Focus Topics
Speeding Up Elevator Inspections and Reporting
Introducing a timesaving mobile app years in the making Improving operations is an evergreen topic. Several years ago, UpVate.com proposed a common electronic-data management platform (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2012). The idea...
Breakthrough in Safe and Cost-Effective Elevator Hoistway Control
Together, APS and iDiscovery provide an array of benefits. This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator...
Best Bureaucrat
Miami-Dade County has a chief elevator inspector it won’t want to lose in Michael A. Chavez. In 2006, an elderly Miami couple in their 80s were stranded in their apartment....
Tall Buildings and the Sabbath Elevator
Technological innovations in vertical transportation as they pertain to the ever-evolving Sabbath elevator and the differing reactions to them within Jewish law “Six days you shall labor and do all...
Elevator Signal Fixtures and User Features
Documenting the various signal fixtures, their terminologies and their unique applicability Signal fixtures such as push buttons, indicators, hall lanterns and displays play an important role in any elevator installation...
Let There be Light!
In this Reader’s Platform, your author discusses the impact of lighting on your elevator interior. As any experienced salesperson will tell you, travel is just part of the job. As...
Where Does Engineering Meet Art?
This Reader’s Platform addresses the effect of visual elevator design on impressions and perceptions. Elevators have changed since their first reference to one having been built by Archimedes in 236...
Pre-Engineered Elevator Cab Solutions
Taking the complexity out of aesthetics When planning an elevator modernization, the focus is most typically on the operational aspects of the equipment. New technologies and products are typically designed...
More than Just Design
“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But, of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.” – Steve Jobs Often overlooked, the...
Mileage Matters
First impressions last, and cab interiors should not be overlooked. Dated, dark, dirty and damaged elevator cab interiors could leave the impression that a building and its elevators are not...
