Muharrem B. Çakirer

Muharrem B. Çakirer is an R&D engineer for Merih Asansör A.Ş. and a member of the Mirror Technical Committees of the Turkish Standards Institute.

Universal Design and Roping Systems

Elevator R&D engineer shares knowledge and experience. Often, we can only appreciate the importance of it when it’s missing or out of service. I mean the elevator, of course. An...

Universal Design Principles for Cabs: Accessibility

An examination of standards on cabs the author says should be followed to help make lifts accessible to all There has been an effort to “converge” the EN 81-20 and...

Progressive Safety Gears and Engineering

I parked my car on a busy street in Ankara. I had two problems at that moment. One of them was to take the elevator construction documents to the building...

Cabin Design

Thinking of design first helps prevent creating obstacles for the disabled, while enhancing accessibility. Design is the way to show how beautiful any product can be. As the elevator cab...

The residential delivery robot; image courtesy of Hyundai Engineering

Hyundai Launches Residential Delivery Robots in South Korea

The Pinnacle One Yonge jobsite; image courtesy of PERI Canada

PERI Describes Innovative Formwork for Canada’s Tallest Residential Tower

THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY DIES FROM FALLING FROM ESCALATOR HANDRAIL

Three-Year-Old Boy Dies Falling From Escalator Handrail

Lift Comm by TEC is proud of its role in making the 14 St Station Complex fully accessible; image courtesy of Lift Comm.

TEC Subsidiary Lift Comm Continues MTA Accessibility Collaboration

Mareterra; photo © Hufton+Crow for Mareterra

Monaco Sustainable Development With Maspero Lifts Competes