Focus Topics
AECO Certification as Applied to a Wind-Turbine Tower Elevator
A real-world example of the process, methodology and ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7: Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators’ ability to ensure superior safety Much has been written about ASME A17.7/CSA...
KONE Discusses LEED Certification and Its Role
How elevators and escalators can serve as a solution to assist with LEED certification In recent years, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)® certification has become the recognized standard...
3D Technology Brings Cab Designs to Life
Elevator Doors Inc./Elevator Cabs, Inc. provides clients with 3D cab designs. “What will the finished cab look like?” “Do you have a picture of something similar?” “Should we do a...
Meeting the Elevator Interior Needs of Colleges and Universities
University of California, Los Angeles and Robert Morris University in Chicago update elevator cabs. With more than 38,000 students on their 400-acre urban campus, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)...
Columbia Elevator’s XChangaCAB Responds to Current Environment
The company shifts its focus to answer the growing demand for cab modernizations. Find a need and fill it, as the saying goes. In the case of Columbia Elevator’s cab...
Elevator Designs for Controlled Environments
The functions of clean elevators ensure security and reliability. by Wang Qibing, Li Dongliu, Zhu Liqiang and Li Qingmian The clean elevator is an industrial elevator capable of being installed...
LU/LA Elevators
A detailed examination of limited-use/limited-access (LU/LA) elevators and reasons for their use rather than traditional solutions Learning Objectives After reading this article, you should have learned:♦ Why LU/LA elevators were...
Accessibility with Dignity
The author explains Handi-Lift, Inc.’s method of selling and installing wheelchair lifts. At Handi-Lift, Inc., we begin every meeting by reminding ourselves why we do what we do, and encouraging...
Brown University’s Hidden Wheelchair Lift
Atlantic Elevator South and ITI Hydraulics replaced a wheelchair lift at this campus. Until recently, the wheelchair lift outside Alumnae Hall on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode...
Elevator Boutique’s Luxury Home Elevators
Australian luxury home lift provider’s history and products designed for residential accessibility In 2003, Les Katz, CEO and founder of Lift Shop in Australia, saw an opportunity to expand his...
