Editor’s Overview

O Canada

Our “well-behaved” neighbor to the north is the second-largest country in the world. Since almost 90% of Canada is uninhabitable, most people live within 100 miles of the U.S./Canada border...

Communications — People and Systems

‘Tis the season for communication. In this issue, we cover five spring events that spurred people-to-people communication. In addition, the spring meetings gave our staffers venues to see a lot...

First Impressions Are Forever

As we search for that singular thing that defines our industry — be it suppliers, training technicians, safety in the field, new technology, family businesses, the OEMs, entrepreneurs, the next...

Giants of the Urban Landscape

Our focus this month is on Escalators – what my father considered to be “a whole different breed” from elevators. The latter is enclosed, allowing passengers to be safer than...

Harmony and Harmonics

Hopefully, our spectacular cover jumps right off the page and into your hands. It is from the feature In Perfect “Harmony,” about the giant cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas....

If You Can Make It There

I have mentioned before that my family gravitates to New York City (NYC). And it is not the elevators — we were there when the city was low rise. The...

Flexing Muscles in a New Year

As I’m writing today, we are just a few days into 2018 and looking forward to a new and better year. The construction and elevator industries enjoyed a stellar 2017,...

Superlatives

The highest degree of comparison is considered a superlative, and this issue shines with overachievement in elevators and escalators. Every year, we seek the best and brightest projects in the...

The Winds of Change

Last month, we alluded to the changing climate and hurricanes’ effects on our industry’s fall events. This month, we lead with the feature A Change of Plans by Lee Freeland....

New Ways of Thinking About Evacuations

September and October presented the U.S. with natural disasters of biblical proportions – from hurricanes and floods to fires. Europe, South America and Asia did not escape, either – they...

HITACHI ELEVATOR TO FOCUS ON SMART BUILDING IN CHINA

Hitachi Elevator to Focus on Smart Building in China

(l-r) Todd Christensen and Craig Clabaugh

Metro Elevator Opens in Office in Iowa

Diaz

Passion for Acting Leads to VT Career

The extension will include three new stations; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Taiwan to Supply 65 VT Units for MRT Extension

Different views of the proposed tower; images courtesy of RSHP

54-Story City of London Tower Approved