Inspection

Tested in Tehran

Eight new inspectors are certified after exam presented by Liftinstituut and the University of Applied Science and Technology. by Dr. Mohammad Masoud Majidifar Liftinstituut Solutions, in cooperation with the University...

Out of Harm’s Way

All stakeholders should be aware of contributing factors that can lead to diminished safety of elevators and escalators. by Max Guijt This article was first presented at the 2019 International...

Something Has to Give

This introspective Readers Platform addresses the critical topics of maintenance contracts and route overloads in the U.S. This article is written from my perspective as an International Union of Elevator...

Why PESSRAL Is Not PESS

Important safety ramifications in European standards applications This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 21,...

Speeding Up Elevator Inspections and Reporting

Introducing a timesaving mobile app years in the making Improving operations is an evergreen topic. Several years ago, UpVate.com proposed a common electronic-data management platform (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2012). The idea...

Breakthrough in Safe and Cost-Effective Elevator Hoistway Control

Together, APS and iDiscovery provide an array of benefits. This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator...

Best Bureaucrat

Miami-Dade County has a chief elevator inspector it won’t want to lose in Michael A. Chavez. In 2006, an elderly Miami couple in their 80s were stranded in their apartment....

Risk Potential of Safety Gears

This paper was presented at  Paris 2014, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 20, edited by A. Lustig. It is a...

Innovative Balance Coefficient Testing System for Elevators

Time, money and manpower can be saved using a new testing method. by Wang Weixiong, Liu Yingjie, Wu Xingjun, Wang Xinhua, Xie Chao, Song Yuechao and Li Gang edited by...

Intelligent Inspection of Elevators

Nondestructive testing of safety equipment without the use of physically damaging and clumsy test weights Reprinted from Lift-Report There are systems available that now allow elevators to be tested more...

TEI AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ELEVATORS AT BROOKLYN AMBULATORY HUB

TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub

Sara Marta, a refugee from Luanda, Angola, was hired in 2023 as an electromechanical assembler; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions’ Mankato, Minnesota, manufacturing facility; image courtesy of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ

Aull

Wittur Names Aull New CEO

(l-r) Legends Tower and the Boardwalk at Bricktown, designed by AO; image via the Robb Report

Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing