Focus Topics
ADIASYSTEM
The venerable “alternative testing” toolkit has been the definitive advanced load testing method of the 21st century. Elevator safety is crucial for users, authorities and anyone associated with this industry....
Maxton
Growing elevator control valve manufacturer is spotlighted for its development, testing, education and training across 46 years. by Karl Keller History Maxton Manufacturing Co. dates back to 1949, when William...
The Complexity of Codes
Keeping up with codes governing the North American elevator industry can be exhausting but is always necessary, this Readers Platform explains. by Jim Runyan I always marvel at how we...
Skilled Labor Shortage Prompts Educational Expansion
An exploration of one of the biggest problems in today’s U.S. elevator industry and what is being done about it Problems As the elevator market has slowly recovered from the...
Innovative Escalator Modernization at Sants Station
ThyssenKrupp Elevadores installs first iMods in Europe. Approximately seven years ago, ThyssenKrupp Elevadores, Spain began working with the Transports Metropolitans Barcelona (TMB) on a project to replace 56 old escalators...
Premier Place, Dallas
Classy office tower’s nine elevator cabins get timeless redesign. Considered a landmark office building in Dallas, Premier Place is a distinctive 20-story reflective-glass tower with 395,900 sq. ft. of premium...
Elevator Modernization
Stuffing 2,500 lb. of elevator into a 1,500-lb. shaft In today’s elevator-industry vernacular, the term “modernization” can be taken a number of ways. Immediately apparent to the eye – and...
NYC’s Beaux Arts Building Gets Renovation of Four Elevators
Gets Renovation of Four Elevators Elevators are intimate spaces – microcosms of the high-rises that they make possible. With so many trades coming together in such close quarters, it is...
Bringing It Home
This Readers Platform traces the history of the modern residential elevator and looks to its future. Elevators, once found primarily in commercial and institutional environments, in apartment buildings and the...
Choosing Safety over Aesthetics
In this Readers Platform, your author talks about home-elevator safety and how his company’s products supply solutions to the problem. With news of small children being severely injured or even...
