Standards

The New Standardization Request for Lifts

Explaining the upcoming CEN TC 10 standardization work to achieve harmonized standards fully in compliance with the requirement of fair competition The elaboration and adoption of harmonized standards is based...

MRM W Line, Elevator for Modernization Business in Compliance with EN 81-21

A new Wittur product seeks to serve as an ideal solution for modernization projects. This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first...

Establishing an Elevator Compliance Organization

An introduction to the code structure in the U.S. and how compliance with it can be ensured. An elevator, or lift, is a type of vertical transportation that moves people...

China’s First Elevator/Special Equipment Safety Law

Aims and requirements of the code  by Yihui Ruan, Ning Li, and Jianhua Ye Chinese elevator law is divided into seven parts. Its aims are to safeguard life, limb, property...

Changes in the 2015 Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook

At its fall 2014 meeting, The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee reviewed the 2010 Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook. A number of important changes were made...

Occupant Evacuation Elevators

A detailed examination of how codes and standards guide emergency procedures and equipment The International Building Code (IBC) defines occupant evacuation elevators (OEE) as elevators used by occupants for self...

China Versus U.S.

A comparative study on Chinese and American elevator law by Bin Zhao, Yuandong Jiang, Jianfeng Sun, Wei Cui and Yihui Ruan Research Background China’s economy has developed rapidly since the...

EN 81-20’s Impact on Elevator Door Detectors

In August 2014, two new standards covering elevator design (EN 81-20:2014) and installation requirements (EN 81-50:2014) were released in Europe. These replace EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009 and EN 81-2:1998+A3:2009, which were 15...

Impact of EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 Standards

This paper was presented at  Paris 2014, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 20, edited by A. Lustig. It is a...

The Global Relevance of Performance-Based Codes

This paper was presented at  Paris 2014, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 20, edited by A. Lustig. It is a...

Southmoor Station was one of the elevator security program's pilot stations; image courtesy of RTD-Denver.

RTD-Denver Expands Crime Prevention Program to More Elevators

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PALEA Announces Management Committee Team

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Metro Elevator Names NE Modernization Operations Manager

TOTAL ACCESS ELEVATOR ACQUIRES CALIFORNIA’S TRE ELEVATOR

Total Access Elevator Acquires California’s TRE Elevator

Rendering of the outdoor elevator; image via The Japan News

Japan Castle To Get Outdoor Elevator