Editor’s Overview
Mentors
Whenever I’m asked how I got into the business of elevators and escalators, I always reflect on my early days at Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B) Consulting Engineers. Within weeks...
Be Prepared
So, here it is – December 2011, and we are still in the economic doldrums in much of North America and the western world. Recent construction reports indicate that this...
Readers, Writers and Contributors: Lend Us Your Ideas
By the time this November issue hits your desk or mail-box, work will already be well underway on ELEVATOR WORLD’s December issue. With another year almost in the bag, we...
Everything E&E
When I joined ELEVATOR WORLD in 1993, one of my first tasks was to assist George Strakosch in developing an elevator-industry market study that we titled The Vertical Transportation Industry...
What’s in a Name?
A recent controversy started with a press release we received from a well-known consulting company and following e-mail that became relative to the information we published in the online news...
Opening Doors
Elevators are the only mechanical/electrical systems with which building occupants physically interact on a regular basis. Light switches and plumbing fixtures for the most part, are passive until such time...
Significant Inventions
The significance of the invention of the wheel and what it has meant to industrial development has rarely, if ever, been debated. Without it, we would be a relatively stagnant...
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
The 20th century was an era of significant innovation and technological development, particularly in the fields of vertical and horizontal transportation. The Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...
A Way Forward for New Technology Approval
The March issue of the NAESA International Progress newsÂletter included an article by Jim Runyan, NAESA ÂInternational’s Âeducational director, in which he stressed the importance of using inspection checklists. Runyan...
The Right Thing to Do
We are finally starting to bounce back from what has been one of the coldest and snowiest winters in memory, and perhaps, even history. Throughout most of this winter, record...
