field of VT, during which time he has worked in a variety of positions such as design, installation, quality control, lift inspection, maintenance service, product development, modernization and full replacement design in the lift and escalator industry. He joined MovvéO (formerly Lerch Bates Europe) in 2014 as senior design manager/consultant. His work is concerned with all aspects of VT design, responsible for providing supporting design for major projects in London, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Hongliang launched his own business as Aliang Lift Design Studio in April 2020, providing survey/design for modernization and full replacement projects to lift suppliers and contractors, VT consultancy, traffic analysis, VT system design, detailed design, tender negotiation for redevelopment and new development projects to engineers, VT consultants, architects and the developers. More information may be found at aliangliftdesign.com.

First Principles and Ropeless Lifts

The importance of deciding “what not to do” “The wheel is believed to have been invented around 3500 BC by Homo sapiens living in Mesopotamia. It is used in almost...

Ropeless Lift Feasibility Study

Your author believes they are infeasible at this point. Key words: ChatGPT, MMLS (Multi-Mobile Lift System), Ropeless Lift, Counterweight-less Lift, Maglev, Linear Motor 1. Introduction In order to test ChatGPT,...

Lessons From the Grenfell Tower Disaster

Your author describes an innovative firefighting and evacuation lift design for affordable residential towers. Introduction From Wikipedia:[1] “On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West...

Innovative VT Design for High-Rise Residential Towers

This Soviet-developed tool is often referred to as “theory of inventive problem-solving.” by Hongliang Liang and Gasan Guseynov Introduction TRIZ (/ˈtriːz/; Russian: теория решения изобретательских задач, teoriya resheniya izobretatelskikh zadatch, literally:...

MRL Lift Design and Development

A firsthand account of the origins of the modern MRL A technology breakthrough was announced in 1996: a way to locate a gearless permanent-magnet (PM) motor directly in the shaft...

Twice as Nice

Modernization project retrofits double-deck elevators with destination control at 1960s-era Westminster City Hall in London. Consulting firm MovvéO Ltd. was engaged for a challenging modernization project that would require creative...

DLF The Arbour; image courtesy of DLF

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India

ALIMAK INVESTS IN ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE

Alimak Invests in Robotics Technology for Building Maintenance

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Three Stuck in Elevator Shaft in Seattle Rescued

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Closings for Christmas

At the EW booth at ISEE; image courtesy of Alea Guillemi

Second ISEE Sees Success, Upcoming Events Announced