Safety System

Safety in the Workplace — Changing How People Think

This Readers Platform explains the importance of safety programs. by Gryegor DeCyola Safety in the workplace can no longer be an afterthought or an excuse for a lack of efficiency...

Ensuring Safety in Products

This Readers Platform explains the Wurtec process of ensuring safety for its products. by Terry Rodebaugh and Mark Drake Everyone knows the word — safety. Everyone also knows that, at...

The Future of the Elevator Safety System

An examination of technology that can bring the safety of elevators to the next level This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and...

NEII Field Safety Committee Meets

Atlanta gathering discusses Safety Summit and drafts Safety Absolutes. The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee met in Atlanta in late February. Hosted by Schindler, the two-day meeting...

Trends for Elevator Drives and Consequences for Safety Brakes

Keeping the safety factor of brakes high in the face of a changing drive market This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and...

Changing the Culture of Safety

HeliosESG is a software solutions company that has been working with various partners in the elevator industry over the last several years (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2015). It recently increased its...

Do You Think Before You React?

In this Readers Platform, your authors discuss why it’s important to be methodical and focused. by Ray Downs and Robert Pitney The alarm clock goes off. It’s 4:45 a.m., and...

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