Inspection
MacArthur Joins TSSA as Elevating Devices Inspector
Eric MacArthur announced he has started a new position as an elevating devices inspector for greater Ottawa, Ontario, with the province's Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA). MacArthur studied to...
ATIS Makes Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies List
St. Louis-headquartered ATIS, providing vertical-transportation (VT) consulting, management and inspection services across North America, has made the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately held companies in America. Companies on...
LEEA Looks Forward to LiftEx 2024 at Olympia in London
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) looks forward to its flagship event, LiftEx 2024, on October 16-17 at the new West Hall of Olympia in London. LEEA describes the free-to-attend...
Ouimet Promoted to KJA COO
Toronto-headquartered vertical-transportation consultancy KJA announced on August 1 the promotion of Martin Ouimet from director, eastern Canada, to chief operating officer (COO). With more than 17 years at KJA, Ouimet...
TSBC Addresses Elevator Questions During Annual Public Meeting
Technical Safety BC (TSBC), an independent, self-funded organization that oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems in the Canadian province of British Columbia, addressed questions from the elevator...
Tested in Tehran
Eight new inspectors are certified after exam presented by Liftinstituut and the University of Applied Science and Technology. by Dr. Mohammad Masoud Majidifar Liftinstituut Solutions, in cooperation with the University...
Out of Harm’s Way
All stakeholders should be aware of contributing factors that can lead to diminished safety of elevators and escalators. by Max Guijt This article was first presented at the 2019 International...
Something Has to Give
This introspective Readers Platform addresses the critical topics of maintenance contracts and route overloads in the U.S. This article is written from my perspective as an International Union of Elevator...
Why PESSRAL Is Not PESS
Important safety ramifications in European standards applications This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 21,...
Speeding Up Elevator Inspections and Reporting
Introducing a timesaving mobile app years in the making Improving operations is an evergreen topic. Several years ago, UpVate.com proposed a common electronic-data management platform (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2012). The idea...
