Readers’ Platform

The Smart Readiness Indicator and Lifts

To be or not to be included? by Alper Caliskan Buildings of the future, both office spaces and residential homes, will offer luxury and comfort that can only come from...

The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Remembering NYC elevator man Kenny Lau by Michelle Gallego On August 21, the world lost a talented, bright and kind-hearted human being. He was a self-taught engineer and a brilliant...

Ramping Up Access for the Disabled

How lifts can help submitted by Sheridan Lifts More than 20% of the U.K.’s 50 most popular attractions provide only partial access to disabled people, reveals a survey conducted by...

Rethinking Elevator Design and Performance

Your author examines elevator industry innovations with public safety in mind. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Steve Jobs...

Back to the Office

Though working from home has its advantages when dealing with the pandemic, offices offer overall health and improved productivity for the worker. The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the...

Revisiting History

In this Readers' Platform, your author reflects on a lift modernization undertaken 30 years ago. by Colin Craney In a paper for ELEVATOR WORLD UK a few years ago, I...

Elevator Safety Requires Quality

In this Readers’ Platform, long-time manufacturer mayr offers advice on choosing the correct brake. submitted by mayr The global effects of competition in the elevator industry have repeatedly given price...

My Condolences to the Whole World

Millions of years after the existence of the world and the universe, nature and the living things came to into existence, and then God created the human being, who has...

Inspiration from the Shard, London

Your author explains how the iconic tower offers innovative VT design ideas for high-rise office and slender luxury residential towers. by Hongliang Liang Introduction The Shard, also referred to as...

The Stand-alone Cellular Emergency Phone Solution

In this Readers’ Platform, your author makes the case for ditching POTS and going with an embedded network built with and for first responders. If you believe the movie Night...

HITACHI ELEVATOR TO FOCUS ON SMART BUILDING IN CHINA

Hitachi Elevator to Focus on Smart Building in China

(l-r) Todd Christensen and Craig Clabaugh

Metro Elevator Opens in Office in Iowa

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Passion for Acting Leads to VT Career

The extension will include three new stations; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Taiwan to Supply 65 VT Units for MRT Extension

Different views of the proposed tower; images courtesy of RSHP

54-Story City of London Tower Approved