Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick
Elevator World Editor and Publisher
Rational Optimism
by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick Despite high interest rates, banking turmoil, politicians arguing over the debt limit and lingering fears of recession, contractors remain optimistic according to Associated Builders and Contractors. Non-residential...
Conscience or Caretaker
Earlier in the summer at the International Association of Elevator Consultants Annual Forum in Las Vegas, a speaker, Dave Hardin of ATIS Elevator Consulting, was talking about the lifecycles of...
Prague, At Last!
Elevcon 2023, the 23rd International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, provides an in-depth look into the future of VT in the Heart of Europe. When you drive into Prague from...
Traveling Opens The Mind
Several weeks ago, I traveled to Prague, Czech Republic, for Elevcon 2023. It was a long and difficult trip, and I arrived with lost luggage and a back cramp. It...
This Too Shall Pass
Our focus this month is on the region of New York — and the stories poured in. Many reflected your author’s thoughts in this column over the past three-four months,...
Top-Down Problems
I put off writing my editorial this month to see if the debt-ceiling crisis would be resolved. I didn’t want to write that our (elevator) world was great if we...
Different Names, Same Issues
Some call them lifts and others call them elevators, but the issues besetting the vertical transportation (VT) industry in Europe are eerily the same as those in the U.S. and...
Talking Up the Trade
On my most recent trip to NYC, I heard several times that while the industry is short on technicians, it is now going to get a lot worse. According to...
Mostly Ups
As I write this column, the economy seems to be looking mostly upward. Cities that lost population during the pandemic are gaining it back, according to the Census Bureau. Many...
We Are the Future
The future of the world we live in may well depend on how we build in the future. Let’s face it, we are not going back to low-rise buildings that...
