Door Operators

Door Operator Technology and the Progression to Linear Drive Systems

In this Readers’ Platform, your author takes readers on a walk through history. by Andrew Goodwin The American technological revolution of 1880 to 1890 produced a wave of new inventions...

Fire Resistant Elevator Doors

Abstract Elevator systems in use today are designed and produced to meet various requirements for their intended use. Fire-resistant lift landing doors has become mandatory after shifting from 95/16/EC to...

Landing Door Locking Devices

Introduction Article 5.3.9.3.4 of EN 81-20 says, “In the case of landing doors driven by the car door, if the landing door becomes open for whatever reason when the car...

A Commitment to Energy Efficiency

Fermator Group Reduces Energy Consumption of the Door Control System There are many articles about vertical-transportation energy consumption and its economic impact within the total energy consumed in the world....

The Best VT Solution

In this Readers Platform, your author describes the benefits of Peelle's vertical-slide doors in Freight Applications It’s important for a building owner or architect to properly communicate the purpose of...

Market Booms for Code-Compliant Swing Doors

Niagara Belco positions itself to take advantage of growing trend The boom in residential elevators is bringing a burgeoning demand for code-compliant swing doors, and as North America’s oldest and...

Smooth Operators

A look at the Future of Moving elevator doors It is often said about life that when one door closes, another opens. And so it goes with elevator door operators:...

Of Hand Dryers and Elevator Door Systems

Airdri, parent company of Chicago’s Formula Systems, has interesting history, exciting future. Automatic hand dryers and elevator-door detection systems and speech annunciators may seem like strange bedfellows, but they coexist...

Niagara Belco

Niagara Belco provides specialized industry equipment to places across North America. Hamilton, Canada-based Niagara Belco Ltd. is a supplier of swing-door assemblies to elevator contractors and manufacturers of commercial and...

The Extra Mile

In this Readers Platform, your authors provide a list of questions to ask yourself when handling projects that call for high-performance doors. by Carlo Ferrari and Tommaso Sala In projects...

Skyhills Astra; image via ME Construction News

HRE Development Unveils Dubai’s Tower B at SkyHills Astra

Construction on the 31-story timber tower has begun in downtown Milwaukee; image courtesy of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture.

Record-Breaking Timber Tower Breaks Ground in Milwaukee

CONNECTICUT FOOD PANTRY SOUP KITCHEN CUTS RIBBON ON NEW ELEVATOR

Connecticut Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen Cuts Ribbon on New Elevator

ELEVATOR SERVICE IN NYCHA DEVELOPMENTS DISRUPTED BY POWER SURGE

Elevator Service in NYCHA Developments Disrupted by Power Surge

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT FOR LIFT AND ESCALATOR SYMPOSIUM ENDS JUNE 30

Early Bird Discount for Lift and Escalator Symposium Ends June 30