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The Best of Both Worlds
Dumbwaiter modernization enhances efficiency of historic Chicago landmark. The Women’s Athletic Club of Chicago was the first of its kind in the U.S., and has been at its current home...
Going Up?
In this Readers Platform, your author describes the link between modernizing elevators and retaining commercial tenants. Scan the skyline in most U.S. cities these days, and you will likely see...
Solving Two “Modern” Problems
How modernization can save time and the planet As time has passed, and both the commercial and residential real-estate environments have continued to evolve, the concept of modernization has itself...
111 North Canal Street, Chicago
MCE provides an innovative solution to a modernized warehouse. “It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She outgrows his prophecies faster than he...
The Magic Number
This Readers Platform addresses how to determine the volume and type of elevators needed for your building. Picture this: you’ve designed and built a residential building, where tenants come and...
A Systematic Methodology for the Generation of Lift Passengers under a Poisson Batch Arrival Process
by Dr. Richard Peters, Dr. Lutfi Al-Sharif, Ahmad T. Hammoudeh, Eslam Alniemi and Ahmad Salman This paper was first presented at the Fifth Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies, www.liftsymposium.org....
Lifts Without Ropes: How Many Shafts and Cars Are Needed?
Your authors establish traffic-design principles and describe dispatching and modeling strategies related to future systems. by Stefan Gerstenmeyer and Dr. Richard Peters This article was first presented at the Fifth...
Effective Management of Elevator/Escalator Maintenance Agreements
Ten important steps to follow as a manager of the ever-important maintenance agreement For those responsible for the management of elevator and escalator maintenance agreements, the task can become rather...
A New Way of Recordkeeping
In this Readers Platform, your author describes how GAL and Helios joined forces to create a mobile solution to facilitate the MCP process. Walking through the National Association of Elevator...
Digital World
Remote monitoring is bringing elevator reliability to new heights. Mobile technology is transforming the way elevator companies operate, and many are moving fast so they don’t get left behind. Technicians...
