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Keeping Elevators Safe From Infections
Assessing the risks of picking up COVID-19 or other viruses or bacteria in a cab and how to reduce infection risk by Dr. Michael Davies and Dr. P.J.B. Scott There...
Universal Design Principles for Cabs: Accessibility
An examination of standards on cabs the author says should be followed to help make lifts accessible to all There has been an effort to “converge” the EN 81-20 and...
ECR Custom Elevator Interiors
The company’s vice president shares how his team approaches the engineering and design of interiors and ceilings. Jonathan Adair ECR - Elevator Cab Renovations, which recently joined with MAD Elevator...
1950s Innovations in Elevator Cab Design
This History article examines cabin-access innovations that arose from the development of operator-less elevators in the early 1950s. The founding of Elevator World, Inc. in 1953 coincided with the introduction...
Ingenuity by Design
The evolution of an elevator handrail installation system is detailed in this Company Spotlight. A machinist by trade, Hans Joachim Lindemann of Selingenstadt, Germany, created the first sketches of what...
Needs on the Rebound
An outline of the growing demand for VT in different sectors With increasing urbanization, high land cost pushes Indian cities to grow vertically. According to estimates, more than 52%...
Growing Trends in Elevator Modernization
How modernization can quickly pay for itself through improved energy efficiency and reduction of wear and tear on electrical and mechanical components As India becomes a wealthier country, we are...
COVID-19 Changes Demand, Modernization
thyssenkrupp Elevator (India)’s response to the pandemic amid modification in modernization The elevator world has witnessed major changes in the way it operates, whether it is physical distancing on the...
Insurance Market Considerations
This Readers’ Platform from Chicago-based insurers details best practices for U.S. industry decision makers in the U.S. in these unprecedented times. by Matt Dennett and Nick Scodro The insurance market...
Not Just for Code Compliance
In this Readers’ Platform, your authors from Chicago-based Colley Elevator explain how a simple upgrade can improve customers’ bottom line. Chicago-area building owners and managers often have questions about their...
