Elevators
Deadly Apartment Fire Leaves Elevators Waterlogged
Residents of 35 Brock Street, one of the Marina Towers, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, were without operational elevators for at least 24 h due to a fatal fire that occurred...
Registration New Open for 51st CECA Convention
Registration is now open for Canadian Elevator Contractors Association’s (CECA) 51st Convention, hosted by Alcor Elevator, to be held on June 9-12 in Niagara Falls. The convention will be held at...
KONE to Provide Elevators for High-Rise Mumbai Complex
KONE announced on January 28 it received an order to provide 21 passenger elevators for Aga Hall Estate in Mumbai, India, which consists of 45- and 56-story towers containing 349...
Cobianchi Liftteile Names Rohr as New CEO
Stephan Rohr, former chief technology officer of ELGO Batscale AG, has been named CEO of Cobianchi Liftteile AG, a Switzerland-based company engineering and manufacturing progressive safety devices for all kind...
Prudential Tower
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Elevators, Modernization submitted by Schindler Elevator Corp. Introduction The Prudential Tower in Boston is one of the city’s most iconic skyscrapers and its second-tallest building. The tower...
One Za’abeel
Dubai, U.A.E. Elevators, New Construction submitted by Otis Elevator Co. Introduction In a cityscape filled with iconic skyscrapers, One Za’abeel stands out with a cantilevered design that captures Dubai’s pioneering...
Fujitec Receives 239 Elevator Order for Metro in Chennai
Fujitec India Pvt. Ltd. announced on December 23 it received an order for 239 elevators for corridors 3 and 5 of the Chennai Metro Rail Project (CMRP), its first order...
Haughton Elevators (1923) Conclusion
This series conclusion looks at Haughton’s catalog from 1923. In 1923, the Haughton Elevator & Machine Co. of Toledo, Ohio, published a 32-page illustrated catalog designed to introduce prospective customers...
Korea Report Shows VT Accidents Increasing For Senior Citizens
A report by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) shows the annual number of accidents involving senior citizens on automated transportation, including vertical transportation (VT), has been increasing since 2020, The Korea...
A Procedure To Estimate Elevator Energy Consumption Using Traffic Simulation
Numerical examples show practical application. by Janne Sorsa This paper was presented at Elevcon 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Key words: Elevator, energy consumption, simulation Abstract Current methods estimate the...
