Editor’s Overview
The Tortoise and the Hare
When I started at Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B) in October 1964, the firm was engaged in a major elevator modernization project for the City of New York. Throughout the...
How Green Is That EV?
This month, we are presenting our annual Green issue of ELEVATOR WORLD. As in years past, we’ve included a full array of articles, reports and feature stories on environmental issues....
A Better Way
For most of my life I commuted more than 40 mi. each way to and from work, usually by means of the Long Island Railroad, but often by car, as...
Watch the Closing Doors
Among the news vehicles ELEVATOR WORLD uses to publish elevator and escalator accident reports are ELENET® and Daily News, in addition to some issues of EW India. The accident reports...
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...
