Readers’ Platform
A Clear Pathway to Upgrading Existing Lifts
In this Readers’ Platform, your author discusses how to make the biggest improvements in safety, accessibility and energy efficiency. by Claudio Donghi Lifts, escalators and moving walks are used more...
New and Innovative TASİAD
by Yasemin Bulut As TASİAD (All Elevator Industrialists and Businessmen Association) Board of Directors, we have set forth to update the experience and knowledge of our association, which has been...
Bill’s Memo: A History of Fall Protection and Fall Protection Compliance
How a single decision made the industry safer for years to come. by Ray Downs In 1993, Otis Elevator North American Operations (NAO) President William “Bill” Miller sent a memo...
Opportunities for All
How Otis is addressing a labor shortage through supporting women. by Dot Mynahan and Erika Goldstein In the past few years, Otis redesigned professional uniforms and invested in new safety...
We Totally Collapsed in the Earthquake!
by Cem Kapukaya Hello to everyone, Another disaster has befallen our country. We have lived through, and will continue to live through, the indescribable earthquake disaster in which thousands of...
Brilliant Elevators
Your author shares insights into his career in the VT sector. by Gautam Chattopadhyay I am a graduate mechanical engineer with 29 years of industry experience. I subsequently completed a...
Bankruptcy Law
The rights of vertical mobility manufacturers and suppliers under India’s Bankruptcy Code by Rohan Singh Efficient and reliable vertical mobility in commercial centers, office buildings and residential projects has become...
Construction Costs
Up from pre-pandemic levels but remaining stable by Ramesh Nair, Argenio Antao, Jatin Shah, Vimal Nadar, Vaishnavi Bala and Pallavi Kukdolkar As of November 2022, the cost of construction had...
Emergency Telephone for Private Residential Elevators
Is the land line still the best choice for an emergency telephone in private residence elevators? by Moti Tietel The AS17.1 Code refers to the emergency telephone as follows: "5.3.1.20.1...
Rising Together
Taking industry diversity efforts to new heights In June 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to improve diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and accessibility in the federal workforce. As...
