Readers’ Platform
A Traditional Classroom May Not Be Necessary
In this Reader’s Platform, your author makes the case for the effectiveness of distance learning. It is of interest to note that research on the effectiveness of distance learning, as...
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...
The Complexity of Codes
Keeping up with codes governing the North American elevator industry can be exhausting but is always necessary, this Readers Platform explains. by Jim Runyan I always marvel at how we...
You’ve Decided to Modernize Your Elevators; Now What?
KONE’s director provides “best practices” advice for building owners and managers planning a modernization project. So, you’ve decided to upgrade your building’s elevators. It’s always a big decision. It may...
On the Same Page
Your authors, from NYC-based TEI Group, address the need for an industrywide set of safety standards. by Ray Downs and Robert Pitney, TEI Group In an industry with such a...
So, You Think You Have a “Safety Program”
Upon further review, you may not. by Ray Downs In our industry, there are many competing interests over which we have little or no control. And, we’ve all experienced situations...
“Elevator Joe”
Elevator games can be fun teaching tools. “Elevator Joe,” one of a handful of elevator- and escalator-related games available for mobile devices, has the potential to be a fun teaching...
Elevator Sales 101
Building a team of top-notch “Sellavators” In Minnesota, there is a story about the owner of a lumber supply house that specialized in exotic and hard-to-find woods. As his business...
Industry Trade Shows: Visiting Versus Attending
Hosting elaborate trade shows is one thing the elevator industry does well. A walk through this year’s National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) 64th Annual Convention & Exposition in Tampa,...
UCM++
During my 40-some years in the elevator business, I’ve learned one thing for sure: the number of problems elevator mechanics encounter during their work is not infinite and can and...
