Editor’s Overview
Construction Boom Versus Labor Bubble
Our cover this month has a certain “wow factor.” The Jeddah Tower is just in the initial stages of construction and won’t be completed until 2018. But, when it is,...
Training – The Long Road
I read recently in Engineering News Record that safety is often handled with “a microwave mentality when it is really a crock-pot problem.” In other words – it takes time...
The Spice of Life
If indeed, variety is the spice of life, we have a very flavorful issue for you this month. Our focus and special section centers on Turkey, where we have just...
Modernization: A New Cycle
“Does the lift system require a transplant, brain surgery or a facelift?” — Roger Howkins, author of Lift Modernization Guide Modernization used to be an “every 20-years cycle,” but that...
Projects Dominate
The winners of our nine categories of the 2016 ELEVATOR WORLD Project of the Year contest literally span the globe – from North America to Europe, from Wales to Hong...
Remote Is Good
While society worries that our use of cell phones and other handheld digital devices is dehumanizing and making us ever more remote from one another, this month’s issue finds that...
Safety Awareness That Counts
As we write this month, several members of our staff have just returned from the National Association of Elevator Contractors Convention and Exhibition in Boston and are getting ready to...
The World Turns to Europe
It seems that everywhere in the world, there is turmoil, and people are on the move, seeking asylum from the dangers of war or trying to improve their station in...
Associations
It’s tempting to think of this as the “NAEC issue,” because it will go to the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) event on September 28-October 1 in Boston (see...
Beauty and the Beasts
Our focus topic this month is Escalators, Moving Walks and Components. Let me say right up front: I’m that lady you don’t want to be behind getting on the escalator!...
