Earthquake
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator Receives 147-Unit MRT Order
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator, the Taiwan-based subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., received an order for 147 elevators and escalators from the Department of Rapid Transit Systems of the Taipei City Government, Hitachi...
Hitachi Lift India Receives Order for 56 Elevators and Escalators
Hitachi Ltd. announced on October 17 that Hitachi Building Systems Co. Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. subsidiary Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd. secured an order for 56 elevators and escalators for...
First-Ever Earthquake Simulation in 10-Story Mass Timber Building
How does a high-rise mass timber building behave in the face of an earthquake? To dispel doubts, the Tallwood Project recently erected a 10-story building made of cross-laminated timber (CLT)...
Earthquake Causes Elevator Issues in Japan Condo Buildings
The earthquake that struck Japan's Chiba Prefecture on May 11 caused a variety of elevator issues in condominiums, NHK World Japan reports. Residents told the source that the earthquake stopped...
We Totally Collapsed in the Earthquake!
by Cem Kapukaya Hello to everyone, Another disaster has befallen our country. We have lived through, and will continue to live through, the indescribable earthquake disaster in which thousands of...
Competence and the State!
‘My only legacy is reason and scientific thought’ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Facts Building and zoning amnesty kills, not earthquakes. It is the duty of the state to raise public awareness...
TÃœRKONFED Report
Financial Damage of Earthquakes Expected to be US$84.1 Billion The Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED) stated that the two major earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş will cause financial damage exceeding US$84...
Elevators and Earthquakes: An (Un) Holy Alliance?
Experts work on ways to keep ground shaking from causing vertical-transportation disasters. In the beginning, a new panorama elevator in Hamburg, Germany, regularly stalled — even without earthquakes, but also...
Japan Takes Aim At Elevators’ Earthquake Lockups
Officials in Japan say earthquake risks are trapping people in elevators, so efforts are being offered to help them when they find themselves in these situations, The Mainichi reports. The Japanese Elevator...
