Modernization
Modernization for the Metro
In 2017, RATP, the public transport operator and infrastructure manager of the Paris Metro, concluded it was time to modernize the two 100-person-capacity elevators at the historic Lamarck- Caulaincourt station,...
Elevator Modernization: When Is It Time?
In this Readers Platform, your author explains how to approach this major investment armed with insight. by Laurie Axium Kohl The decision to modernize your elevators should never be taken...
The old traction machines
In this Readers Platform, Vantage and Champion executives discuss working together on their biggest-ever modernization. In 2018, Champion Elevator teamed up with Vantage Elevator Solutions to deliver the largest project...
21st Century Upgrade
In this Project Spotlight, the Banco Central do Brasil tower gets a modernization of a VT system more than three decades old. With their building’s elevators more than 30 years...
What’s New in Modernization
Columbia advances the upgrade of cabs. In today’s real-estate universe, rising with the ever-escalating heights of today’s supertalls, is the incidence of elevator modernization, and there are numerous reasons why....
One for the Books
KONE’s EcoMod™ system upgrades historic library’s escalators with minimal disruption. The Los Angeles Central Library is an iconic landmark. Consisting of the original five-story 1926 building designed by architect Bertram...
The Riverside Centre
Attention to detail resulted in a modernization that has become a local industry benchmark. When the Riverside Centre opened in 1986, it was referred to as Brisbane’s first intelligent building...
Westend Gate
Traffic in Frankfurt high rise is upgraded with the addition and replacement of eight elevators. With a height of 159 m and 47 floors, the Westend Gate in Frankfurt, Germany,...
Plenty of Room
Gillespie solution puts shallow-pit modernization of traction elevator in compliance with code. When field conditions do not allow for sufficient pit depth or overhead to provide the vertical clearances required...
Wire Rope Basics
Draka and Gustav Wolf offer tech tips for proper installation and maintenance. submitted by Draka Elevator Products graphics courtesy of Gustav Wolf When installing, maintaining or modernizing an elevator, nothing...
