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Open Data Platform for Lift Optimised Service: An Opportunity for SMEs in the Lift Industry

by David Abadía, Ricardo Salillas, Alfredo Gómez, Ricard Bou, Pedro Fernández, Lorenzo Beltrán This paper was presented at the 2022 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Barcelona, Spain.  Abstract A...

Trained and Able

The vital role of product training in customer service and safety ELEVATOR WORLD UK chatted with Terry Lifts’ Installation and Service Supervisor Ian Cwiklinski about product training and the vital...

Buildings by Boat

A popular networking event by CTBUH London The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) arranged a very popular networking event, a boat trip along the Thames, on 14...

Hope in the Future

As we come to the end of 2023, it is with some unrest. Wars persist in parts of Europe and the Middle East. Climate issues inflict other strains, making it...

London Research Powers “Off-The-Grid” Lifts

images courtesy of Opulent Elevators  Opulent Elevators, a subsidiary of Opulent Designs International, recently introduced its Opulent 800 carbon-fibre lift, marketed as “the world’s first solar-powered carbon-fibre lift.” In addition...

Innovations

A two-in-one lift and chemical-resistant pushbuttons Enhanced Two-in-One Platform Lift The Platform Lift Company (PLC) has announced to U.K. specifiers and architects the arrival of the newly enhanced FlexStep complete...

The Need for Speed

Steve Bell speaks with ELEVATOR WORLD UK about his current role and extensive 30-year career history with Terry Lifts. “It’s far too easy to take what we have for granted,”...

Safety Appliances for Lifts: 1895 (Part 1)

A look at the critical background and context of Umney’s paper On 10 June 1895, Herbert W. Umney (1870-1958) presented an illustrated paper on lift safeties to the Society of...

UK Construction Week

The U.K.’s largest built environment event makes a return to the capital with record visitors. submitted by UK Construction Weekphotos by Kevin Moran  The U.K.’s largest event for the built...

New Stairlift Regulations

Are you ready? submitted by Access BDD Over the last 100 years, the stairlift industry has changed drastically regarding technology and safety; due to these advancements, the global market is...