Focus Topics
Elevators 2030 — A Global View
Your author takes a wide ranging, deep look at macro trends and their implications for VT. The symbiotic relationship between elevators and cities is well recognized and will likely endure...
Residential Meets Technology
The “Future Living® Berlin” quarter in Adlershof, Germany, paves the way to the future. photos by Hans-Wilhelm Berghoff In mid-July, elevator manufacturer Schindler, as the technology partner that planned and...
Safety, Accountability in Canada
CECA PRD has important information for those involved in home elevators. by Catharine Bothwell and Brandy Hancock The Private Residence Division (PRD), a member of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association...
Platform Lifts
In this Product Spotlight, an Italian manufacturer showcases two offerings. AreaLift, a division of LiftingItalia, has released its redesigned screw-driven platform lift, DomoFlex 2. Based on the DomoFlex platform launched...
Accessibility for “Showcase of Czechoslovakia”
Schindler escalators, BREMA elevators, are part of revitalization of Prague Metro station that opened in 1980. With deep red balustrade panels accented with stainless steel, the escalators serving the Jiřího...
Going Up
Renovating a 136-m-high maintenance lift at Severn Bridge Every day, thousands of commuters use the Severn Bridge, which crosses the River Severn and links South Wales with South West England....
Semiconductor shortage
In this Readers’ Platform, your author discusses how global supply disruption impacts lift drive availability and obsolescence. Over the past 18 months, semiconductor manufacturers have pivoted from supplying industrial automation...
With IoT, Data is Available
Monarch product manager addresses the best systems to be integrated for futuristic, safer elevator travel. The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution is coming to all industries, and readers of ELEVATOR...
Technology Promotes Relevance, High Value
Data and innovation are key drivers of digital transformation in India’s real estate industry. The real estate industry, which is perceived to be one of the lowest digitized industries in...
Rising to the Challenge
Your author discusses how advanced elevator systems can improve elevator performance. For a considerably long period in the past, say up to the year 1980, we were decades behind...
