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Closing the Gap in Safety for Existing Lifts
Benefits of modernization by Carsten Henriksen A wide range of people depend on lifts for a variety of reasons, particularly those who live in densely populated urban areas. The lift...
New EU Strategy on Standardisation
Its potential and positive impact on European (lift) SMEs are explored. At the beginning of February 2022, the European Commission presented its new strategy for European Standardisation, a package of...
Rated Load and Maximum Available Car Area
Proposal to revise EN 81-20:2022, Table 6 by Dr. Gina Barney When we size a lift installation to meet passenger demand at a defined performance level, the lift traffic designer...
Points of View
SMEs review an EU-revised Standardization Submitted by SBS In November 2021, CEN TC10 (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Technical Committee [TC]) — lifts, escalators and moving walks — received from...
EESF Board Meets With New Executive
Foundation back on track after COVID-19 puts gathering on hold. Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) board members gathered at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel in downtown Mobile, Alabama, on...
“Big Company Resources, Small Company Feel”
Dura-Lift marks 25 years of serving diverse VT customers in New York and New Jersey. The hustle and bustle in New York and New Jersey never cease. Whether at work...
Time for Excitement
A conversation with TKE North America CEO Kevin Lavallee about urbanization, company plans and how the new HQ in Atlanta fits into the equation TK Elevator North America CEO Kevin...
Albert Betteley
Your author explores the history of a Boston mechanic who was one of the VT industry’s early pioneers. The December 22, 1857, issue of the Boston Evening Transcript included a...
Future Modernizations
This paper was first presented virtually at the 12th Lift & Escalator Technologies Symposium in September 2021 and printed at the symposium website at liftsymposium.org. Keywords: modernization, post-pandemic workplace, societal...
“American Success Story”
A far-reaching discussion with principals of VT consultancy VDA Recently, the well-established vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy VDA received an investment from Chicago-based investment firm Keystone Capital in December 2021. Its principals,...
