Special Application Lifts
A10 Tauern Tunnel, Austria
Alimak Hek undertakes elevator refurbishment in the Alps. The Tauern Autobahn (A10) is an important north-south connection in the Alps region of Austria. Approximately 6,500 m long, the Tauern Tunnel...
Taking Accessibility to a New Level
Handi-Lift, Inc., headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey, has received several ELEVATOR WORLD Project of the Year awards for its custom wheelchair lifts. Projects honored over the years include systems in...
Universal Control System
This Product Spotlight details an inclusive system meant to save money while adding varied features. Inclinator Co. of America’s UC601 Universal Control System is intended to be an inexpensive product...
Inclined Elevator in Genoa, Italy
Genoa, Italy, other than being the hometown of Christopher Columbus, is well known for its steep hills. The town was built in the narrow space between the Alps and the...
Tall Buildings and the Sabbath Elevator
Technological innovations in vertical transportation as they pertain to the ever-evolving Sabbath elevator and the differing reactions to them within Jewish law “Six days you shall labor and do all...
Accessible Freefalling
Savaria installs VPL in Canada’s first re-circulating indoor freefall simulator. SkyVenture in Laval, Canada, is an accessible re-circulating indoor freefall simulator. The facility is part of Quebec’s “Accessible Road,” a...
Solutions Needed to Ensure Children’s Safety
In this Readers Platform, authors James Filippone, P.E., and John Koshak, QEC, explore changes to the U.S. elevator code and common installations, which have combined to make private-residence elevators potentially...
LU/LA Elevator in Grace Fellowship Church
When Grace Fellowship Church, housed in a small 1930s-era brick structure in Waterloo, Iowa, found that more and more congregants were having trouble accessing all three of its floors due...
From Cadillacs to Custom Lifts: Inclinator Co. of America
From Groucho Marx and Henry Ford years ago to President George H.W. Bush and racecar driver Tony Stewart today, Inclinator Co. of America has built and delivered thousands of custom...
The Perfect Fit
Handi-Lift helps a luxury menswear retailer achieve stylish accessibility with a vertical platform lift. Creating a lift that was not only Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant, but also so stylish...
