Inspection

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...

Breakthrough in Safe and Cost-Effective Elevator Hoistway Control

Together, APS and iDiscovery provide an array of benefits. This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator...

Best Bureaucrat

Miami-Dade County has a chief elevator inspector it won’t want to lose in Michael A. Chavez. In 2006, an elderly Miami couple in their 80s were stranded in their apartment....

Risk Potential of Safety Gears

This paper was presented at  Paris 2014, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 20, edited by A. Lustig. It is a...

Innovative Balance Coefficient Testing System for Elevators

Time, money and manpower can be saved using a new testing method. by Wang Weixiong, Liu Yingjie, Wu Xingjun, Wang Xinhua, Xie Chao, Song Yuechao and Li Gang edited by...

Intelligent Inspection of Elevators

Nondestructive testing of safety equipment without the use of physically damaging and clumsy test weights Reprinted from Lift-Report There are systems available that now allow elevators to be tested more...

Navigating the Sweeping Changes of NYC Elevator Compliance

In a city of constant transformation, it’s no surprise that elevator compliance is also constantly evolving. Throughout the five boroughs of New York City (NYC), the metropolis’ Department of Buildings...

Dotty Stanlaske

A Trailblazer for Women in the Industry When Dotty Stanlaske began her career as a construction helper for Otis in 1980, women were rare in the industry. She was hesitant...

Elevator Inspections – Understanding Outsourcing Options

The building construction market is heating up around the world, with new commercial builds — office buildings, hotels, hospitals, etc. — getting taller. This translates to a need for more...

222 Broadway; photo © John W. Cahill for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

TEI Group Repositions Elevators for Major NYC Conversion

ARCHI-TREAD RELOCATING FROM N.J. TO FLORIDA

Archi-Tread Relocating From N.J. to Florida

Entrance to the Victoria Building, which was built in 1945; photo by SnowyBadger for Wikipedia

Halifax Hospital to Get Elevator Replacement, Upgrades

Stationslift Storingen, a website for reporting broken elevators, was created in response to the structural problem by wheelchair user Kasrt Lovers; image courtesy of X.

Out-of-Order Lifts at Dutch Train Stations Leave Wheelchair Users Stranded

FUJITEC EXPLAINS NEW STRATEGY CENTERED AROUND DIGITAL TWIN CONCEPT

Fujitec Explains New Strategy Centered Around Digital Twin Concept