Modernization
A How-To From Texacone
Your author provides an in-depth look at maintaining and troubleshooting packing for hydraulic elevators. The Texacone Co. has been supplying the elevator industry with hydraulic seal sets for more than...
Power Play
How to modernize your existing elevator to achieve net-zero energy and meet modern urban mobility and sustainability challenges Approximately 40% of total U.S. energy consumption was attributed to buildings last...
Birth of an “Empire”
Liberty Elevator Experts and Otis play key roles in revitalization of 1929 predecessor to the Empire State Building, the R.J. Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Every Father’s Day, the...
Mission Impossible?
A challenging modernization job in California drove a group of elevator professionals, engineers and architects to think outside the box to get the job done. Modernizing the clock-tower elevator at...
Hydraulic Elevator Modernization
What to keep in mind when undergoing the right modernization solution by Dr. K. Ferhat Celik Modernization is necessary to bring elevators into compliance with new codes and regulations. The...
Lift Modernization: the Lost Art of Engineering
How to deal with the limitations and design characteristics of aging lift equipment by Roger Howkins and Kate Hibner This paper was first presented at the Fourth Symposium on Lift...
Modernizing Minnesota
Consultant, manufacturer and installer join forces to bring county elevators up to date. With a quaint downtown bustling with small businesses, Anoka, Minnesota, looks like the picturesque setting for any...
The Best of Both Worlds
Dumbwaiter modernization enhances efficiency of historic Chicago landmark. The Women’s Athletic Club of Chicago was the first of its kind in the U.S., and has been at its current home...
Going Up?
In this Readers Platform, your author describes the link between modernizing elevators and retaining commercial tenants. Scan the skyline in most U.S. cities these days, and you will likely see...
Solving Two “Modern” Problems
How modernization can save time and the planet As time has passed, and both the commercial and residential real-estate environments have continued to evolve, the concept of modernization has itself...
