Readers’ Platform
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...
“All Safe, Gentlemen”?
The importance of ascending-car overspeed protection and protection against unintended car motion As we look around the world today, we can marvel at the work ethic and geniuses of mankind....
Elevator Consulting as Value Engineering
Now more than ever, brains, brawn and beauty are important to every aspect of elevator manufacturing. For years, I have been speaking and writing about “the 3 B’s” (brains, brawn...
