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Historic Lift at Hotel Boulderado
Opened on New Year’s Day 1909, Hotel Boulderado is considered Boulder, Colorado’s first luxury hotel. The elevator shaft was the first thing to be built during the historic hotel’s construction...
Reopening Devices Required by ASME A17.1-2019/CSA B44-19 Section 2.13.5
Why CEDES chose not to design a 3D light curtain for doors. Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is approved for Continuing Education by NAEC for CET®, CAT®...
The National Association of Elevator Contractors 2000-2024
Sustaining community Having first built and then expanded a robust professional vertical-transportation (VT) community during its first 50 years, the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) faced the prospect of...
ISO Plenary Meeting
VT experts come together in Paris to refine codes and standards at the 32nd ISO/TC 178. by Dr. Gero Gschwendtner On April 18-19, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Plenary...
An Industry Evolving and United
To advance industry safety, the dialogue on safety codes relies on continuous improvement, lessons learned in the field and having all parties at the table. by Kevin Brinkman and Philip...
Kona Graduates
In 2021, SCS Elevator Products partnered with Guide Dogs of America-Tender Loving Canines (GDA-TLC) to sponsor a service dog in training named Kona. Regional Sales Manager Brian Hilfrank suggested the...
Benefits of Intelligent Elevator Monitoring for Operators of Large Elevator Portfolios
by Philip Molineus and David Mansfeld This paper was presented at the International Elevator & Escalator Symposium 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract Intelligent elevator monitoring with sensors, edge computing and...
Leadership Lessons From the Founding Fathers
Practices that can still be applied today One of my favorite books on leadership was given to me by a colleague more than 20 years ago. The book is titled...
Always Ascending
An in-depth conversation with Vantage VP of Sales Dan Baltzegar about his career path and personal passions After the last “10 Questions,” your author (MJ) decided he was going to...
Fred Anzley Annett
A look at the life of the “dean” of VT writers The January 1960 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD included a special edition of William C. Sturgeon’s monthly editorial column “Speaking...
