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Greener Than Ever
Vasudevan Suresh (VS) shares insights with your author (YP) on sustainable-development-related initiatives and their implications for real estate and infrastructure projects, as well as vertical-transportation-related aspects. YP: Following the recent...
Vertical Transportation: A Primer
New CTBUH e-book focuses on putting and keeping our industry in the minds of supertall designers. The book’s cover features escalators and elevators grouped complementarily in a mall configuration; rendering...
ISO 8100-32:2020, Planning and Selection of Passenger Lifts
EFESME discusses the new standard and what its implications are for lift SMEs and future SME-friendly standards. ISO TC 178 Working Group (WG) 6, “Lift Installation,” discussed ISO 8100-32:2020, Planning...
Stepping Up as a Leader
Durham College’s EDM and trades education expands. One of 24 publicly funded colleges in the Canadian province of Ontario, Durham College in Oshawa was the first to offer an elevating...
ISO 8100-32:2020 Guidance
An introduction to and aid for users of the new European standard ISO 8100-32:2020, Planning and selection of passenger lifts to be installed in office, hotel and residential buildings,[1] is...
Optimization of Elevator Dispatching by Using Genetic Algorithm in Python
Your author says programming language can reduce waiting and service times for passengers. This article presents a developed simulation of elevator dispatching by the Python programing language. It models vertical...
Consulting for the Future
Engineer Luis Sánchez Lebrero says Spanish firm Resuelve Transporte Vertical has built a reputation on completing difficult projects. by Olga Quintanilla Resuelve Transporte Vertical, a Spanish consulting firm with more...
An Uphill Climb
Myriad hurdles to achieving “Made in Africa” lifts by Shem Oirere, EW Correspondent Africa’s vertical-transportation (VT) industry continues to rely on imported components to meet market demand, with some local...
John H. Jallings (1847-1935)
The first attempt to tell a more complete story of the life and career of the VT industry’s early chronicler John H. Jallings is a well-known figure in American vertical-transportation...
Realizing Her Vertical Ambition
Your author (KW) speaks with Durham College EDM Graduate Gabby De Sousa (GDS) about her career path. by Kaija Wilkinson A little encouragement has gone a long way for Gabby...
