A 1912 gold birdcage Otis elevator in a five-story office building in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been operated for the past 12 years by 60-year-old Gary Wallace, office manager. The elevator, built the same year as the office building, has become an attraction in itself, The Gazette reports. Wallace, who says the unit “always…
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[…] degree dissertation is deemed the most innovative and of highest quality. Its name is in memory of Alex MacDonald, a colleague of London-based vertical-transportation consultancy LECS, who died in February at the age of 29. LECS said he “was an outstanding engineer and a true professional. Having studied both architecture and engineering, he was […]
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[…] the riding public. Elevator Manufacturing in NYC by Dr. Lee Gray: Our historian tells how Elisha Graves Otis illustrated the safety of elevators in 1854, but he died soon after — in 1861. Many companies back then used his story to illustrate their own equipment and hoists. Successful Implementation of a Mandated VT Periodic […]
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[…] planning, slotting and drilling machines, and bolt cutters. Unfortunately, Otis did not live to see his fledgling company’s eventual success under the leadership of his sons. He died on April 8, 1861. Four days later, Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter, and the nation was plunged into four years of Civil War. Following […]
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[…] the World Trade Center Twin Towers managed to save themselves by leaving the buildings before they collapsed, which can be considered a success. The remaining occupants who died were either on the floors directly hit by the aircraft, or above the affected floors and, presumably, could not have used any means of evacuation. It […]
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[…] of deaths and rate of deaths per 10,000 workers has doubled from 2003 to 2016. The same organization reports that, between 2011 and 2016, 145 construction workers died due to elevator-related injuries, accounting for more than half of such fatalities in all industries in the U.S. The majority (53.5%) of elevator-related fatalities in construction […]
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[…] safety regulations are followed. According to Hütter, the final objective is to “never have fatal accidents in lifts.” He informed guests that a total of 22 users died in elevator accidents in 2018 across all of Europe. Brazilian experts in elevator management want to apply European and North American developments to Brazil. Fabio Aranha, […]
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[…] over the next three years. He received two additional patents during this period. Unfortunately, Randall did not live to enjoy the continued success of his efforts. He died at age 55 on June 26, 1919, three months after he filed the seventh patent application for his pneumatic door operator. However, Randall’s death did not […]
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[…] scarcely be recommended to designers as more than a reference book.” Unfortunately, Baxter did not have the opportunity to enjoy the success of his new book. He died of pneumonia on January 12, 1910, at the age of 56. Readers of Power, however, continued to enjoy his work through July 1910. Immediately upon completion […]
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Messe Frankfurt India Pvt. Ltd. has entered into a strategic partnership with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India-Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (CREDAI-MCHI) for the International Elevator & Escalator (IEE) Expo 2020. Messe Frankfurt, the world’s largest trade fair, congress and event organizer, said, “The alliance aims to play a key role…
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