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Contents ELEVATOR WORLD
July 2013 Vol. LXI No. 7

40 90 72

COVER STORY
40 After 65 Years, Sematic Group’s Verri
Continues to Give a Strong First Impression
by Lee Freeland
This successful Italy-based cab manufacturer focuses on safety, passenger comfort and expert craftsmanship.

FEATURES
72 San Antonio Hosts IAEC 2013 Annual Forum
by Elizabeth Pate
This well-attended event featured exhibits, education and top-notch Texas entertainment.

90 A New World’s Fastest: Shanghai Tower

by Peng Jie, EW Correspondent
An update on the construction of China’s newest supertall skyscraper

98 Anselme Cote of RATP Talks Experience, Safety and Retirement Plans

by Elizabeth Pate
With more than 40 years of elevator-industry experience, Cote shares his perspective.

104 ELA 2013 Congress in Istanbul

by John Gale
Formal presentations and a gala dinner proved both productive and enjoyable for attendees.

108 Asansör 2013 Conference

by John Gale
This two-day event focused on lift regulations, EU directives and the SNEL.

110 EEA Annual General Meeting in Istanbul

by John Gale
Officers and tasks for 2013 were discussed at this group’s first gathering outside of Europe.
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62 58 52

COLUMNS Focus on CABS AND ENTRANCES

80 Gurney Elevator, Part Three 44 Columbia Elevator Sees Increasing Cab and Entrance Production
by Dr. Lee Gray by Ralph M. Newman

94 ISO TC 178 Meetings in New York City 52 SnapCab Partners with International Company Entering North
by Robert S. Caporale, MSc American Market
by Gary Keen
100 Lerch Bates Visits Hyundai Elevator
by Allan Lloyd 58 Vertical Dimensions Installs Cab Interiors for Hospital
by Elizabeth Pate
112 How to Avoid OSHA Pitfalls
by Paul Waters 62 Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
by Randy Richenberger
116 Pincus Elevator Co.
by Matthew Pincus and Mike Hogan 64 Premier Elevator
by Elizabeth Pate

70 Peelle Modernizes Saks 5th Avenue Elevators

by Michael J. Ryan

DEPARTMENTS
8 Editors’ Overview

10 Calendar

12 Comments
ONLINE EXTRAS 14 U.S. Industry News
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In addition to a variety of U.S. Patents, we offer:
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• Complete presentations and Philippe Lamalle’s speech
from the European Lift Association’s Congress 120 Product Spotlight
• A look inside the fifth edition of The Construction Chart
Book: The U.S. Construction Industry and Its Workers 123 Classified
• Videos and more on Sky City in Changsha, China
• Escalator installation at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, 127 Advertisers Index
California
• JULY WEB EXCLUSIVE: 1 Protea Place in South Africa 128 Last Glance
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 E ditors’ Overviewby Robert S. Caporale, MSc
First Impressions
Recent reports say the world pop-
ulation is increasing by 1.8% per
year. At this rate, the ability to meet
the energy and climatic needs of all
societies will reach a critical point in
the near future. Building vertically
addresses all of these needs by saving
land from being used for roads and
parking lots, and reducing CO2 emis-
sions and energy generated by traveling
horizontally. To fulfill this vision, Broad
Sustainable Construction Co. has stated
its Sky City building, which will begin
construction soon in Changsha, China,
will be “a way of development for [a]
higher life quality and lower impact on
the environment.” This 202-story build-
ing will contain office space, a hotel and
residential units, in addition to recre-
ational facilities for its occupants.
This project’s marvelous aspect is
it will be made entirely of modular units
containing all of the heating, ventila-
tion and air-conditioning; electrical;
plumbing; and backup system com-
ponents needed to provide comfort
and safety for the building’s occu-
pants. The modules will be manufac-
tured in the factory, shipped to the
field and bolted together to complete
the entire construction phase of the
project in nine months. And, when it
is completed, this ambitious US$628-
million project will contain 11 million
sq. ft. of space that will be utilized by
30,000 people who, instead of travel-
ing horizontally in cars, buses and
trains to and from where they live,
work and play, will be traveling ver-
tically by means of 92 elevators lo-
cated throughout Sky City. In view of
the recent announcement of this
monumental project’s groundbreak-
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ing, along with the fact that it is the
cabs and entrances with which eleva-
tor passengers directly interact, we
have included a special section in this
month’s issue on these elevator system
components.
In an article by Ralph M. Newman,
Columbia Elevator is described as
seeing an increase in elevator cab
and entrance production so far this
year. Newman quotes Louis Blaiotta,
Jr., president of Columbia, as saying
his company is seeing the beginning
of what he feels is an upturn in the
U.S. economy. Blaiotta expects new
elevator installations to be around
16,000 units in 2013 and beyond that
on its way back to pre-2008 levels of
18,000–28,000 units, which he indi-
cates is where it needs to be for the
elevator industry to achieve sustain-
able growth.
Some of the major projects described
in this month’s issue include a mod-
ernization project performed by The
Peelle Co., which upgraded the elevator
cabs and entrances on large freight
elevators in the Saks 5th Avenue Build-
ing in New York City. Vertical Dimen-
sions LLC has provided what has been
described as “cheerful, animated cab
interiors to lift kids’ spirits” while they
are at the Seattle Children’s Hospital
Research Foundation Building in Seattle.
Also included in this issue is a fine report
by Gary Keen on SnapCab’s partner-
ship with Trespa International and
how this alliance has gained a strong
foothold in North America. The Snap-
Cab system’s ability to accommodate
almost any code-approved material
surface is described as being a key to
its success.
Additional articles on Premier Eleva-
tor and Eklund’s, Inc. describe the
outstanding work these companies
have performed on numerous projects
throughout North America. And, in his
article on the work of Sematic Group’s
Verri Cabin Division, our Associate
Editor Lee Freeland emphasizes the
importance of the first impression
people get when entering a building
and how this is impacted by elevator
cabs and entrances.
The design of elevator cabs and en-
trances conveys the care and concern
building owners have for their facilities’
users and occupants. This is especially
the case with respect to monumental
and supertall buildings such as the Sky
City project that will rise thousands of
feet above the ground.
We are also happy to announce
the synchronous release of our 2012
Vertical Transportation Industry Profile
(VTIP) and 2013 Elevator Cab Market
Study in conjunction with this month’s
issue of ELEVATOR WORLD.
The information in this month’s
issue of EW, along with the recently
released 2012 VTIP and its 2013 Elevator
Cab Market Study available at www.
elevatorbooks.com, provide a good
assessment of this segment of the ele-
vator industry and how it impacts the
impression of our industry and the
public’s perception of the facilities in
which elevator-industry equipment is
installed. These are important docu-
ments for elevator-industry members
to study and utilize to promote the eleva-
tor systems they will be selling and
installing as the world’s economy finally
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like the event listed.
Legend: 26-27 – Symposium on Lift and
Escalator Technologies,
 Charitable/social event
Highgate House, Northampton,
 Education/training
U.K. For more information, visit
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org. 
OCTOBER 2013
An expanded calendar with associated industry events 15-18 – Interlift 2013, Messezentrum,
is available at website: www.elevatorworld.com/ Augsburg, Germany. For more
directory/event . information, contact Joachim
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JULY 2013 website: www.interlift.de. 
25 – MESA Boat Cruise, North 24-25 – Wisconsin Elevator
Quincy, MA. For more Symposium, Lake Geneva, WI.
information, contact the To register, visit host NAESA
Massachusetts Elevator Safety International’s website: www.
Association (MESA) at e-mail: naesai.org/calendar.php.  
mesassoc@hotmail.com or DECEMBER 2013
website: mesassoc.com. 
2-5 – LifTech Expo, Cairo Interna-
AUGUST 2013 tional Convention Center, Cairo,
Egypt. For more information,
22 – IAEC Fundraising Cruise, New
contact organizer Lead Trade
York, NY. For more information,
Fairs at phone: (202) 2-505-2615
contact Melissa Aponte at
or 2-505-2815, fax: (202) 2-505-
phone: (845) 708-5560 or e-mail:
2615, e-mail: ashokry@ltf-eg.com,
Melissa@lift-techltd.com. 
or website: www.ltf-eg.com. 
28 – MESA Golf Outing, Olde
Scotland Links, Bridgewater,
MA. For more information, 2014
contact the Massachusetts
Elevator Safety Association JANUARY 2014
(MESA) at e-mail: mesassoc@ 6-10 – ASME A17 Standards
hotmail.com or website: Committee Meetings, For more
mesassoc.com.  information, contact Geraldine
Burdeshaw at phone: (646)
SEPTEMBER 2013 369-4467 or e-mail: burdeshaw@
9-13 – ASME A17 Standards asme.org. 
Committee Meetings, Canada.
For more information, contact MARCH 2014
Geraldine Burdeshaw at phone:
20-22 – International Elevator &
(646) 369-4467 or e-mail: Escalator Expo, Bombay
burdeshaw@asme.org.  Exhibition Center, Goregaon,
22-26 – NAEC Annual Convention Mumbai. For more information,
and Exposition, Tampa contact organizer Virgo
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Communications at e-mail: info@
virgo-comm.com or website:
www.virgo-comm.com. 
29-April 1 – NAEC Spring Educational
Conference, Sanibel Harbour
Resort and Spa, Fort Meyers, FL.
For more information, contact
the National Association of
Elevator Contractors’ (NAEC)
Amanda Smith at phone: (770)
760-9660, fax: (770) 760-9714,
e-mail: amanda@naec.org or
website: www.naec.org. 
MAY 2014
5-9 – ASME A17 Standards
Committee Meetings. For more
information, contact Geraldine
Burdeshaw at phone: (646)
369-4467 or e-mail: burdeshaw@
asme.org. 
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Sydney – December 3, 2013
For complete details on Elevate Training
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME)
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
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For information on all courses, contact
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For more information on all NAESA International
Education programs and QEI testing, contact
Dotty Stanlaske at phone: (360) 292-4968, fax:
(360) 292-4973, e-mail: dotty@naesai.org
16-19 – World Elevator & Escalator
Expo, China Import and Export
Fair Complex, Guangzhou,
China. For more information,
contact organizer China Elevator
Association at phone: (86)
316-231-1446, fax: (86) 316-231-
1447 or website: www.china
exhibition.com. T
23-25 – INELEX Elevator and
Elevator Technologies
Exhibition, Izmir, Turkey.
For more information, contact
organizer Efor Fair &
REGIONAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Canadian Elevator Contractors
Association (CECA) Central Region
Meetings are held the first Thurs-
day in February, April, October and
December. Contact Brian Elliott at
phone: (519) 745-5789, fax: (519)
745-7587, or e-mail: belliott@
delta-elevator.com
Canadian Elevator Contractors
Association (CECA) Eastern Region
Four meetings per year on an
as-needed basis. Contact Pedro
Oughourlian at phone: (514)
745-4455, fax: (514) 745-6613 or
e-mail: pedro@adamselevator.ca.
Canadian Elevator Contractors
Association (CECA) Western
Region Four meetings per year on
an as-needed basis. Contact
Heiner Marnet at phone: (604)
299-4455, fax: (604)299-4453, or
e-mail: heiner@cityelevator.ca.
Chicago Elevator Association (CEA)
First Thursday of each month,
September-June (no meetings
during July and ­August). Contact
Tom Przybyla at phone: (708)
371-2444 or fax: (708) 371-2477.
Elevator Association of Florida
Meeting is held on the second
Tuesday of January, April, July
and October. Contact President
Tom Waardenburg at phone: (954)
987-2038, fax: (866) 644-0130,
e-mail: info@fla-elevator-
association.org or website:
www.fla-elevator-association.org.
Elevator Association of Minnesota
(EAM) September, December,
spring and a June golf outing.
­Contact Rick Lowenberg of
Minnesota Elevator, Inc. at phone:
(507) 245-4208.
Organization at e-mail: info@ contact UBM MALAYSIA at
eforfair.com or website: www. phone: (603) 2176-8788, fax:
eforfair.com. T (603) 2164-8786 or e-mail:
aseanmne-my@ubm.com. T
JUNE 2014
JULY 2014
3-7 – CECA Annual Convention,
Quebec City, Canada. Contact 8-10 – Elevcon Paris 2014,
organizer at website: www. Novotel Paris. For more
ceca-acea.org. M information, contact organizer
the International Association of
10-14 – International Mechanical, Elevator Engineers at website:
Electrical & Engineering
www.elevcon.com. T E
Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur
Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, SEPTEMBER 2014
Malaysia. For more information,
8-11 – NAEC Annual Convention
and Exposition, Henry B.
Gonzales Convention Center
and Grand Hyatt San Antonio,
San Antonio, TX. For more
Elevator Conference of New York information, contact the
(ECNY) Dates to be announced on National Association of Elevator
the ECNY website. Contact ECNY
Contractors’ (NAEC) Amanda
at e-mail: info@ecnyweb.com or
Smith at phone: (770) 760-9660,
website: www.ecnyweb.com.
fax: (770) 760-9714, e-mail:
Elevator Industry Group of Southern
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amanda@naec.org or website:
California (EIGSC) Third Tuesday www.naec.org. T
of each month, January-May
and September-­December at
Les Freres Taix ­Restaurant,
1911 Sunset Boulevard, Los
Angeles, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Contact EIGSC at website: www.
elevatorindustry.com.
International Association of Elevator
Consultants – New York (IAEC-New
York Region) Meets quarterly in
March, June, ­September and
­December on the ­second Tuesday
in New York, NY. C ­ ontact Joe Neto,
Jr. at e-mail: jneto@josephneto.
com.
Massachusetts Elevator Safety Associa-
tion (MESA) Meetings are held on
the second Tuesday of each month
(except June, July and August) at
the Phillips Old Colony House,
Boston (Dorchester), MA. Contact
President Eric Tragash at phone:
(860) 678-7987, Treasurer Joe
Zarba at phone: (508) 586-3610,
e-mail: mesassoc@hotmail.com or
website: www.mesassoc.com. The
annual safety seminar is held in
­October of each year, with the golf
outing in September of each year.
Northern California Elevator Industry
Group (NCEIG) Second
Wednesday of each month (except
July, August and September).
Contact NCEIG at website: www.
nceig.org for meeting dates and
locations.
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THANK YOU FOR VTIP 2012
Thank you for the Vertical Transpor-
tation Industry Profile (VTIP) 2012. It is a
beautiful work of Elevator World, Inc.
I am surprised about the information
for China. In 2008, there were 1,000,000
elevators and 58,000 escalators. Now,
there are 2,250,000 elevators and
200,000 escalators. It is an enormous
increase.
Yury Kireev
Y_kireev@mail.ru
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
ELEVATOR WORLD’s Managing
Editor, Angie Baldwin, has helped the
magazine move forward. Keep it up.
Mohamed Iqbal
EW Correspondent
VTIP 2012
I would like to express my grati-
tude for Elevator World, Inc.’s effort
to update the Vertical Transportation
Industry Profile (VTIP).
Masaru Matsumoto
Ma_matsumo@ybb.ne.jp
PLEASED WITH PROFILE
I wanted to thank Associate Editor
Elizabeth Pate for her time and ef-
forts on the profile article she wrote
about me for the June issue. I have
already gotten phone calls and com-
pliments and really appreciate the
job she did!
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Vice President
Hudson Elevator Group 
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 U.S.
ALABAMA COMPANY ACQUIRED BY KONE
KONE has acquired Prattville, Alabama’s Elevator
Maintenance & Repair, Inc. (EMR). AL.com explains this
will expand the Finland-based company’s reach in the state’s
major cities of Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. The
Alabama company, previously owned by Jim and Nancy
Haines, will be rebranded under the KONE name.
KONE Executive Vice President Larry Wash said of the
deal:
“We are thrilled to be adding great new customers in
these three Alabama markets. We also extend a warm
welcome to the new team members from EMR, who will
be bringing a broad range of valuable talents and many
decades of collective experience to KONE through this ac-
quisition.”
GC CHOSEN FOR KAKAAKO HIGH RISE
Forest City Hawaii has chosen Honolulu-based Nordic
PCL Construction Inc. as the general contractor (GC) for
the US$500-million 690 Pohukaina mixed-use project in
Kakaako, Hawaii (ELEVATOR WORLD, November 2012).
According to Pacific Business News, the project may in-
clude Hawaii’s tallest building at 650 ft. Benjamin Woo
Architects LLC, also based in Honolulu, has been tapped
as architectural firm for the 800-unit rental project. The
development is to rise on state land under a 65-year lease.
An 18-month-long development process, which includes
an environmental assessment, is underway.
KONE ESCALATOR CONTRACT
FOR TRANSIT SYSTEM
KONE has received a contract to build escalators for
Washington, D.C.’s mass transit system at its Coal Valley
Plant in Illinois. The project is expected to last at least
seven years. The US$154-million deal is the largest in the
company’s history and will create up to 25 new produc-
tion and engineering jobs, in addition to the plant’s cur-
rent 74 workers. Montgomery Elevator opened the plant
in 1971, and KONE bought the company in 1994.
OTIS LAUNCHES NEW MOBILE APPLICATION
In May, Otis announced the launch of its new mobile
application for its existing eService online customer-
service platform. Designed for iPhone and Android
smartphone users, the application will provide customers
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with instant access to open service calls, elevator
performance data and service-call logging in select
markets. “We have an ongoing commitment to making
servicing elevators easier, faster and more efficient,” Sam
Talbot, director of Otis worldwide service marketing, said.
“We understand our customers are on the go today more
than ever before; this new application gives them new
flexibility to report an issue or get the status of their
equipment by pressing just a few buttons on their
smartphones,” Talbot added.
NEII ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) announced
the election of its new board of directors in April, includ-
ing officers and Trust Committee members. The following
make up the board for 2013 and were profiled in the July
2012 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD:
♦♦ Richard T. Hussey, president
♦♦ Sterrett Lloyd, vice president
♦♦ Michael Bauschka, treasurer
♦♦ Edward A. Donoghue, secretary
♦♦ Michael Corbo
♦♦ Randy Wilcox
♦♦ Katsuji Okuda
♦♦ Jakob Züger
♦♦ Larry Wash
President Hussey served as vice president last year. He
remarked:
“I am honored and excited to work with this board of
talented individuals and proven leaders in the building
transportation industry. The success of this organization
is a direct result of the hard work and deep commitment
[its members] have shown to expanding NEII’s leadership
position as an authority in the areas of codes and safety,
ushering the adoption of the latest innovations in the in-
dustry and ensuring the safety of both the riding public
and elevator technicians.”
The NEII Board of Directors is responsible for manag-
ing and directing the affairs of the association as it per-
tains to its mission statement, which includes promoting
safety in new and existing building transportation; pro-
moting laws and regulations that permit the introduction
of safe, innovative technology; endorsing adoption of cur-
rent model codes by local government agencies; and ad-
vocating responsible laws and regulations at all levels of
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government. The Trust Committee is solely responsible

for administering the rights and obligations of NEII with
regards to its benefits and educational trusts. The com-
mittee saw no changes since last year (EW, July 2012).

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tenance, repair and modernization services for more than
30 years. The acquisition is part of the company’s strate-
gic plan to grow its business in the tri-state area. Both
companies are affiliated with the Local #3 elevator divi-
sion.
Kathy Danziger, former president of The Elevator Man,
said of the acquisition:
“Due to the untimely passing of my husband (ELEVA-
TOR WORLD, September 2012), Ken Danziger, in 2012, I
believed the best solution was to find another Local #3
elevator company [that] would provide our customers
with the same level of service that we have been providing
for more than 20 years. Pride and Service was [a great]
fit.”
SCHINDLER TO SUPPLY TEXAS
HEALTH FACILITIES
In May, Schindler was awarded a US$899.4-million
contract with University Health Systems to supply and in-
stall 27 machine-room-less Schindler 400AE elevators for
Health System’s expansion project. The elevators are
being installed at a new six-story Clinical Pavilion on the
Robert B. Green campus in downtown San Antonio and at
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Texas Medical Center. Schindler will also provide mainte-
nance for all the elevators in the University Health System
facilities in San Antonio.
University Health System is seeking Leadership in En-
ergy and Environmental Design Gold certification and is
using the elevators’ energy efficiency to contribute toward
its requirements. Schindler claims its permanent-magnet
motor technology increases the efficiency of the elevator
system’s hoisting machine, allowing for reduced energy
consumption. The 400AE’s Power Factor 1 regenerative
drive is also energy efficient and re-circulates energy back
into the building’s electric system.
Perkins + Will is the architect for the University Hospi-
tal project, and RTKL Associates and Overland Partners
are the architects for the Clinical Pavilion project. Con-
struction Managers at Risk Zachry Vaughn Layton and
Bartlett Cocke will oversee the University Hospital and
Clinical Pavilion projects, respectively.
UPDATED CONSTRUCTION CHART BOOK
The Center for Construction Research and Training has
announced the release of the fifth edition of The Construc-
tion Chart Book: The U.S. Construction Industry and Its
Workers. The 142-page book presents data on the follow-
ing facets of the U.S. construction industry: economic,
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demographic, employment/income, education/training,
and safety and health issues. This edition covers 55 topic
pages (five more than the previous version), with descrip-
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more charts to illustrate the data, as well as topics not
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health consultants, trainers, researchers and students.
It, along with Microsoft® PowerPoint files of its charts,
can be accessed online at no charge at website: www.
cpwr.com. Print editions can be purchased via phone:
(301) 495-8500 or e-mail: sbenjamin@cpwr.com.
PFLOW PROMOTES REILLY TO MANAGER
PFlow Industries has promoted
Michael Reilly to manager of Product
Engineering. He will report to Mark
Webster, vice president of Engineering.
“I am fortunate to have [Reilly] leading
our design engineering group,” Webster
said. “He is an excellent engineer with a
passion for his work and enjoys tackling
the daily design challenges we face as a
custom equipment manufacturer.”
Reilly has nearly six years of experience performing
project engineering, scheduling and other functions
within the Engineering department. He has also played a
key role in several recent process improvements. As man-
ager, he will lead PFlow’s team of technical designers and
drafters and take on the additional responsibility of man-
aging all engineering work associated with the compa-
ny’s products. Reilly has a BS in Mechanical Engineering
from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He is also
named on a patent for a carrier-type vibrating module
used in the inspection and packaging of semiconductor
integrated circuits.
PEELLE PATENTS WIRELESS CONTROL
The Peelle Co. has announced the patenting of its Wire-
less Freight Door Control System. Patent No. 8,447,433 is
its 222nd, describing a control system the company has
had as standard equipment since 2011. It provides con-
stant wireless communication between all landing and
car doors, intended to create a more reliable, truer opera-
tion. The system is fully compliant with ASME A17.1/CSA
B44 and has been tested and approved to A17.5. It also
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ST. PAUL TO UNDERGO MULTIPLE
REBUILDING PROJECTS
More than 50 rebuilding projects are underway or
planned in St. Paul, Minnesota. According to Twin Cities,
more than US$2 billion in development is planned, and
the city’s mayor has a slogan for it: “Pardon the inconve-
nience, we’re rebuilding.” The largest of the projects is the
US$957-million Central Corridor light-rail line. The 17-
story central post office building on Kellogg Boulevard is
being redeveloped for residential space, and the 32-story
Kellogg Square building will also see improvements.
Additional projects include parking garages, museums,
plazas, retail and residential space, parks, and medical
facilities.
U.S. CONSTRUCTION
According to FMI, a management-consulting and in-
vestment-banking provider for the engineering and con-
struction industry, the value of U.S. construction put in
place is forecasted to increase to US$919 billion this year.
Overall, the increase would account for approximately 8%
over 2012 levels. Growth is to be seen in residential proj-
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Reuters, U.S. office construction reached a 14-year low, as
the demand for office space is not high. In the first quarter,
only 1.578 million sq. ft. of new office space came on line
in the U.S., fewer square feet than some Manhattan, New
York, office buildings. Victor Calanog, vice president of re-
search for Reis, a commercial and market information
provider, commented on the decline in office construc-
tion, “We’re looking at rising vacancies at least over the
next couple of years.”
NAESA ACCREDITATION IN PROGRESS
NAESA International announced in May that it submitted
its application for accreditation to the American National
Standards Institute, which has begun the review process.
NAESA expects to receive a definitive response later this
year. As of the announcement, the association’s recertifi-
cation period was on course to continue without changes
to the process.
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several other committees for more than
20 years. He started his career in the el-
evator industry in the Otis engineering department,
while attending City College of New York in New York
City. Upon obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical
Engineering there, he was promoted to a mechanical
engineer at Otis. After working more than 20 years for
Otis, Merkel obtained a position to oversee the mainte-
nance and modernization of elevators in the telephone
properties at New York Telephone, which eventually
became a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon.
While employed at New York Telephone, Merkel
applied for membership in A17.1 to represent the com-
pany. He was appointed to the A17.1 Standards
Committee. He continued his carrier at the New York
City Housing Authority, where he was a project man-
ager overseeing elevator modernization. Merkel was a
New York State Professional Engineer and held an
MBA from Farleigh Dickenson University, in addition to
his aforementioned undergraduate degree. He is survived
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E-MOTIVE, TL JONES AND MEMCO
BECOME AVIRE
Avire (pronounced “a-VIRE,” rhyming with “fire”) Ltd. is
the new corporate identity of E-Motive, TL Jones and
Memco. The conglomerate offers an extensive range of
safety and communication products. Its manufacturing
locations are in Singapore, China, India and the Czech
Republic, and it operates sales offices in 13 locations
worldwide.
Avire’s products include light curtains, electronic dis-
plays, emergency telephones and LED lighting. E-Motive
has been producing displays and accessories for elevator
cars and landings for 20 years and recently added touch-
control panels to its product portfolio. TL Jones has a 70-
year history and markets passenger-detection devices for
elevator doors to Asia, Australasia and, increasingly,
other parts of the world. Its products are predominately
manufactured in China and assembled in India. Memco
has been manufacturing elevator safety devices, designed
and built in Europe, for more than 40 years. Its product
portfolio includes emergency telephones, passenger de-
tectors for doors and LED lighting systems.
Avire company contact Faye Wilson can be reached at
phone: (44) 0-1628-540161, fax: (44) 0-1628-621947 or e-
mail: faye.wilson@avire-global.com. More on the com-
pany can be found at website: www.avire-global.com.
Bahamas ____________________
China _ _____________________
ELEVATOR INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
The Chinese government has issued guidelines for the
design, installation, operation and maintenance of eleva-
tors, escalators and moving walks in Macau, according to
the Macau Daily Times. The Land, Public Works and Trans-
port Bureau (DSSOPT) released the guidelines and in-
structions, which were expected to take effect on May 19.
The guidelines will require existing equipment to undergo
yearly inspections and obtain a safety certificate. In addi-
tion, the government said it will perform random inspec-
tions on at least 5% of the city’s 5,000 machines. DSSOPT
officials said the instructions are intended as preparation
for new regulations regarding vertical-transportation
equipment. The bureau will create a database in which to
record the information.
AVIRE SELECTS DEWHURST
AS HONG KONG DISTRIBUTOR
Avire, a provider of elevator safety and communication
systems, has chosen Dewhurst as its supplier in Hong
Kong and Macau. Dewhurst has manufactured elevator
components for more than 90 years, and will now supply
light curtains from Avire’s Memco and TL Jones brands.
“We are very excited about this partnership,” said Eric
Fung, Dewhurst’s general manager. “We feel that a market
like Hong Kong, where there are many prestigious build-
ings, will welcome [our] equipment.”

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The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corp. (BAIC),
a public/private partnership including Bahamas Elevator
Systems, has announced there should be a minimum of
50 qualified elevator technicians and inspectors in the Ba-
hamas. A BAIC study prompted the founding of a new
training initiative at the Bahamas Technical and Voca-
tional Institute to expand its curriculum and offer interna-
tional certification. The partnership found it challenging
to locate qualified trained elevator technicians to meet
the demands of certain projects and wishes to train young
Bahamians to fill the need of serving the commonwealth’s
elevator industry, which The Freeport News reports is pre-
Fung
dominately staffed by non-Bahamians. This is ostensibly
because most local technicians do not carry internation- Andy Harbidge, Avire’s sales and marketing director,
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develop the Hong Kong market. [It was] a logical and easy
choice of supplier, given our current distribution relation-
ships with them in the U.K. and Australia.”
Dewhurst is known for its push-button products, often
sold under the Dupar brand. With its office and warehouse
located in central Kowloon, the company can supply goods
to all of Hong Kong’s lift companies.
MITSUBISHI SIGNS CONTRACT
FOR ZHUHAI CBD
According to the Shanghai Elevator Trade Association,
Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator has signed a contract with
Zhuhai HuaFa Group for the Shizimen Central Business
District (CBD) project in Zhuhai, China. Its work includes
137 Mitsubishi elevators of various types. The district is
considered architecturally modern and is to include a
hotel, office and meeting center across 270,000 m2. One
of the buildings is reported to become the tallest building
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exhibit in the 4,000 m2 earmarked for the event. Addition-
ally, at least 30 international buyers from the Middle East/
North Africa region will be invited. More than 7,500 visitors
and 110 exhibitors are projected to attend. Organizer Lead
Trade Fairs was pleased with the event’s turnout at last
year’s iteration, which included exhibitors from Egypt, China,
Turkey, Italy, South Korea, Finland, Germany, Greece, India,
Japan, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the U.K. and the U.S.
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Germany __________________
THYSSENKRUPP ANNOUNCES JOB CUTS,
FISCAL RESULTS
ThyssenKrupp AG, parent company of ThyssenKrupp
Elevator, has announced it will cut 3,000 of its 15,000 office
jobs over the next three years to streamline its adminis-
tration. A May press release explained the move as part of
an effort to make its business structure more efficient and
transparent. Despite the elimination of jobs, the company
says it plans to work with employee representatives and
avoid involuntary layoffs. It aims “to change the understand-
ing of leadership and the corporate culture in terms of
greater openness, transparency and integration, and improve
performance and efficiency throughout the group.” Further
to that end, it has streamlined the functions and structure
of its executive board and reduced its corporate functions
and service units from 26 to 17 and reorganized them.
The company met its operating targets in the first half
of fiscal year 2012/2013, yet earnings before income taxes
(EBIT) decreased for that period by EUR263 million
(US$337 million) from the previous year. A EUR683-million
(US$874.7-million) charge for the reduced value of its
steel plants in the U.S. and Brazil, which it is trying to sell,
resulted in a further impairment loss. ThyssenKrupp reported
it was in negotiations to sell the Steel Americas segment
in May. It expects such a deal would provide the cash inflow
to significantly reduce its temporarily increased gearing
again and substantially improve the earnings, cash flow,
value-added and competitive profile of the company.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator reported significant growth in
the first half of the fiscal year, with order intake up 8% to
EUR3.2 billion (US$4.1 billion) and sales up 9% to 2.9 billion
(US$3.72 billion). Its adjusted EBIT came to EUR315 million
(US$403.5 million), an increase of EUR41 million (US$52.52
million). The company attributed the improvement to a
growth in sales and positive effects from restructuring
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OTIS RECEIVES CONTRACT
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L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd. (LTMRHL) has awarded
Otis a contract to supply 670 elevators and escalators for
the Hyderabad Metro Rail project. Otis will install 260
Gen2® Premier elevators and 410 520 NPE escalators in
more than 66 stations, workshops and other buildings at
depots. Otis will maintain the equipment for 10 years after
a two-year warranty period. According to V.B. Gadgil,
chief executive and managing director of LTRHL, “I am
pleased that as of now, we are well within our timeframe
of executing the project ahead of schedule.” Sebi Joseph,
managing director of Otis India, also commented on the
project, “This is a landmark [project] for Otis, as it is one
of the largest single contracts in the history of the Indian
elevator and escalator industry.”
(l-r) Sebi Joseph, managing director of Otis India, and V.B. Gadgil, chief executive
and managing director of LTRHL
The Gen2 Premier elevator system is designed to com-
bine energy-efficient technology with passenger safety
and comfort. The equipment includes a flat-belt system
that replaces conventional steel ropes, and its compact
size eliminates the need for a machine room. The equip-
ment will be fabricated in Otis’ factories in China.
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Indonesia _ __________________
OTIS TO EXPAND MARKET
In May, The Jakarta Post reported that Otis plans to
strengthen its position in the country’s growing economy.
With 65% of its population projected to move to large
cities such as Jakarta, Medan and Surabaya, Patrick
Blethon, president of Otis Asia Pacific, believes there will
be several strong opportunities over the next 25 years.
“We want to increase our market coverage in Indonesia,”
Blethon said. Otis is also considering opening a manufac-
turing plant in a Southeast Asian country in the near
future, having recently opened a “center of expertise” in
Shanghai.
New projects include government office buildings and
small airports. Colliers International, a property consul-
tant, says at least 61 new hotels are expected to enter the
Jakarta market by 2015, which will create demand for
elevators and escalators.
Netherlands _________________
KONE TO EQUIP AMSTERDAM AIRPORT
KONE has received a contract to supply elevators,
escalators and moving walks to the Amsterdam Airport
Schipol. The order includes 43 MonoSpace® elevators, 28
TravelMaster® 110 escalators, 13 TransitMaster® 120
escalators, one TransitMaster 140 escalator, and eight
TransitMaster 185 moving walks. Thirty-two of the esca-
lators and moving walks will be powered by KONE’s
Direct Drive™, which is 20% more efficient than conven-
tional worm-gear solutions. Installation is scheduled to
begin this year, with the equipment being opened to the
public in 2015.
The facility is the country’s main international airport,
serving more than 51 million passengers annually. In
2012, it was selected as the best airport in Europe for the
third time by the Airports Council International Europe.
KONE has worked with the airport for 40 years, and in
2011, was chosen as the main contractor for the mainte-
nance of all escalators, elevators and automatic doors.
North America _ _____________
GEFRAN APPOINTS BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
In May, global manufacturer Gefran
SPA Inc. announced it named Stefano
Molaschi its Business Development
manager, Sensor Products for North
America. He will be responsible for
developing all strategic planning, mar-
keting, and sales for Gefran’s Sensor
Molaschi
Product division and supporting the
company’s efforts in the continent.
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Molaschi has held senior-level positions with Gefran and
OMRON Milan. He holds a Computer Science diploma.
Eric Kirleis, Gefran’s managing director, said of Molaschi:
“We are extremely excited [he] will be supporting our ef-
forts in North America. [Molaschi] has been the World Wide
Product manager for the [company’s] sensor products for the
last 10 years. . . . The Sensor product division has seen sig-
nificant growth worldwide due to his leadership, in-depth
product knowledge and his strong engineering background.
His experience and leadership will provide Gefran the added
focus to our sensor product line and expand our North
American footprint. [Molaschi’s] background of over 18 years
as a product manager and product engineer in the automa-
tion industry, including components, sensors and software
for the industrial and manufacturing markets, will help bring
our business in North America to the next level. . . .”
Molaschi stated, “My goal is to provide as much visibility
to Gefran as possible in order to bring the same high-quality
product line to North America, which already prevails in Eu-
rope and Asia.”

Russia ____________
KONE TO EQUIP
KUNTSEVO CENTER
KONE was contracted to provide the
new Kuntsevo Center in western Mos-
cow with 101 pieces of equipment, in-
cluding elevators, escalators and mov-
ing walks. The redeveloped multiuse
complex will rise to a height of up to 75
Our Mission: To educate the public on the safe and proper
m and include 38 MonoSpace® Special
use of elevators, escalators and moving walks
through informational programs. elevators, a TranSys™ elevator, 47
TravelMaster™ escalators and 14 Trav-
elMaster™ 115 moving walks. A dumb-
waiter with a speed of 0.63 mps will
also be delivered to the site. A 10-year
maintenance contract is included in
the agreement. The passenger eleva-
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² Contact the Foundation to have material sent to yourself or directly to The 246,000-m2 mixed-use develop-
the school. ment will include a shopping mall, two
residential towers, a cluster of office
² Use the Teacher’s Guide for step-by-step instructions on how to ad- buildings and a 2,000-car parking facil-
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Saudi Arabia _______________
CMA TOWER CONSULTING CONTRACT
Lerch Bates Inc. has been selected by architectural firm
HOK and engineering consultancy Omrania & Associates
to join the team constructing the Capital Market Authority
(CMA) tower in Riyadh. Lerch Bates will provide vertical-
transportation, façade-access and materials-manage-
ment expertise during the construction of what is to be
the tallest commercial tower in the Middle East when
completed in 2014.
The 76-story, 1,263-ft.-tall CMA tower will be served by
two double-deck sky lobbies and include 11 double-deck
shuttle cars; 17 ThyssenKrupp Elevator TWIN elevators
with two separate traction drives that allow two cars to
travel on the same set of rails, one above the other; 12
escalators; and 12 additional elevators, including service
units. The slim tower’s vertical-transportation units will
generate electricity from lift-car inertia during downward
braking.
Jeff Marsh, Lerch Bates’ director of business develop-
ment, commented on the project:
“Lerch Bates is honored to provide the consulting of its
three core competencies, vertical transportation, façade
access and materials management, on the construction of
Saudi Arabia’s new tallest commercial skyscraper. The
tower will provide many firsts for the kingdom, including
the first building in the country to utilize a TWIN elevator
system, the first superstructure to be Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design Gold certified and the first to
use triple-pane, utilized glazing on its façade.”
The CMA tower will be the focal point of the King
Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), a development to
consist of dozens of towers intended to transform the
kingdom into a major Middle Eastern business hub. KAFD
will host the CMA headquarters, Tadawul (the kingdom’s
stock exchange), banks, financial institutions and other
service providers. It will include 1.98 million sq. ft. of area,
an auditorium, dining areas and leisure facilities.
South Korea ________________
THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR’S
“BMW IN ELEVATORS”
Invest Korea reported in April that Wayne Park, CEO of
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Korea, introduced a project called
“BMW in Elevators” at his Mok-dong office. Park is striv-
ing for differentiation in the market in an effort to develop
“an instantly recognizable brand,” as opposed to a more
industrial-styled product. The company has operated in
South Korea since 2003, supplying passenger and freight
elevators, escalators, moving walks and other equipment.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Korea’s main businesses
involve production, domestic sales, maintenance of the
60,000 elevator units installed in the country and the
export of products to more than 60 other nations. In
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 International Industry News Continued
addition to its headquarters in Mok-dong, it has a factory
in Cheonan, 12 branches nationwide and 1,300 subcon-
tractors for service and installation. Last year, the com-
pany sold 4,500 elevator units domestically, achieving a
3% return on sales. One of its upcoming projects is to
install a high-speed ThyssenKrupp Elevator lift in the Fed-
eration of Korean Industries building in Yeouido to travel
at approximately 7 mps. It has also installed its parent
company’s TWIN system in seven South Korean office build-
ings.
OTIS’ BLETHON SETS GOALS
According to its Asia Pacific President
Patrick Blethon, Otis expects to expand
its presence in the country by increas-
ing investment and sales Blethon said
the firm will seek to pursue sustain-
able growth by capitalizing on a highly
competitive maintenance portfolio and
deeply rooted localization strategies.
Blethon
“We are pushing Korea to the next
step in terms of growth,” Blethon
said in a Korea Times interview in Seoul, going on to ex-
plain that as elevators have gotten older, maintenance
and technology have become the industry’s new trend,
making it possible to capture more revenue in the service
business. In 2012, Otis achieved 100,000 maintenance
units, which he said is one of the biggest maintenance
portfolios, globally.
Blethon expects the company’s South Korean segment
revenue to grow by double digits this year, having
approached KRW1 trillion (US$900.2 million) last year. So
far, (in the first quarter 2013), the company’s operations
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ment. Otis’ localization strategy has been credited for
much of the growth, having developed what Blethon
describes as “a strong leadership team” in the country. He
went on to describe some difficulties Otis faces:
“Sometimes, the supply chain can be a challenging
factor for us. I would say sometimes turnover could be
another distraction. We rely on local people we want to
grow inside. Another challenge that we specifically face
here in [South] Korea is how to balance, particularly, the
cost of labor increases by providing more efficient services
to customers.”
When asked about the future of gender integration for
the company, Blethon replied:
“The portion of female employees is about single digit.
This is traditional in this industry. We recognized this
issue, and we are making efforts to change that. We want
to have female leaders in key positions in each level of the
company. It brings a lot to our organization.”
U.A.E. ______________________
DUBAI FRAME COMPLETION DATE SET
Dubai Municipality has reported the Dubai Frame, a
150-m-tall, 105-m-wide structure shaped like a window
frame, will be completed by the end of 2014. It lies within
Zabeel Park, an AED120-million (US$32.3-million) project
that won the ThyssenKrupp Elevator International
Architecture Award in 2009 (ELEVATOR WORLD, July
2009). Dubai Frame is intended to highlight both old and
new sides of the city, with newer icons such as the Burj
Khalifa visible through one side, and older parts of the city
such as Dubai Creek and Deira through the other. The
structure will be completely transparent, with elevators
that will take visitors to a viewing deck at its peak.
Continued
 International Industry News
In addition to Dubai Frame, Zabeel Park will feature a
museum and is expected to attract up to two million
visitors per year. The municipality added that seven major
projects were on track for completion by the end of next
year, including Dubai Safari, to eventually replace the
existing Dubai Zoo, as well as markets and the Al Ayas
Shopping Complex. The total cost of all these develop-
ments is expected to reach AED883.5 million (US$240.53
million).
Dubai Frame (photo courtesy of DONIS, architectural firm for the project)
U.K. _ ______________________
SYMPOSIUM ON LIFT & ESCALATOR
TECHNOLOGIES TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER
Following the success of last year’s Lift & Escalator
Symposium in Northampton, the organizers decided to
extend this year’s event to two full days. The symposium
will be held on September 26-27 in Northampton. Though
there are still event presentations to be announced, the
program will include the following:
♦♦ “Converting the User Requirements Into an Elevator
Traffic Design: The HARint Space” by Lutfi Al-Sharif
and Osama F. Abdel Aal
♦♦ “Derivation of an Elevator Round Trip Time Formula
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Continued
Under Up-Peak Traffic for the Case of Four Special
Conditions” by Rasha Khaleel1, Al-Sharif and Mazuz
Salahat
♦♦ “Passenger Flow Pattern Learning Based on Trip Count-
ing in Elevator Systems Combined with Real-Time
Information” by Rosa Basagoiti, Maite Beamurgia, Dr.
Richard Peters and Stefan Kaczmarczyk
♦♦ “The UK’s First Urban Cable Car” by David Cooper
♦♦ “Modelling and Simulation of a High-Rise Elevator
System to Predict the Dynamic Interactions Between
Its Components” by Rafael Sánchez Crespo,
Kaczmarczyk, Phil Picton, Huijuan Su and Markus
Jetter
♦♦ “Lift Design for Modern Office Buildings; What Is the
Market Looking for?” by Len Halsey
♦♦ “Cabin Ventilation, Code Requirements and Experi-
mental Results” by Noby Joseph and Dr. Rory Smith
♦♦ “Vibration Problems in Lift and Escalator Systems:
Analysis Techniques and Mitigation Strategies” by
Kaczmarczyk
♦♦ “Energy Calculation and Classification for Lifts” by
Ana-Maria Lorentea and Dr. Gina Barney
♦♦ “Non-Linear Energy Accumulation Buffers” by Nick
Mellor
♦♦ “The Multibody Dynamics Simulation and Visualiza-
tion of Lift Systems” by Seyed Mirhadizadeh and
Kaczmarczyk
♦♦ “The Application of Simulation to Traffic Design and
Dispatcher Testing” by Peters
♦♦ “Traffic Patterns in Hotels and Residential Buildings” by
Marja-Liisa Siikonen
♦♦ “A Review of Waiting Time, Journey Time and Quality
of Service” by Smith
♦♦ “The Revision of EN 81-1 And EN 81-2 to Become EN
81-20 and EN 81-50 (or, the Biggest Change to Lift
Standards In The Last 20 Years)” by Ian Jones
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After 65 Years, Sematic Group’s Verri
Continues to Give a Strong First Impression
by Lee Freeland
It is said that first impressions are the ones that last.
Upon entering elevators, the first things passengers no-
tice are the cabin interiors and finishes. Even before the
system begins its duty of transportation, these elements
have contributed greatly to the passengers’ perception of
quality and comfort. Much of elevator technology is not
visible, and non-experts often have difficulty understand-
ing what goes on behind cabin walls. Since 1948, Verri,
the cabin division of the Italy-based Sematic Group, has
been manufacturing products to unite this technology
with cabins that can be integrated into even the most
cutting-edge design. The brand has strove to provide a
Top: The Maison Céramique in Maastricht, Netherlands, where Verri installed a panoramic elevator
40 | WWW.ELEVATORWORLD.COM | July 2013
Focus on Cabs and Entrances
fundamental value over its 65 years by focusing on safety
and comfort for elevator passengers.
Verri credits its success to the coexistence of a passion
for design and expertise in craftsmanship. Over the years,
the cabins produced in its Suisio, Italy, plant have been
installed in environments that have tested the resistance
of their materials and consistency of their performance
over time, such as high rises and cruise ships. The division
utilizes such materials as plastic laminate, marble, colored
glasses and composite stones in various shapes, colors, di-
mensions and areas of an elevator cabin. Its product port-
folio is intended to be able to fulfill an array of design and
Continued
 Company Spotlight

Sematic and
Verri: A 50-Year
Relationship
Sematic Lift Doors and Verri are linked

by a longstanding partnership. Founders

Francesco Zappa and Ermenegildo Verri,

respectively, worked together during the

early days of their firms, implementing

lift door and car solutions now consid-

ered precursors of the modern “car pack-

age” concept. A close collaborative

relationship since the 1960s benefitted

both businesses. Over the years, Verri

took on new technical challenges, such as the mounting of

fixtures on sloping car walls. Through the deployment of

advanced technologies, the brand successfully entered new

markets and went on to produce such innovations as pan-

oramic cars, and solutions featuring air-conditioning systems

and armored glass.

Sematic began expanding widely in 1982 with the release

of its “2000” family of doors with linear-belt-traction operators

driven by DC motors through an analog electronic controller

designed by Zappa (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2009).

Sematic acquired Verri in 2000 and made it the flagship for

Sematic’s car segment as it launched a strategy of heightened

quality across all of the Sematic Group’s components. Today,

Sematic doors and Verri cars are installed in buildings of all

types around the world. These products are designed to exploit

the advantages of integrated design and benefit from the sup-

port of a manufacturing, sales and support network to meet

client requirements for both standard and highly customized

applications.

Top: Sematic employees affixing the frame and installing the handrails of a cabin.

Bottom: An elevator with a Verri double-entrance panoramic cabin made of glass and stainless
steel at the Liège Guillemins TGV Station in Liege, Belgium

July 2013 | ELEVATOR WORLD | 41

 Below: A Verri panoramic cabin with round-framed
glass Sematic 2000 R doors at the Silhouette
Tower in Doha, Qatar

After 65 Years, Sematic Group’s Verri

Continues to Give a Strong First Impression
Continued
installation projects, from the modernization of existing
systems and the achievement of maximum comfort in dy-
namic environments such as high-rise structures or hos-
pitals, to industrial and goods-handling environments
with heavy-duty components.
In addition to placing its cabins in various cruise ships,
Verri has installed its products in more than five conti-
nents. Some examples are the Palazzo Lombardia in
Milan, Italy; Liège Guillemins TGV Station in Liege, Bel-
gium; Merck Serono and Vacheron Constantin Headquar-
ters in Geneva, Switzerland; Silhouette Tower in Doha,
Qatar; Orchard Central Mall in Singapore; Swedbank
Headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania; Campanone in Ber-
gamo, Italy; Lørenskog Hus in Lørenskog, Norway; and
Maison Céramique in Maastricht, Netherlands.
For the modernization of lift cabins, Verri offers its
“Easy” cabin, featuring integrated slings. Fully compliant
with EN 81 standards, it is intended for lightness, flexibil-
ity, reliability, comfort and a modern look. Easy is a com-
plete car-and-sling package that can be integrated into
small shafts. It has no welded parts, and its distance be-
tween guides is just 30-40 mm (depending on the clad-
ding) more than the car width. This allows compact over-
all dimensions and, therefore, more space inside the
cabin than many standard solutions. 

Left middle: Installation of glass walls in a panoramic cabin

Left: A stainless-steel and frameless-glass panoramic Verri cabin with Sematic 2000 B glass
doors in the Merck Serono Headquarters in Geneva

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Columbia Elevator Sees Increasing
Cab and Entrance Production
by Ralph M. Newman
A budget cab-interior modification solution, available in a variety of looks, similar to a
style recently installed at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, California.
Ralph M. Newman has written for ELEVATOR
WORLD over the years
and is a freelance writer
with extensive experience
in the elevator industry.
Newman is a partner in
Dott Communications, an
Internet development
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agency with several
clients in the field.
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A version of this interior cab model, called Gramercy, was recently installed at
Hartford Hospital in Connecticut.
Demand for elevator cabs and en-
trances is on the rise, both for new
equipment and modernization, ac-
cording to Louis “L.J.” Blaiotta, Jr.,
president of Columbia Elevator. “In
recent years, the trend among build-
ing owners has been to freshen their
lobbies and elevators, while putting
off more extensive renovations until
hopefully better times,” Blaiotta said.
“Now, we’re seeing the beginnings of
change in the marketplace. With the
economy starting to turn, and an en-
vironment in which states are in-
creasingly receiving federal funds for
new construction, we’re seeing more
new buildings that require new
equipment.” Blaiotta also believes
that with new structures, owners of
existing buildings are upgrading their
elevators to enhance tenant acquisi-
tion/retention and property values.
Management
“Since we service both sectors, this is
proving to be a win/win for us,”
Blaiotta added.
This optimism is reflective of an
apparent current trend in the eleva-
tor industry, and according to
Blaiotta:
“We have access to market re-
search showing the total amount of
new elevator systems installed per
year. In the 2007-2008 period, in-
stallations nationwide were at the
rate of 26,000-27,000 per year. But,
during the next 12-18 months, it
dropped by more than half, which
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Columbia’s manufacturing facility in Bridgeport
will increase modestly, to perhaps
16,000. It is my belief that 18,000-
20,000 is where we really should be
for sustainable growth, but it is
good to see that we’re trending in
that direction. However, the more-
than 26,000 we saw five years ago
was a bubble, something we’re un-
likely to see again anytime soon.”
Blaiotta’s optimism is based on
other factors:
“As of late, we are seeing jobs
that were quoted one, two and even
three years ago now turning into
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Continued
firm orders. The type of work is also
slowly changing back to what the
industry was accustomed to prior to
the collapse. We are benefiting from
seeing more private sector money
flowing back into new construction,
compared with mostly public sector,
stimulus-related funding that fa-
vored the OEMs. Those big compa-
nies were much more able to secure
the bonding required for the mas-
sive publicly funded, job-generating
projects in the energy, medical and
municipal sectors, for which many
New oven installed to increase and expedite production capacity.
of the smaller independent contrac-
tors could not effectively compete.
Now, we’re seeing many more proj-
ects that are easily within the reach
of our traditional client base.”
To address this increasing de-
mand, Columbia has been adding
several new employees per month
and upgrading its flagship Bridge-
port, Connecticut, facility. “We’re
amidst knocking down interior walls
to accommodate incoming new
paint-line ovens and other equip-
ment to increase and expedite pro-
duction,” said Blaiotta. “With this,
plus our other manufacturing facili-
ties in Miami, Florida, and Winfield,
Kansas, we are positioned to service
the increased production and distri-
bution needs being mandated by to-
day’s marketplace.”
On the new-construction side,
one of Columbia’s most in-demand
products has been its proprietary
QuikEnt®II entrance system. Blaiotta
says the product has been strategi-
cally engineered with three primary
considerations in mind: to save on
installation labor, provide the utmost
in safety and deliver at competitive
pricing. Blaiotta continued:
“These entrances stack on top of
one another in the shaftway, sup-
port their own weight, and, for the
greatest flexibility, can be used in
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As the tallest building west of the Mississippi River, Devon Tower required a custom strategy for entrance instal-
lation. Due to the building’s height and vulnerability to the area’s winds, variances in air pressure would cause
conventional doors to bow in and out.

Broadway, World Trade Center For the cab-interior modification

The company’s proprietary entrance system, designed
for high-rise applications because of its ability to ex-
pand and contract: slip joints in fascias and struts pre-
vent buckling when the building settles, or expands
and contracts with the seasons.
hydraulic or traction installations,
and in drywall or masonry applica-
tions. Plus, as with all Columbia en-
trances, they are Underwriters
Laboratories® (UL) labeled. We’re
gratified that QuikEnt has been
selected for some of the finest build-
ings going up today, including, in
Manhattan, {New York] 1717
Towers 3 and 4, 432 Park Avenue
and 56 Leonard Street, and 29
Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, the
Ritz Carlton in Toronto, 516 North
Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, 650
Newport Beach in California, and
the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City.
Devon is the tallest building west of
the Mississippi River and 432 Park
Avenue is being marketed as offer-
ing the highest habitable space in
Manhattan. A residential high rise,
the Lake Shore Drive building
reflects the recovery of the high-rise
housing sector.”
marketplace, Columbia provides its
exclusive XChangaCab® (XCC) solu-
tion to upgrade the aesthetics of an
elevator interior with minimal down-
time and no compromise in safety
and code compliance. These, too, are
UL labeled, as are all Columbia cabs
(ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2012).
According to Grace Y. Greco, Co-
lumbia’s Marketing manager and
Northeast account executive:
“XCC just makes it easy. It’s easy
for our customers to get a price, by
phone or using our website. XCC is
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 Focus on Cabs and Entrances
A 45-story, residential high-rise, 516 Lake Shore Drive
in Chicago reflects the recovery of the housing sector.
easy to install, with the cab and ceil-
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Columbia installed QuikEntII entrances in this set
of Marriott hotels, designed by architect Nobutaka
Ashihara, at 1717 Broadway in Manhattan.
with standard or custom designs
available.”
Due to the demand driven by the
improving economy and competition
from more new buildings, interest in
XCC among existing building owners
is increasing. Greco explained:
“The end user wants to know the
easiest, most economical way to
change the high-visibility, interior
components of the cab: the panels,
handrail and ceiling. When sales
Work on the World Trade Center Towers 3 and 4 also
presented Columbia with a unique challenge. The
company installed 20-ft. entrances and 10-ft. transoms
with oversize certificates. These entrances are twice
the size of the UL testing chamber.
representatives are hit with their
customers’ requests to ‘instantly’
make their cabs ‘brighter, more
colorful, more classy, generally
more attractive,’ we at Columbia
are ready with an immediate solu-
tion.”
“It is certainly not the boom times
of the past, but, right now, we are
pleased with and prepared for the

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SnapCab Partners with International Company
Entering North American Market
by Gary Keen
Gary Keen serves as
pres­ident of Direct
Response Projects Inc.,
specializing in business-to-
business communications.
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e-mail: GKeen@Direct
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Trespa® International, a multina-
tional company based in the Nether-
lands, considered elevator interiors
as a potential new market for its
architectural panels in North America.
Trespa representative BettyLynn
Abercrombie went to the 2011 Na-
tional Association of Elevator Contrac-
tors Exposition specifically to contact
SnapCab® to see if they might form an
alliance. “I read articles and talked to
people inside the elevator industry, and
it was apparent that the best match for
our purposes was SnapCab,” she said.
From the SnapCab perspective,
Caleb Morrison, its vice president,
recalls Abercrombie approaching him
at the SnapCab booth, samples in hand,
extolling the virtues of Trespa’s pheno-
lic panels. Up to that point, SnapCab
was unaware of Trespa. In Morrison’s
words, “BettyLynn wouldn’t take ‘no’
for an answer. It took a couple of
meetings before we fully understood
the benefits of offering Trespa. In
Europe, Trespa is an industry stan-
dard, and it’s well known here among
architects and designers, but for us,
it was a new product.”
Evan Epstein, SnapCab’s director
of Business Development, eventually
began working with Abercrombie on
several live elevator projects, includ-
ing one in New York City with more
than 300 elevators cabs slated for
upgrades. Epstein knew of Trespa in
the architectural world but did not
think it could be easily brought into
the market of elevator interiors.
Compatibility
SnapCab has a patented system
for manufacturing elevator interiors,
a 15-year record of double-digit
growth, a national network of certi-
fied installers, a Lean manufacturing
facility that could embrace a new
concept and the ability to quickly
scale up manufacturing and distribu-
tion, if required. It was able to modify
the manufacturing process of Trespa’s
panels by eliminating the need for
expensive substrate and the associ-
ated manufacturing cost to mount
surface materials. This allowed the
new elevator interiors to be offered
at approximately the same cost as
plastic laminate versions.
The SnapCab system can use almost
any surface material, as long as it
meets code. The company has already
installed such materials as glass, stone,
exotic wood veneers, stainless steel
and plastic laminates. It considered
Trespa’s panels particularly well suited
for elevator interiors. The inherent
antimicrobial properties of Trespa’s
Virtuon (without antimicrobial addi-
tives) are intended for healthcare
environments. The panels are durable,
especially in resisting impact. Addition-
ally, they are designed for resistance
to wetness and related degradation.
Strong stains such as varnishes, ink
and aerosol paints can be removed
without damage to the material.
Regardless, SnapCab felt the match
required some engineering and imagi-
nation before the panels could be fully
integrated into its manufacturing pro-
cess. According to company founder
Glenn Bostock:
“SnapCab was the magic carpet
that got Trespa into elevator interiors.
We modified some of our systems and
extrusions to accommodate a 3/8-in.
panel. We ordered special cutters for
our computer numerical control ma-
chine and ordered custom screws.
The transformation took the better
part of a year to develop.” Continued
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Perspective
SnapCab began by designing an elevator interior that
could be installed in less than a day by elevator mainte-
nance personnel with little to no training. As a result,
SnapCab advertising and other marketing activity was
directed toward established elevator manufacturing and
maintenance companies. While this strategy had been
successful in propelling SnapCab to the leadership posi-
tion in the category it invented, the company felt it had
reached the point where it needed to extend its brand to
architects and designers to create the demand that could
now be handled by its certified installers.
Trespa, on the other hand, had created a network of more
than 30 independent sales agencies, employing approxi-
mately 60 salespeople focused on getting Trespa specified
by architects and designers. Though it made significant
inroads into that market over the last 15 years, the sales
cycle for its product was measured in years and counted
on constant brand awareness. According to Jim Palmer,
Interior Account manager for Trespa North America:
“Trespa has elements of form and function that appeal
to both architects and designers. SnapCab has established
a presence with the contractors that execute specified
projects, and building owners and managers.”
The mutual conclusion was that SnapCab could signifi-
cantly reduce the length of Trespa’s sales cycle in the world
of elevators, while Trespa could provide SnapCab with a
connection to architects and designers. SnapCab’s certified
installers also benefit from this alliance, because with
Trespa, they can offer healthcare facilities a highly effective
alternative to stainless steel. While non microbial itself,
stainless steel must be mounted on a substrate that does
not naturally resist microbes. Mold and other dangerous
growths can get a foothold in these substrates, which
may be subject to dampness and frequent cleaning.
Other intended applications for Trespa’s surfacing
material include educational facilities that serve large
populations. Additionally, should hard use or accidents
mar the surfaces, SnapCab’s system makes replacement
of just one panel easy. The product mix also allows archi-
tects and designers to match existing themes in vestibules
and elevator lobbies. Additionally, because Trespa’s product
is only 3/8-in. thick, clear inside cab size is increased by
1/2-in. on each side. This seems like a small reduction
but can come in handy when measuring for Americans
with Disabilities Act requirements.
Delivery Schedule
Because Trespa panels are manufactured in the
Netherlands, SnapCab was concerned about delivery
times to its customers in the U.S. However, these were
allayed by the nature of this long-term alliance, as Trespa
was willing to stock its most popular surface materials at
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This was a real advantage to Trespa, in that the company
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fiers, as well as tying Trespa in with the SnapCab brand,
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 Focus on Cabs and Entrances Project Spotlight

Vertical Dimensions Installs Cab Interiors

for Hospital
by Elizabeth Pate

Seattle Children’s “Building Hope”

Vertical Dimensions, LLC (VDL) recently completed the installation of six

custom elevator cabs for the expansion of Seattle Children’s Hospital, Research
and Foundation. Coined “Building Hope,” the new facility provides more than
330,000 sq. ft. of space and features a cancer center, emergency department
and critical-care unit for children, adolescents and young adults.
According to VDL’s owner, Steven McBride, “The idea was to design some-
thing that would be cheerful and animated for the children who are battling
serious illnesses.” The elevator cabs feature youthful designs to provide a
comfortable environment for patients and their families. The building’s
architect incorporated multicolor LEDs into the cab interiors to enhance the
cabs’ atmosphere. VDL provided cabs for three passenger elevators, two
freight/ambulatory elevators and one parking-lot elevator. Continued

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Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

by Randy Richenberger

Randy Richenberger is vice president of Business Development and

Marketing at Eklund’s Inc. He has more than 30 years of experience across
various disciplines in the elevator-cab industry. Richenberger is based at the
company’s headquarters in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Eklund’s, Inc. and KONE partnered

in Kansas City, Missouri, to complete
eight custom elevator cabs for the
Kauffman Center for the Performing
Arts, which was inaugurated on
September 16, 2011. It is home to the
Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric
Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas
City Ballet. Designed by architect
Moshe Safdie, the building includes
three glass observation elevator cars
in its spacious lobby. Their pan-
oramic cabs, as the one shown in the
photo below, are intended to com-
plement and enhance the modern
architecture of the edifice located in
the heart of downtown Kansas City.
Manufactured by Eklund’s, the
observation cabs are comprised of a
combination of clear, laminated,
tempered glass at the back and rear
sides of the cab and bead-blast
stainless-steel doors and front sides.
The reveals, bases and friezes are
also bead-blasted stainless steel.
Final touches include bead-blasted
stainless-steel handrails and four
halogen down lights that comple-
ment the natural lighting from a
glass-encased lobby. The rear of the
cabs are completely frameless glass,
as are their canopies. The Eklund’s
PE2 car measures 95-15/16-in. wide
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 Focus on Cabs and Entrances Company Spotlight

Premier office in Oshawa, Canada

Premier Elevator
by Elizabeth Pate

For more than 20 years, Premier Elevator has dedicated

its efforts to the fabrication and installation of elevator
cabs and interiors. Operating in a 65,000-sq.-ft. precision-
manufacturing plant in Oshawa, Canada, its diverse team
fabricates traditional and specialized elevator cabs for the
North American market. Clients have the option to pur-
chase complete cabs, interior finishes only or have fin-
ishes installed by experienced and licensed mechanics. In
addition to its full cabs and interiors, Premier offers a
complete line of durable accessories.
From the start, Premier filled a niche in the custom el-
evator interior market. At the time, it worked predomi-
nantly on higher-end, exclusive elevator interiors. Today,
it has expanded its offering to provide various elevator
cabs, interiors and doors for a range of projects, including
basic housing-project elevators to high-end triple-A build-
ing cab interiors, including a full line of glass cabs and
entrances, along with large hospital cars.
In addition to serving the commercial and public sec-
tors, there is a growing demand for its work in the resi-
dential market. This demand comes from both increas-
ing numbers of residential high rises, to more private
Continued
Premier cab interior design

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 Focus on Cabs and Entrances Continued
homeowners having elevator cabs installed in their per-
sonal residences.
Premier operates its own wood, metal and finishing
shops on site. In addition, it owns a glass company, fabri-
cates its lighting systems and manufactures protection
pads. There is little reliance on outside vendors, except
for specific materials. Premier currently employs more
than 75 people. “We continue to grow. We are one of the
largest custom elevator-cab companies in North Amer-
ica,” Tom Rennick, director of Marketing and Business
Development at Premier, said. The company has the
craftsmen and engineering to be able to pull together all
required elements of an elevator cab within its own facil-
ity, which helps keep costs down.
With machine-room-less elevators playing a large role
in today’s market, companies are continuing to look at
ways to reduce weight and increase life expectancy and
durability. Premier provides materials and engineering
solutions to deal with weight issues on both new and
modernized applications.
There are some features that cannot be eliminated
from an elevator; some are mandatory, while others are
logical. Handrails are required for safety and accessibility,
while affording a protective bumper to the walls. Mirrors
Premier cab interior
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make spaces seem larger, and walls can look endless
with them strategically placed in the corners of cabins or
they can provide security features to let someone see in-
side the elevator before entering. 
One of the most overlooked elements in elevator de-
signs is lighting. Without light, cab interiors are conceiv-
ably invisible. With the wrong type of light, materials
seem aged or discolored. This is why Premier has invested
in a lighting division that specializes in LEDs, which re-
duce energy by up to 90% compared to that of typical hal-
ogen bulbs. Premier’s 3-X-1-watt MR-16s lights produce
an equivalent 230 lm but at a higher color rendering
index, providing an accurate representation of all materi-
als and people. The positioning of the light can either
wash the texture of the material away or enhance its nat-
ural beauty; it can increase purposeful reflections or cre-
ate bright or unwanted hotspots.
One of Premier’s strengths is customization. When
working on a project, the company deals with various ele-
ments. The initial phases of projects involve dealing with
elevator companies, consultants and general contractors,
which have building requirements. The work continues
with the building owner, architectural firm and interior-
design professionals from either the architectural firm or
an outside interior-design company.
Rennick commented on the process:
“We have to satisfy these elements so the clients end up
with the product they want, at a cost the elevator compa-
nies can afford to stay within their budget, and the time-
lines the general contractor requires to get the product
installed. It is quite a juggling act, but it is one of our core
competencies and a real strength to be able to take and
understand the elements and bring them all together.”
One of Premier’s re-
cent projects was for
Mississauga Transit
(now MiWay in Can-
ada). It involved a num-
ber of glass elevator
cabs and entrances. It
required significant co-
ordination between
Premier, Mississauga
Transit, the elevator
company, the architect
and the general con-
tractor. Glass has in-
creased in prominence
over the last five to
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eight years. Glass interiors offer a unique light effect,

showcase the architecture, give passengers the illusion of
an open space and provide a safety component. Along
with the Mississauga Transit project, another key project
that showcases glass elevator cabs is the BMW Toronto
showroom. Here, Premier designed, built and coordinated
the installation of the elevator cab, and worked with gla-
ziers on the glass hoistways. “Glass projects are continu-
ing to really escalate, in both the public and private sec-
tors. We are now working on a number of glass cars in
the residential sector, as well,” Rennick said.
Premier takes a
hands-on approach to
its work, which reduces
the potential for prob-
lems. Bringing all
project requirements
together requires coor-
dinating with the client
from the beginning to
understand what it
wants to incorporate
and whether this will
meet building and
elevator codes. “We
Premier cab interior
have to gently guide
Dino Mele, Premier’s owner and CEO them and shift them
sometimes in different the building, we go the extra mile, and that philosophy
directions than they were initially looking at to ensure the stems right from when our phone is answered to when
product meets all the building and elevator code require- our truck driver delivers the product.”
ments,” Rennick said. Premier works to retain and build from its existing cli-
According to Dino Mele, Premier’s president and CEO: ents, and it prides itself on repeat business, while always
“Our employees are definitely Premier’s greatest asset. looking for new companies with which to work. “We build
They work very hard right from the start, [and] we have a on our referral base for our growth, as well as looking at
live receptionist answering our telephones throughout the general dynamics of anticipated market growth,” Ren-
the day, directing the calls, and getting the right people nick said. Premier is an active member of the Canadian
required hooked up quickly and efficiently.” Elevator Contractors Association and the National Asso-
The company uses the latest technology in its schedul- ciation of Elevator Contractors, and participates in the
ing and engineering programs, and in its design and Canadian construction industry’s annual show.
rendering software, in combination with its onsite team, Premier remains committed to the industry and its pro-
to complete the client “circle.” fessionals. It plans to extend its project formula to other
Rennick said: markets in the future. According to Mele:
“Our dedicated sales team is often out in the field meet- “There is no reason we can’t take this formula to the
ing with clients. Our engineering director, president and I larger U.S. cities with a greater intensity than we have in
are also directly involved in all the key projects on a day- the past. Going forward, these are the areas to grow in.
to-day basis to ensure their fluidity and the satisfaction of There are immense opportunities for us, and we have the
the client. If that means meeting at 10 p.m. or having our product base and the knowledge to build from to be able
installers there working through the night to not disrupt to push forward.” 

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 Focus on Cabs and Entrances
Peelle Modernizes Saks 5th Avenue Elevators
by Michael J. Ryan
Elevator cab
Michael J. Ryan is vice
president of Sales and
Marketing for The Peelle
Company.
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Elevator door
The Peelle Co. was contracted to
modernize the elevators at specialty
retailer Saks 5th Avenue in Long Island
City, New York. The project started in
January and lasted six weeks, and in-
volved removing and replacing the
existing equipment. Peelle last mod-
ernized the building’s auto lift in 1988
and more recently furnished and in-
stalled various types of equipment.
The modernization project included
the following:
x Two hoistway doors with steel-plate
construction (13 ft., 6 in. wide and
14 ft. high)
x Two car doors with single-section
construction (13 ft., 6 in. wide and
6 ft. high)
x One car enclosure with three rows
of hardwood bumpers and 28 light
fixtures (14 ft., 5 in. wide and 63 ft.,
2 in. deep)
Project Spotlight
All materials received Peelle’s
powder-coat RAL 7010 finish. Freight
elevators, similar to passenger eleva-
tors, provide a vital service to the build-
ing’s vertical-transportation needs.
Freight-elevator doors, car doors and
car enclosures are more likely to be
misused than their passenger-elevator
counterparts. Depending on usage,
freight-elevator doors and cabs should
provide many years of useful service;
however, when these materials are
replaced, the building owner has many
options in improved product design
and performance. As important as the
elevator lifting equipment is to deliver
the platform to the selected floor, the
hoistway doors, car doors and car
enclosure provide the personality of
the elevator experience, since the user
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Events

San Antonio Hosts

Annual Forum
by Elizabeth Pate
The Marriott Riverwalk

The Riverwalk view from the hotel The Riverwalk

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IAEC Annual Board Meeting
San Antonio gave the International Association of El-
evator Consultants (IAEC) a warm welcome during its
2013 Annual Forum on April 29-May 2. As a native Texan,
your reporter was familiar with the event’s locale -- the
Marriott Riverwalk, which, as its name states, is located
on the Riverwalk, known for its ambience, food and shop-
ping. The forum was well attended and featured a variety
of educational presentations and meetings, exhibits and
top-notch entertainment.
The forum began with its annual board meeting and
included discussions on expanding the industry’s con-
tinuing-education efforts, future forum schedules and lo-
cations, and plans for inviting more companies and con-
sultants to attend future forums. Following the board
meeting, attendees registered for the event, and vendors
set up their displays. The first evening entailed the Open-
ing Night Reception, complete with excellent food and
friendly conversation. During the reception, attendees
were able to participate in a silent auction for the Elevator
Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF), which raised
US$2,375 for its Safe-T Rider© program. In addition, KONE
sponsored a Riverwalk cruise for after the reception; un-
fortunately, it was cancelled due to severe weather.
The second day (April 30) began with breakfast and the
Opening Welcome, where IAEC President Jay Popp
thanked everyone in attendance and provided an over-
IAEC attendees enjoying friendly conversation.
Opening Night Reception
view of the educational sessions to be presented. Sheila
Swett, incoming executive director, also welcomed at-
tendees and introduced each presentation. Though many
attended the presentations, the exhibits were held just
next door and saw a steady stream of visitors.
The first educational session was delivered by KONE’s
Brian Diviney and reviewed escalator replacement solu-
tions. Diviney provided general escalator statistics and
common issues with older equipment,
and explained how to choose the best
escalator solutions. Diviney provided
detailed explanations of three escala-
tor options: partial repair, rip out and
replacement, and modernization. The
presentation was well attended and
Diviney
included several illustrations of each
solution. Diviney also gave attendees
a list of important things to look for when considering
escalator repairs or upgrades.
Following a short break, Sheila’s son, Daniel Swett, an
elevator inspector and consultant, presented the next
topic, “Bringing Today’s Technology to
Consultants.” Swett explained the ba-
sics of cloud computing and how it
can benefit the elevator industry by
drastically reducing paperwork and
improving organization. He also dem-
onstrated two mobile apps, one of
which he designed. Swett’s Project QEI
app allows users to assign inspections, Swett
shows violations, collects signatures and updates reports.
Swett then shifted his presentation into the need for com-
panies to strengthen their web presence through such ac-
tivities as blogging and advertising.
The next presentation, “Wind Stack
Problems, a Thing of the Past,” was
delivered by Chris Marshall of
SMARTORK, Inc. Marshall explained
several scenarios regarding wind stack
problems, and showed a video demon-
Marshall
strating the SMARTORK™ spirator
product. Marshall also explained
Continued
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 San Antonio Hosts Annual Forum
Continued

various specifications, standards, guidelines, building
costs and incentives of the device.
Following Marshall’s presentation and lunch, Dennis
Rhodes of Imperial Electric provided
the next presentation, “Geared to
Gearless Modernizations.” Prior to
delving into the specifics of his topic,
Rhodes prompted the audience to
think of the “weirdest” modernization
they had ever done or witnessed,
then asked everyone to tell him about
Rhodes
James Marinelli of Electrodyn Systems Ltd. presented
the final topic of the day, “Overlays/Retrofit and Code Im-
plications.” The presentation addressed the most com-
mon code-related questions about the top five retrofits
being installed today -- emergency/
standby power, energy saver, unin-
tended motion detection and control,
firefighter emergency operation and
electronic door restriction. Marinelli
also covered Electrodyn’s energy-
saver system, and the types, benefits,

Marinelli
it later in the day. Rhodes covered the disadvantages and code compliance of
basics and important features of door restriction systems.
ACPM technology and discussed system configurations,
challenges of adaptation and gearless abilities. The inter-
active presentation included multiple images of industry
equipment, all of which the audience was able to identify
due to their industry knowledge.
John Koshak, founder of Elevator Safety Solutions,
LLC, then took the lead with his presentation titled “2013
Code Update for New Edition of
A17.1.” Koshak covered wind-turbine
elevator codes, elevator designs for
seismic-prone areas and occupant
evacuation operation, among other
code-related information. According
to Koshak, there are more than 100
Koshak

code revisions, most of which he ex-

amined in detail. The presentation
was informative and included and an interactive ques-
tion-and-answer session.
Following another short break, Patrick A. Carrajat of
LIR Group, Inc. provided an informative yet brief presen-
tation titled “The FSSG3, An Innova-
tion to Save Lives of Passengers.”
Carrajat emphasized the importance
of elevator safety by providing star-
tling statistics revealing the number
of deaths caused by elevator acci-
dents in various parts of the world.
Carrajat

He then explained the different causes

of the accidents and noted that all Presentation attendees

could have been easily prevented. After introducing the
accident statistics, Carrajat then discussed the Fail Safe
Safety Guard (FSSG), a device that monitors and alerts
upon detection of jumped elevator door lock circuits. He
concluded his presentation by saying it is the elevator in-
dustry’s responsibility to provide products such as the
FSSG to improve elevator safety.
Following the presentations, attendees prepared for
the evening’s entertainment at Knibbe Ranch in Spring
Branch, Texas, about 30 min. outside San Antonio. Upon
arrival, guests were greeted by a large longhorn, and
were able to touch and sit on the animal for pictures, your
reporter included. Guests were given a hayride tour of the
facilities and its large longhorns and cattle just as the sun

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was setting. Following the tour, everyone enjoyed deli-
cious Texas barbeque, while listening to country group
the Jody Jenkins Band. Following dinner, members built a
campfire and enjoyed conversation and fireworks spon-
sored by GAL/Hollister Whitney. To top it off, the entire
group was informed it was your reporter’s birthday, and of
course, sang “Happy Birthday.” The evening was enjoyed
by all.
Knibbe Ranch
Knibbe Ranch owner and tour guide explaining the ranch’s history and
archeological site.
Members enjoying a relaxing evening at Knibbe Ranch.
The third day (May 1) saw a slow start, as everyone
trickled in after a long evening at the ranch, but quickly
picked up the pace with an early pre-
sentation delivered by Francisco Ortiz
of Elevator Controls. Titled “The Com-
plete Control Solution,” the presenta-
tion was introduced by John Castaño,
vice president of sales for Elevator
Controls. Castaño discussed some of
Castaño
the company’s current product offer-
ings and provided a brief evolution of
controllers, where they are going and
how they relate to technology. He also
emphasized the company’s increased
safety efforts, saying “It is always on
the forefront of our mind.” Ortiz took
the stand discussing Pixel technology
and the company’s Landa™ position-
ing system. The interactive presenta-
Ortiz
tion also featured video demonstra-
tions of control systems and devices and a discussion
about code compliance regarding Pixel technology.
Mike Cook of ThyssenKrupp Elevator delivered the
next presentation, titled “ThyssenKrupp’s Perspective of
the Maintenance Control Program.”
Cook examined the company’s Main-
tenance Control Program (MCP) and
the requirements being enforced by
the State of Washington’s AHJ. He dis-
cussed the impact such MCP require-
ments will have on the elevator mar-
ket and the continued government
Cook
support likely to be seen in the state.
He also suggested the MCP will change the way many
companies manage their maintenance procedures and
improve safety. Cook had a copy of the MCP on hand and
used it to explain the documents. Throughout his presen-
tation, Cook was diligent in explaining his personal opin-
ion, because he did not want to speak for others.
Steve Romnes of Vertitron Midwest, Inc. (ELEVATOR
WORLD, January 2012), provided the next presentation,
“Hydraulic Leveling Advancements.” Romnes discussed
how to give customers a quicker hydraulic elevator that
can save energy and time, and run
cooler without changing the power
unit or controller. The session in-
cluded video demonstrations of Verti-
tron’s device, Reflex 3.14, which the
audience insisted be shown more
than once, as they were intrigued by
Romnes
the technology and its benefits. Reflex
3.14 provides quicker floor-to-floor
times for both existing and new hydraulic elevators, and
equipment temperatures are cooler. Continued
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Continued

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Not pictured: Cedes Corp.

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 San Antonio Hosts Annual Forum
Continued

Popp, a Denver-based consultant (EW, April 2013),

gave the next presentation -- “Elevators Vs. Lifts: The In-
ternational Differences.” Popp began his discussion by
explaining various factors that affect lift design. Having
worked on some of the world’s major elevator projects,
Popp suggested the type of building
and occupancy, location and cultural
implications are often the most influ-
ential factors during a project’s design
phase. Popp then shifted his focus to
the various codes and standards
around the world, and explained the
similarities and differences.
Popp

Donald Vollrath, a principal engi-

neer at Magnetek, Inc., presented the forum’s final pre- Officers and directors being sworn in by IAEC member Richard Gregory.

sentation -- “Preparing for New Elevator Drives.” Vollrath

talked about several of the industry’s hot topics, including
the assessment of existing machines when considering
reuse or total replacement, application and sizing of
transformers for modernization proj-
ects, appropriate sizing of drives, en-
ergy-reduction assumptions when
new drives are installed and several
hidden issues with elevator drives.
The presentation featured multiple il-
lustrations, which depicted the tech-
Vollrath

nical details. Vollrath also mentioned

he worked with Schindler to install
the Marriott Riverwalk’s elevators several years prior.
Swett is sworn in as executive director.

IAEC 2013 Sponsors
Diamond: Elevator Controls
Platinum: KONE
Gold: Smartrise Engineering, Inc.
Silver: GAL/Hollister Whitney
Bronze: Adams Elevator Equipment, Co.; C.E.
Electronics; Canton Elevator; CEDES Corp. of
America; Columbia Elevator Products; Draka;
Electrodyn Systems; EMS Group; Formula Systems
North America; Imperial Electric; Innovation In-
dustries; MAD Elevator Fixtures, Inc.; Magnetek;
MEI Total Elevator Solutions; Motion Control Engi-
neering; Precision Escalator Products; Qameleon
Technology; Reynolds & Reynolds Electronics, Inc.;
Ring Communications; SnapCab; The Peelle Co.;
and Vertitron Midwest, Inc.
The final order of business for the Annual Forum was
the Membership Meeting, during which the association’s
officers and directors were elected and sworn in. Popp
thanked everyone involved with the planning of the forum
and announced that IAEC was now legally recognized by
its new name “IAEC, Inc.” Before announcing Sheila Swett
as the new executive director, members gave Gordon
Ernst a standing ovation for his time and effort as the
forum’s outgoing holder of that position.
The meeting covered official membership business,
including financial reports and a brief discussion on last
year’s meeting at United 2012. IAEC Vice President James
Lawrence discussed several notable projects around the
world and provided the group with handouts to demon-
strate how to compile project information to submit for
industry exposure. The next IAEC forum will be held in
Denver and is scheduled for April 21-24, 2014. 

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 History

Gurney Elevator, Part Three

by Dr. Lee Gray

Part one of this series (ELEVATOR Elevator Type K traction elevator,

WORLD, May 2013) traced the his-
tory of Gurney Elevator Co., from
Howard Gurney’s purchase of National
Elevator and Machine Co. in 1905 to
his decision in 1911 to change the
company’s name to Gurney Electric
Elevator Co. Part two (EW, June 2013)
focused on the creation of the Gurney
Elevator Company Bulletin and included
an examination of the company’s
drum machines manufactured in the
same period. This article will examine
the Gurney Electric Elevator traction
elevator and the company’s factory
built in Honesdale, Pennsylvania,
and completed in 1913. The exami-
nation of these topics will shed light
on the development of the geared
traction elevator and the early appli-
cation of scientific management tech-
niques to elevator manufacturing.
The final two issues of the Gurney
Elevator Company Bulletin appeared
in July 1912. Both were dedicated to
providing readers with a thorough
technical understanding of the Gurney
Lee Gray is associate dean for the College of
which had been developed in
1908/1909. The first issue contained
a narrative account of the develop-
ment of the Type K machine, while
the second focused on the machine’s
technical specifications (Figures 1
and 2). The narrative began with a
brief history of the electric elevator
from drum machines to the develop-
ment of the gearless (one-to-one)
traction machine. Gurney defined
this type as a machine “where the
electric motor is directly connected
to the traction, or driving sheave so
that when the motor makes one rev-
olution, the driving sheave also
makes one revolution – hence the
name.” The one-to-one type was
also described as having a specific
design flaw, the solution to which
drove the development of the Gurney
Elevator Type K elevator.
According to Gurney, the primary
design flaw in the typical one-to-one
machine originated with the electric
motor. He described electric motors
Continued

Architecture at the University of North Carolina-

Charlotte with a specialty in architectural history. Gurney Elevator Co. Comparative General Balance Sheet
He earned his PhD in Architectural History from Assets January 1, 1910 January 1, 1911 January 1, 1912 January 1, 1913
Cornell University. He is a Real estate, etc. $97,796 $108,895 $185,218 $369,046
member of the Southeast Bills receivable, $69,932 $113,655 $114,227 $150,219
Chapter of the Society of materials, etc.
Architectural Historians Cash $3,655 $2,039 $5,471 $3,426
and has published several
Uncompleted Contracts $73,115 $81,641 $69,247 $139,872
articles and one book on
Totals $244,498 $306,230 $374,163 $659,563
vertical transportation and
skyscrapers. Gray is cura-
Liabilities
tor of theelevatormuseum.
Capital Stock $186,800 $189,300 $200,000 $260,000
org, created by ELEVATOR
Bonds NA NA $94,500 $195,500
WORLD. His most recent book, From Ascending
Bills and accounts $14,351 $18,671 $42,655 $98,701
Rooms to Express Elevators: A History of the
payable
Passenger Elevator in the 19th Century, is avail-
Surplus $43,347 $98,259 $37,008 $105,362
able in the museum bookstore at www.elevator
books.com. Totals $244,498 $306,230 $374,163 $659, 563
Table 1: Poor’s Manual of Industrials: Manufacturing, Mining, and Miscellaneous Companies (1913; all figures in
U.S. dollars)
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 History Continued
as “naturally” high-speed machines
that were forced to operate at “very
slow speeds” when utilized in gear-
less machines. He claimed that to
achieve a car speed of 600 fpm, the
motor would only be required to op-
erate at 63 rpm. This would, in turn,
require the use of a “200-hp motor
frame, where only 35 hp is needed.”
The weight of the larger motor frame
was estimated to be 13,000 lb. (in
comparison to 4,000 pounds for a
35-hp motor), which made the eleva-
tor machine “excessively heavy” and
necessitated additional structural
support for overhead placement and
the installation of permanent over-
head cranes for maintenance. Gurney
claimed the larger motors had a
higher first cost, a relatively low effi-
ciency, were difficult to control and
had poor speed regulation. He also
stated there was the “liability of fre-
quent trouble with the brake, armature,
commutator and controlling device.”
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It is of interest that Gurney felt it
was necessary to report when the
company began development of a
traction elevator system in 1908,
“there were no patents to prevent
our building the one-to-one traction
type.” This “disclaimer” may have
been perceived as necessary due to
the litigious nature of several of Gur-
ney Electric Elevator’s competitors,
always willing to file lawsuits against
patent infringements, either real or
imagined. However, as noted above,
Gurney was not content to build an
“ordinary” one-to-one system – he
sought to develop a design that over-
came the perceived design flaw. His
solution was a geared traction eleva-
tor that employed a helical or her-
ringbone gear connection between
the motor and driving sheave, which
permitted the use of a 45-hp electric
motor (Figures 2 and 3). Gurney
claimed this elevator had “a greater
efficiency than any other machine on
the market,” weighed “less than half”
of typical one-to-one traction ma-
chines and occupied “very much less
space.” The Type K machine also fea-
tured the new Gurney Elevator Dif-
ferential Limit Stop “operated by the
car striking a rope at the beginning
of the limit zones” and an improved
controller design (Figures 4 and 5).
The controller was reportedly based
on “a plan never before followed” in
which every contact was “of the
make and break type and the contact
made between copper and carbon.”
A carbon element of the same size
Continued
Figure 1: Type K traction elevator
 History Continued
Figure 3: Type K-2 traction elevator machine
Figure 4: Helical or herringbone gear
Figure 2: Type K traction elevator
was used for all the contacts, which
reduced costs and allowed for easy
replacement.
Evidence of the success of Gurney
Electric Elevator’s marketing cam-
paign and product development is
found in a “Comparative General
Balance Sheet,” published in the
1913 edition of Poor’s Manual of In-
dustrials: Manufacturing, Mining, and
Miscellaneous Companies (Table 1).
Of particular interest is the doubling
of the U.S. dollar amount of “uncom-
pleted contracts” between January 1,
1912, and January 1, 1913 (following
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Figure 5: Differential limit stop
a slight decline in the previous 12
months). This increase in business
may be attributed to the anticipation
surrounding the completion of the
company’s new factory, which
opened in April 1913. According to
the Gurney Elevator Company Bulletin,
the building’s design and proposed
system of operation reflected “the ef-
ficiency methods originated by Mr.
H.L. Gantt, which insures the manu-
facture of the highest-grade appara-
tus at the lowest cost.” Henry L. Gantt
(1861-1919) was a mechanical engi-
neer who had been associated with Figure 6: Type K controller
Continued
 History Continued
Figure 7: First-floor plan of Gurney Electric Elevator’s Honesdale factory (1913)
Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915), au-
thor of The Principles of Scientific
Management (1911) and creator of
the time-saving organizational and
manufacturing strategy that became
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equally well-respected management
consultant and is best known for his
invention of the Gantt Chart – a
graphic organization and scheduling
age Area,” “Pattern Shop and Pattern
technique still used today for plan-
ning and controlling workflow.
Gantt’s organizational skills were
required, because his company man-
ufactured “practically every part” of
its elevators. This necessitated having
a diverse set of functional spaces:
“Foundry” (for gray iron), “Brass
Foundry,” “Casting Cleaning and Stor-
Storage,” “Light Machine Shop,”
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 History Continued
process was predicated on the initial
production of heavy castings in the
foundry, which were then moved
along the industrial track, with work
done as needed by the supporting
shops that lined the Main Hall (which
contained the Heavy Machine Shop,
Assembly Department, and Storage
and Shipping Department). In addi-
tion to the track system, two ten-ton
traveling cranes (one in the Foundry
and one that passed through the
Main Hall) also helped move compo-
nents through the building. Finally, a
“depressed” rail line entered the
Storage and Shipping Department
such that freight cars were at floor
level to facilitate ease of loading.
The building also had two large
“service rooms” that workers ac-
cessed at the start and close of the
workday. Each worker was assigned
a “steel locker” for personal effects,
and the Foundry Service Room was
equipped with “shower baths.” Six
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“toilet rooms” were located “at con-
venient points” in the factory and
were accessible throughout the
workday. The workers also operated
in a well-lit environment. The build-
ing had ample exterior windows,
clerestory windows over the Main
Hall, Woodworking Shop, and Struc-
tural and Rails Shop, and employed a
saw-tooth roof equipped with sky-
lights over the Light Machine Shop
and Electrical Department. In addition
to ample natural light, the building
employed a sophisticated interior
lighting system designed by George
H. Stickney (1872-1958) in collabora-
tion with the building’s designer, Day
& Zimmerman of Philadelphia. The
exterior windows were fitted with
“reinforced diffusing glass,” and the
interior walls were painted white.
The lights employed were tungsten
lamps that ranged in size from 400 W
in the Main Hall to 60 W in the Pattern
Storage Room. All lamps were placed
in Holophane D’Olier porcelain fix-
tures. Worker and facility safety was
also ensured through the provision
of sprinklers throughout the building;
water for the sprinkler system was
furnished by a 50,000-gal. tank located
outside the building, adjacent to the
Brass Foundry.
The Gurney Electric Elevator fac-
tory received an unprecedented
amount of press coverage. It was the
subject of three articles published
from 1913-1916: “A Complete Elevator
Manufacturing Plant” (Iron Age, July
10, 1913); “Lighting Considerations
and Results in a Modern Plant” (Elec-
trical Engineering, June 1914); and
“Architecture and Industry (Illustrated
Examples of the Work of Day & Zim-
merman of Philadelphia),” (The
American Architect, May 10, 1916).
These illustrated articles permit a
thorough look into the world of ele-
vator manufacturing in the early 20th
century. This information also raises
questions about the factories of rival
elevator companies and how they
compared to this “complete elevator
manufacturing plant.” Gurney, how-
ever, left little doubt regarding his
relationship with his rivals. The final
two issues of the Gurney Elevator
Company Bulletin concluded with the
following statement:
“The GURNEY ELECTRIC ELEVA-
TOR COMPANY of Pennsylvania
and the GURNEY ELEVATOR COM-
PANY of New York are not con-
nected, either directly or indirectly,
with any other corporation or indi-
vidual engaged in the manufacture
or sale of elevators.”
Gurney’s emphatic commercial in-
dependence, coupled with his busi-
ness skills, resulted in his election in
1914 as president of the Elevator
Manufacturers Association. This rec-
ognition by his peers was a fitting
recognition of his achievements up
to this point in time and serves as an
equally fitting conclusion to this
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Project Spotlight

A New World’s Fastest:

Shanghai Tower
by Peng Jie, EW Correspondent

It is said that the under-construction Shanghai Tower is progressing by

roughly a floor every five days. On April 10, the concrete pouring of the core
structure in the tower was completed on the 108th floor at the height of
501.3 m, overtaking its two neighboring supertall skyscapers, Shanghai
World Financial Center (492 m tall) and Jin Mao Tower (420 m tall). Forming
a triad in the skyline of Shanghai with the above two supertalls in Lujiazui,
Pudong, Shanghai Tower, the tallest of the three, will have a structure height
of 580 m and total height of 632 m, with its 127 stories to provide enough
office space for more than 30,000 people after its construction is completed
in 2014 or 2015. With a total investment of around RMB15 billion (US$2.41
billion), Shanghai Tower is built on a land area of 30,368 m2 with a total floor
area of 574,000 m2 on 121 above-ground floors and five underground floors.
It will be a multipurpose complex, housing offices, convention and exhibi-
tion facilities, hotel rooms, restaurants, shopping areas, and entertainment
A rendering of the Shanghai Tower’s helical opening
and urban sightseeing facilities. from above

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Construction in progress on Shanghai Tower As this rendering shows, Shanghai Tower, along with Shanghai (l-r) Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao
World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower, will complete a triad Tower, © Thierry Beauvir
of tall buildings in Shanghai.

Shanghai Tower is a green building by design. Not only scending ride at such a speed, it remains to be seen
is it to be covered with lawns and trees (33% of the land whether the lifts will descend at full speed. Likely, this
around it), it is also to have a number of vertical gardens speed will be limited to 600 mpm. Some of the fastest
between its glass skins. Gensler of Los Angeles provided double-decker elevators in the world (at 600 mpm [10
the architectural design, planning and consulting from its mps]) are also to be installed.
offices in Shanghai. It worked together with the Architec- It is said the design of the 18-mps lifts applied such
tural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University to newly developed technologies
create Shanghai Tower’s main structure, which looks as super-streamlined car exte-
transparent with its vertically arranged urban neighbor- rior fairing, flexible guide roll-
hood visible from the ground. On every floor inside the ers to improve riding comfort
building, tenants and visitors are able to enjoy the varied and a car-interior air-pressure
views of the nearby skyscrapers and beyond the Huangpu regulating system, which adapts
River. the air pressure inside the car
The building’s helical-lined opening goes from ground for passengers’ eardrum com-
to roof, presenting a contrast with the architectural styles fort by means of automatic
of the existing nearby Shanghai World Financial Center sensors and a control unit.
and Jin Mao Tower. Shanghai Tower has integrated both They are scheduled to shuttle
modern architectural concepts such as the double-skin between basement two and
configuration, and new building technologies, featuring floor 119 (a rise of more than
an asymmetrical shape and using newly developed, 500 m), each with a load ca-
eco-friendly building materials, which contribute to low- pacity of 21 people. When
ered construction costs. Technologies implemented in it going up, they accelerate grad-
include the installation of built-in wind turbine generators ually, approaching full speed in
and a rainwater collecting system by means of the helical 25 s., then travel at full velocity
protection walls on the top of the tower. It is expected to for 10 s. or longer, before be-
receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ginning to slow down for land- Shanghai Tower’s foundation in an
earlier stage of construction
certification once complete. ing at the destination floor.
Mitsubishi Electric and Shanghai Mitsubishi will pro- There were challenges in the design of the entire eleva-
vide 106 elevators for Shanghai Tower, with three of the tor system, especially in the car structure, drive capacity
elevators to be among the fastest in the world at the speed and safety components, requiring several new technolo-
of 1,080 mpm (18 mps). However, due to pressure issues gies (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2013). The higher rises call
that may affect passengers’ eardrums during the de- for longer hoisting ropes, which increase the load of the
Continued
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 A New World’s Fastest:
Shanghai Tower Continued
traction machine. Therefore, a 310-kW, new-type traction
machine equipped with ceramic braking material will be
used. The material features both better wear resistance
and heat shock resistance due to high physical perfor-
mance under heated working conditions, specifically in
the braking process. The ceramic braking material is also
used on the specially designed safety gears, acting on both
directions. The enhanced safety measures also include the
installation of several 7.3-m, three-stroke telescopic buf-
fers in the pits.
Other new technologies applied to the fastest elevators
include Mitsubishi Electric’s sfleX-rope (EW, April 2012)
traction rope, featuring high density and a lightweight
coating with increased strength and breaking-load factor.
The car is equipped with accelerating sensors to monitor
the horizontal vibration levels in travel, with data feedback
to generate reacting forces by the linear motors integrated
in the rollers. In this way, the car vibration could be reduced
to roughly one-third of the original level. The high lengths
and weights of the traction ropes and traveling cables in
the hoistway also posed challenges to the system design
and are to be handled with other innovative solutions.
More than 100 skyscrapers over 300 m high were under
construction around the globe in
2012, with roughly 60 more start-
ing construction in 2012-2013.
Therefore, the demand for super-
high-speed elevators is estimated
to be as many as 13,000 units by
2015, rising by 63% against the fig-
ure of 2010. China takes the lion’s
share of the world’s total demand
with 59%, followed by the Middle
East at 14% and Southeast Asia at
11%. When complete, Shanghai
Tower is to be the second tallest
building in the world, behind the
Burj Khalifa in Dubai. However, it
is doubtful this record will be kept
for more than one year, because at
A model of Shanghai Tower’s least two more megatall buildings
elevator-car exterior design under construction are to rise
taller than it: the PingAn Finance
Tower (660 m tall in Shenzhen) and the Greenland Center
(636 m tall in Wuhan), also in China.
It seems these cities are competing in their height, and
high-speed lifts have to follow up with the trend of the
rapid development of such vertical cities. When 2004 saw
the completion of the 508-m-tall Taipei 101, the tallest in
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A rendering of the new skyline upon completion of Shanghai Tower
the world at that time, Toshiba boasted supplying the fast-
est elevators in the building (1,010 mpm), then setting a
Guinness World Record (EW, February 2005). However,
the record will soon be broken with the installation of the
three 18-mps lifts in the hoistways of Shanghai Tower. In
addition, both the records of the fastest double-decker
lifts and the highest elevator travel (565.4 m) will be set in
the tower.
In regard to the challenges megatall skyscrapers face
with emergency-evacuation issues, Shanghai Tower may
become one of the first buildings to allow occupant evac-
uation operation by elevators, because running through
the long staircases and/or using evacuation means from
outside the building have been deemed ineffective at sav-
ing lives, especially for those trapped on the upper floors.
The emergency-evacuation issues were taken into con-
sideration in the design stage. According to Han Xin,
researcher at the Shanghai Disaster Prevention & Rescue
Institute at Tongji University, Shanghai Tower will be
divided into nine vertical evacuation zones, each having
an independent system to be used in case of disaster or
an emergency situation, and all the zones will be fully
covered by a video-monitoring system. There will be
three firefighter elevators in the tower and 13 additional
standby elevators for emergency-evacuation purposes.
For example, in the event of fire, Zone 9 (the highest zone)
will have two lifts dedicated to service, taking the occu-
pants to the shelter area of the zone. On the middle floors
where offices and hotel rooms concentrate, as many as
three evacuation lifts will take people to the landing of the
shelter area of each zone. 
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ISO TC 178 Meetings in New York City

by Robert S. Caporale, MSc

TC 178 PC Meeting delegates and guests

The week of April 23 was an important time for the

international elevator industry, as it was during this week
when representatives of 30 nations gathered at the head-
quarters of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME) in New York City to participate in the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC 178 Plenary
Committee (PC) and Working Group (WG) meetings. The
meetings were hosted by ASME and the National Elevator
Industry, Inc., with additional support provided by Otis;
Fujitec America; Schindler; Draka; Elevator World, Inc.;
GAL Manufacturing Corp; the International Association of PC Chairman Christian de Mas Latrie opening the meeting and thanking attendees
Elevator Consultants, the International Association of for their participation in TC 178.

Elevator Engineers and the National Association of Ele-

vator Contractors.
WGs 4 and 6 met Monday through Wednesday. The PC
Meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, with 50 dele-
gates participating to review the ongoing work and future
assignments of all of TC 178 WGs and receive reports
from the TC 178 Secretariat and ISO representatives. Dur-
ing the PC Meeting, reports of the following WGs were
presented and discussed. In addition to the meetings, the
attendees participated in a tour of the World Trade Center
(WTC) construction site in Lower Manhattan, where they
visited the recently topped out WTC 1 Building and WTC
Memorial. Continued ISO TC 178 PC Meeting

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 Codes & Standards Continued
William Baker Louis Bialy de Mas Latrie
ISO/TC 178 chairman and WG conveners
The meeting began with welcoming remarks offered by
William Baker of ASME, and Lou Bialy of Otis Elevator
Company. TC 178 Chairman de Mas Latrie then opened
the meeting and introduced Anna Caterina Rossi who re-
ported on the ongoing work of ISO/TAG 008 on building
systems. Eva Contival of AFNOR (French Normalization
Association) TC 178 Committee Secretary followed with
her report.
PC Meeting attendees were updated on the progress of
the ongoing work of the other TC 178 WGs. The commit-
tee also received reports from the conveners of WGs 4, 5
and 6 on the work undertaken during the days just prior
to the TC 178 meeting. Following is a list of the active TC
178 WGs and the reports presented during this event:
♦♦ WG 2: Guiderails
♦♦ WG 8: Electrical Requirements
♦♦ WG 10: Energy Efficiency
♦♦ WG 11: Improvement of Safety of Existing Lifts
WG 4: Safety Requirements and Risk Assessment
WG 4 has completed the development of risk-assessment
and -reduction methodology for lifts, and is taking up the
task of doing the same for escalators. It has also devel-
oped Global Essential Safety Requirements (GESRs) and
96  | WWW.ELEVATORWORLD.COM | July 2013
Anna Caterina Rossi Eva Contival
National delegation leaders, PC chairman ISO and AFNOR staff
Global Essential Safety Parameters (GESPs) for the indus-
try to use when developing performance-based safety
requirements. Development of GESPs for lift components
is also on the WG’s agenda.
WG 5: Escalators and Moving Walks
The work of comparing the escalator codes of North
America, Europe and Japan is underway, in preparation for
the development of GESRs and GESPs for this equipment.
WG 6: Lift Installation
The current work being undertaken by this committee
is the updating of machine-room-less lift standards, de-
velopment of methodology for fire testing of lift landing
doors and development of a technical specification for the
use of lifts to evacuate buildings in emergencies.
In addition, WG 6 has established and is maintaining
an ongoing liaison with the ISO/TC 59/SC 16 committee,
which is evaluating the accessibility and usability of the
built environment. The review of the ISO 21542 standard
being developed by this committee is also being reviewed
by WG 6.
As the meeting drew to a close, the date of the next PC
Meeting was announced for October 20, 2014, in Pretoria,
South Africa. 
Industry Profile
Anselme Cote of RATP
Talks Experience, Safety and Retirement Plans
by Elizabeth Pate
With more than 40 years of elevator-industry ex-
perience and a passion for safety, Anselme Cote’s in-
dustry perspective is worth sharing. Cote works for
RATP Group, a public-transportation network in
France, in the maintenance department of equipment
and systems, where he is responsible for standard-
ization and R&D. “My office is in Paris, and I live in a
nearby suburb,” Cote explained. In addition to his
role at RATP, Cote serves as a court expert in the field
of elevators and escalators.
Cote began his elevator career in 1968 following
his mechanical and general engineering studies.
“One of my first jobs was to supervise an extensive
program to install elevators and escalators to mod-
ernize the Paris Metro. We installed 600 escalators
and 300 elevators in 10 years,” Cote said. Following
this project, he became a team leader responsible for
the engineering of electromechanical installations. “I
started my career at a time when there were very few
escalators, and installing one was a big operation,”
Cote said. “These devices were bulky and were trans-
ported in several sections.”
For elevators and escalators Cote is a member of
AFNOR (a French association revolving around stan-
dardization, certification, and training). In addition,
he represents France at the European level. He par-
Cote leading a meeting at RATP.
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Cote
ticipates in the plenary committee CEN/Technical Com-
mittee (TC) 10, which defines the work program for all
groups and he has been appointed convener of Working
Group (WG) 9 for inclined lifts. He is also a member of the
CEN/TC 10/WG 2 for escalators. During the last 10 years,
Cote has been in charge of standardization in the field of
automatic guided transport. He was appointed by the In-
ternational Electrotechnical Commission/TC 9 to chair
WG 45, which was responsible for establishing a safety
standard for automated urban guided transport (AUGT).
“From my earliest experiences in the elevator
industry, I was fascinated by the techniques used,
which combine the mechanical, electrical, automa-
tion and, today, computers. It’s comprehensive
engineering work and is constantly being
improved.” -- Anselme Cote
Cote credits many professionals for guiding him
throughout his career. “In the 1970s, I remember Guy
Cazenave of Otis teaching me about escalators and Pierre
Bianchini of KONE, who taught me about the electric
parts of elevators,” Cote explained. “During the 1990s, Li-
bero Maspero of Maspero Elevator and Achim Hütter of
Hütter-Aufzüge GmbH shared their knowledge of inclined
elevators,” he added. Cote also credits Sam Lott for shar-
ing his knowledge during his time with AUGT and his col-
leagues in the standardization working groups.
Cote’s soccer team
The CEN/TC10 WG9 meeting on inclined lifts in Hamburg, Germany: Cote is on the far right.
Regarding influential projects, Cote believes his experi-
ence with normative work has been the most rewarding,
because it has the ability to positively impact the industry
and benefit society in general. “Contributing to the devel-
opment of a product that will be useful to society and im-
proving the safety of products by standardizing are two of
the greatest satisfactions,” Cote said.
(l-r) Cote and Achim Hütter at the European Lift Congress in Heilbronn, Germany:
Cote delivered a presentation about inclined lifts (EW, February 2013).
Looking ahead, Cote says he would like to extend his
experience with the French courts regarding the differ-
ence between buyers and manufacturers and serious ac-
cidents. “For RATP, my goal is to consolidate its position
among the top-five world leaders of public transportation.
RATP is now active in 12 countries,” Cote explained.
When asked what advice he would extend to those wish-
ing to join the elevator industry, Cote said, “It is always
important to give the most priority to everything that con-
cerns the safety of people, staff and passengers.” Though
he plans to be fully retired in mid 2014, Cote would like to
continue his normative activities and share his experi-
ence with incoming professionals.
For the future of the elevator and escalator industry,
Cote suggests developing new products such as high-
speed moving walks and automatic multi-cabin systems
(ground or aerial). “This will require compliance with the
world’s sustainability needs, as well as lowering energy
consumption and improving riding comfort,” Cote said.
Well versed in reading ELEVATOR WORLD, Cote be-
lieves the magazine provides a global review for the en-
tire industry. “It provides essential information on the
state of the market, [and] technical and normative devel-
opments. And, it gives voice to those who improve the
technique of innovations,” he said. Cote also regularly
reads magazines pertaining to transportation networks.
Outside of work, Cote enjoys spending time with his
wife, two daughters and granddaughters. “I try to main-
tain my fitness, so I practice my favorite sport, which is
soccer, and I play the guitar,” Cote said. Though he admits
to reading numerous technical publications, Cote enjoys
the occasional novel. He explained, “I recently read The
Old Man Who Did Not Want to Celebrate His Birthday.” 
Cote playing the guitar during a party in Rome.
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 Events
Lerch Bates Visits Hyundai Elevator
by Allan Lloyd
Jay Popp at Hyundai Elevator
Allan Lloyd is the director of CNS Automation and has
more than 30 years of elevator-industry experience. He is a
QEI 1415-licensed elevator contractor for the State of
California and for Certified Qualified Conveyance Co. in
California. Prior to joining CNS Automation, Lloyd was
president of the Elevator Industry Group of Southern
California and a Product and Application specialist for Draka
Elevator Products.
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Jay Popp, vice president of Lerch Bates Inc.(ELEVATOR WORLD,
April 2013), recently visited CNS Automation, the exclusive sales
agent for Hyundai Elevator in North America. The purpose of the
visit was to tour the company’s R&D facility and Asan Test Tower
Factory in Incheon, South Korea, as well as its corporate headquar-
ters in downtown Seoul. Despite the political news regarding the
region, the trip was a success.
The tour began on March 30 with the facility’s elevator show-
room, located at the base of the test tower. It showed the company’s
27 years of service and innovation, as well as its many certifications
and projects. In addition, the tour included a showing of Hyundai
Elevators Material Handling Systems’ offering, which interested
Popp, and subsequently led to a presentation the following day on
the company’s escalators, moving walks, platform screen doors and
parking systems.
Moving on, the tour included CNS Automation’s Destination
Selection Method, which features touchless buttons, intended for
Continued
 Events Continued
(l-r) Your author and Popp at lunch near the test tower
hospital settings where bacteria must be kept to a mini-
mum. Several of Hyundai Elevator’s contemporary cab
finishes were also displayed.
After a thorough review of the showroom, your author
took Popp to the test tower to ride the various units cur-
rently being tested, including the worlds’ fastest observa-
tion elevator, Hyundai’s Double Decker Elevator, and the
world’s fastest elevator, Hyundai’s EL Exclusive Leader,
which travels at 1,080 mpm. Popp was particularly inter-
ested in the doors that seal to pressurize the cab. He spent
a lot of time in the penthouse of Asan Tower in close
proximity to the nine-phase, 16-mT machine that powers
the fastest elevator. Y.K. Park, vice president of Hyundai
Elevator, said Popp is the most knowledgeable elevator
professional to whom he has ever given the tour.
After a traditional lunch, we began the factory tour,
where Hyundai Elevator produces approximately 13,000
elevators annually just for domestic consumption. The
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(l-r) Popp talking to
Y.K. Park in the white
room of the test tower
Your author and Popp enjoying the scenery near the North Seoul tower
company also produces most of the escalators and mov-
ing walks from here, as well. Popp seemed a bit surprised
at the number of traditional geared machines being pro-
duced; however, it was explained that while it still made
some economical sense to do this domestically for the
lower-rise market, the gearless production does outpace
the geared nowadays.
After the factory tour and a wrap-up meeting with the
R&D group and international sales team, we were taken
back to Seoul, where we had dinner with Martin Han,
president of Hyundai Elevator. The following day was set
for meetings at the headquarters. We were extremely
honored to have a meeting with Jeong-Eun Hyun, chair-
woman of Hyundai Corp. Popp spent the remainder of the
day traveling around Seoul visiting various Hyundai in-
stallations; overall, he was impressed with what Hyundai
Elevator has accomplished in its 27-year history. 
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Events in Turkey

ELA 2013 Congress in Istanbul by John Gale

T
The gala dinner took place at Ciragan Palace on the banks of the Bosporus.

he European Lift Association (ELA) 2013 Con-

gress convened in Istanbul at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on
April 2-3, preceding the 13th Asansör Istanbul exhibition
(ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2013). The congress was itself
preceded by a gala dinner at the Ciragan Palace on the
banks of the Bosporus with its famous decorated gate
framing the strait and the eastern side of the city. The eve-
ning started with a reception in the waterside gardens ac-
companied by live music, which was enjoyed by ELA
members and industry representatives alike. This time in
the garden was a great opportunity for those attending to
air different points of view regarding the many industry
topics always in need of addressing. The real cost of cer-
tification, the time and financial pressures a company has
to bare in undertaking work on different working groups,
the difficulty in gathering meaningful statistics and how to
attract quality people to work in the industry were just
some of the topics being raised. However, the most im-
portant question in respect to the congress was, “What
value do clients and owners really place on lift safety?”

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The dinner was elegant and well received.
As the light faded, the call to the gala dinner was given,
where guests and members were welcomed by Sefa Targit,
president of AYSAD (Turkish elevator association, a full
member of ELA since 2008), who made everyone feel
welcome. Targit informed guests that the association had
increased its membership and been actively encouraging
members and other Turkish lift companies to achieve
higher quality levels in all aspects of the lift sector. Targit
then stated that AYSAD fully and sincerely believes Turkey,
with its continuously developing and growing economy,
will bring a new and permanent dynamism to the European
Union (EU) economy upon becoming a full EU member.
New ELA President Philippe Lamalle then thanked Targit
and the AYSAD association committee for its hard work
and choice of venue for the gala reception and dinner.
Zuhtu Bakir, head of the Industry and Commerce Ministry,
then gave the main address. Bakir thanked the ELA board
for scheduling this congress and annual general meeting in
Istanbul in coincidence with the Asansor Istanbul exhibition.
He stressed it is well known that Turkey is pursuing member-
Targit
ship of the EU, and, as a result, EU legislation has and is
being incorporated into Turkish national legislation. Impor-
tantly, the ministry has also issued a “Lift Maintenance and
Operations Regulation,” which will address the operation,
maintenance and yearly control of the lift after commission-
ing for its entire life. In addition, the ministry is currently
preparing and drafting a legislative text, setting down the
procedures and principles for increasing the safety levels
of around 200,000 existing lifts installed before Lift Regula-
tion 95/16/EC and still in service. This new legislative instru-
ment is planned to be issued and enacted during 2013. Bakir
then wished the congress well and thought its topic, “Smooth
and Safe Lift Rides for All!” was particularly timely.
The formal presentations were well received, and the gala
dinner was productive and enjoyable, providing the oppor-
tunity to raise important lift-related topics with many of
Working Group chairmen and key association officers. Also,
the opportunity to find out more about what was happen-
ing in Turkey and the surrounding regions, especially in
relationship to lift codes and standards, was informative and
Continued
Lamalle
Bakir
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well taken by many members. Just before the end of the
gala, a special presentation was made to ELA past president
Michel Chartron, who had been so instrumental in pro-
moting the Safety Norms for Existing Lifts (SNEL) initiative.
Lamalle greeted more than 100 delegates, who had
gathered for the congress. He stressed the importance of
SNEL and that one of the most significant elements
for this year is a roadmap that sets out the association’s
vision and key objectives for the near future. Lamalle
explained the importance of implementation of the initia-
tive and the many elements needed to ensure and realize
its full value.
The first speaker was instrumental in implementing
SNEL in France: Gilles de Robien, an ex-minister of
France, who gave the congress insight into the French
government’s standpoint. Robien’s presentation, “SNEL
in France 10 Years After the Law: Implementation and Re-
sults,” discussed the situation regarding accidents and in-
cidents in lifts before and after implementation of the law.
He found it clear that good overall progress had been
made in France, and that particular attention had been
made in addressing the most hazardous elements. His
statistics furthered his argument:
Schmidt
Robien
Kucharczyk
Imrak
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x 99% of maintenance contracts have been transformed
to meet the requirements and include 24-hr. assistance
for people trapped in lifts.
x 63% of the work required by the law has been com-
pleted, which has required great effort by the French lift
industry and building owners.
x The conclusion of the initiative was clear, with a nota-
ble reduction of the number of accidents in and around
lifts. Indeed, no fatalities to users or technicians were
recorded in 2011-2012. However, upgrading will still
be needed over the coming decades, as the French
population is aging and more demands are placed on
lift installations.
Robien stated that the most important element in
achieving public recognition is the support of the press, at
both local and national levels. This can lead to a constant
pressure being applied on governments to create and im-
plement legislation.
Philippe Casteleyn and Christian de Mas Latrie then
presented “A New Departure for SNEL?” which looked at
the SNEL white paper and relaunch of this initiative. The
presentation focused on today’s status and first results
both in Europe and worldwide, with added insight as to
what will follow and how SNEL will proceed. One of the
most important elements of this presentation was to show
how SNEL (with five-, 10- and 15-year phases) is being
introduced throughout the EU and at which stage the imple-
mentation plan is in each EU region. To this end, a color-
coded progress map has been published and will be regularly
updated. It is hoped these efforts will help publicize and
show the wider public the full relevance of the initiative.
de Mas Latrie also pointed out the International Organi-
zation for Standardization (ISO) position (“SNEL Goes
ISO”), which gives the initiative a worldwide dimension.
Claudia Schmidt presented a paper on the importance
of collecting accident statistics. She showed statistical
evidence for the cause of reported accidents for both
users and workers in 2008-2011 in Europe and demon-
strated why the collection of this information is so impor-
tant, as it helps to:
x Identify the causes for accidents, both for users and
workers
x Analyze hotspots and take actions: e.g., provide new
safety-norm proposals and influence Brussels and local
governments for establishing new guides or regula-
tions (for example, SNEL)
x Use identified top accidents by elevator companies to
improve their elevator and escalator safety
x Support the elevator industry and associations to increase
the awareness of owner/operators and users
 To this end, ELA has introduced a new data-collection
system, which is hoped will improve the reliability of the
figures. Schmidt closed the presentation by stating, “Only
true data can help, so please help us to do it right.”
Maciej Kucharczyk, managing director of AGE Platform
Europe, then took center stage to present “Towards Age-
Friendly Environments.” In it, he challenged the delegates
to look at and support the campaign for a covenant on
demographic change. Kucharczyk explained, “The cove-
nant will seek to create the necessary political framework
to bring together local and regional authorities across the
EU who want to find smart and innovative solutions to
support active and healthy aging and develop age-friendly
environments.” He said a large group of stakeholders at
the EU, national, regional and local levels (such as re-
searchers, industries, services and civil society) are sup-
porting the initiative in Europe.
Dr. C. Erdem Imrak, a well-known academic who has
presented and written many papers on lift technology and
other research projects, gave an in-depth overview of lift
damage from seismic events. He also showed the geo-
graphical information of the region and illustrated the
seismic regions and activity that could be expected, along
with illustrations of damage that has been experienced in
the region. Imrak also presented the actions recommended
in prEN 81-77, which are designed to minimize the damage
to lifts in the event of an earthquake and include:
♦♦ The use of seismic switches (for lifts running faster
than 0.75 mps)
♦♦ Restraining of the counterweight
♦♦ Reinforcement of the guide rails and their structure
♦♦ Use of intermediate tie or box brackets, along with
structural support frames
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John Gale is a third-generation veteran of the lift industry. He has worked
as a photographer and contributor for ELEVATOR WORLD since 1986,
primarily covering meetings, congresses and trade shows. In 1999, he co-
designed Moving People from Street to Platform, a book on the vertical-transporta-
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Events in Turkey
Asansör 2013 Conference
by John Gale
(l-r) Detavernier and Dikmen
T he small two-day conference held April 5-6 as
part of Asansör Istanbul 2013 (ELEVATOR WORLD, June
2013) focused on lift regulations, European Union direc-
tives and Safety Norms for Existing Lifts (SNEL) as they
relate to Turkey.
Day One
Selcuk Dikmen, an experienced lift professional and
consultant, chaired the opening day of the conference.
The first presentation titled “Industrial Statistics of Lifts
and Escalators,” was delivered by Ebru Gemici of VDMA.
Gemici focused on the state of accident reporting across
Europe and emerging statistics showing meaningful re-
sults. The second presentation, “SNEL Practices in Eu-
rope,” was delivered by Jean Luc Detavernier and Luc
Rivet. Both presenters illustrated the French experience of
SNEL and showed how the many countries in Europe are
or are not implementing the SNEL initiative.
Attendees
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Day Two presenters
Adldinger
Gemici
Targit
Day Two
Sefa Targit, president of AYSAD (Turkish lift associa-
tion), chaired the second day of the conference and intro-
duced Wolfgang Adldinger, European Lift Association
Components Committee chairman. Adldinger presented
“EN 81 + A3 Practices in Germany” and gave the audience
an insight into what is being done in Germany.
Targit chaired the second presentation, which consisted
of a panel titled “Annual Lift Controls.” The panel’s focus
was to discuss and evaluate the current state of inspec-
tion, certification, maintenance and testing in the Turkish
lift and escalator industry. The panel consisted of Zühtü
Bakir, head of the department at the Industry and Technol-
ogy Ministry; Halim Akişi of the Turkish Engineers and
.
Architects Chamber; Ilknur Kiliç from the Turkish Standards
Institute; Erman Balci from SZUTEST; Aziz Bilge from
Otis; and Fuat Durdağ from ERSAN Lift, who all presented
and shared their experience with the audience. 
John Gale is a third-generation veteran of the lift industry. He has worked
as a photographer and contributor for ELEVATOR WORLD since 1986,
primarily covering meetings, congresses and trade shows. In 1999, he co-
designed Moving People from Street to Platform, a book on the vertical-transportation
equipment in the London Underground.
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Events in Turkey

EEA Annual General

Meeting in Istanbul
by John Gale

T he European Elevator Asso-

ciation (EEA) held its 2013 Annual
General Meeting on April 2 at the
Hyatt Hotel in Istanbul. EEA mem-
bers are lift- and escalator-related
companies, both major and indepen-
dent operators. The association’s
mission statement was displayed
near the presentation podium and
read, “The EEA represents lift com-
panies, large and small, to the Euro-
pean institutions. Its experts actively support European sociation. Didier Moreaux then pre-
and global standardization. Join us and help promote lift sented the budget for 2013, which all
safety.” This was the first official EEA Annual General members approved.
Meeting to take place outside Europe. It was announced during the presen-
To keep the proceedings compliant with European tation that Eric Rougie would be joining
Union regulation, all presentations were delivered in both the Budget Committee and that Thierry
French and English. EEA President Jorge Liguerre intro- Tasiaux would be the new chairman, ef-

Moreaux
duced the agenda and welcomed at- fective April 4. Moreaux went on to dis-
tendees. The management report was cuss that the association’s position was
presented by Luc Rivet, who informed financially sound. Higher income was seen due to a
that sustained effort had been made to higher-than-expected number of people employed by the
keep the costs down, while keeping the member companies.
association active and visible. Moreaux then announced and explained the main
Attendees were also informed that tasks for the forthcoming year, which include:
Liguerre

the EEA officers for 2013 would remain
the same, with Liguerre (president),
Inaki Aranburu, Javier del Pozo, Achim Hütter, Philippe
Lamalle, Juha Mennander and Roberto all willing and able
to continue for 2013. In addition, it was announced that
D. Fothergill had retired from the association, and the of-
ficers expressed their gratitude for his service to the as-
♦♦ To track and forecast the accounts
♦♦ Propose the next budget and recommendations to the
management committee
♦♦ Pursue cash-flow management
Toward the end of the meeting, it was stated that four
member companies had left, and 15 new companies
joined the association. This was encouraging. 

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 Field Safety

How to Avoid OSHA Pitfalls

by Paul Waters

Paul Waters represents
employers across the U.S.
in enforcement and rule-
making proceedings before
the federal Occupational
Safety and Health Review
Commission and state
OSHAs. He also represents
clients in civil litigation, rang-
ing from whistleblower
claims to employment and housing discrimination.
Waters has handled multiple trials and numerous
appeals in state and federal courts concerning
related cases. He regularly speaks on these issues
and has been a panelist at the annual Occupational
Safety and Health Review Commission’s judge’s
conference. He has also participated in industry
panels concerning environmental safety and health
issues in the field of nanotechnology. He received
his JD from Boston College Law School in 1994.
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Employers in the elevator and esca-
lator industry take many precautions
to protect their workers against safety
hazards known to exist in the trade.
One important step taken by most in-
dustry companies is to have a written
safety and health program, containing
safe work rules, which, if followed,
should prevent employees from being
exposed to the most common hazards.
The Field Employees’ Safety Handbook,
published by the National Elevator
Industry, Inc. Safety Committee and
Elevator World, Inc. and available at
website: www.elevatorbooks.com, is
a model program used by many com-
panies as their safety and health pro-
grams. Other large companies in the
trade have created their own written
safety and health programs for their
employees. In either case, having writ-
ten safe work rules and procedures is
only the first step – providing some
sort of training in those rules and
procedures is indispensable to ensur-
ing field employees know and follow
them on a daily basis.
Even the most clairvoyant employer
cannot predict all of the circum-
stances and hazards his or her field
employees may encounter. Therefore,
training employees to perform job
hazard assessments (JHAs) or scans
during the workday can be a very
helpful tool. JHAs help field employees
identify hazards that may arise when
certain tasks are performed, and
identify the steps or protective equip-
ment needed to eliminate or avoid
those hazards. Obviously, one area
any JHA should cover in the elevator
and escalator industry is whether the
task will create any exposure to a po-
tential fall hazard.
Given that the invention of the ele-
vator made possible the birth of the
skyscraper, fall hazards have always
been a part of the industry. Unfortu-
nately, because fall hazards are so
common (and field employees quickly
become used to working in their
presence), it is easy for workers to
become complacent. Complacency
results in a loss of caution when per-
forming routine tasks in and around
elevator hoistways and car tops. Your
author, unfortunately, has seen a
number of serious injuries and fatal
accidents in the elevator and escalator
industry. Although my evidence is far
from scientific, my experience has been
that newer workers are not predomi-
nately involved in these life-altering
accidents. It is the highly experienced
worker who, for example, having seen
it all during his 25-year career as an
elevator mechanic, is apt to think an
accident won’t happen to him. Unfor-
tunately, it only takes a split second for
that misguided attitude to cause an ac-
cident and alter a family’s life forever.
Fall hazards are a prime candidate
for complacency. According to OSHA,
out of 774 deaths in construction in
2010, falls accounted for 264 of them.
For this reason, fall protection is one
of the major topics covered by all
elevator-company safety training
programs. The type of fall protection
acceptable, and when it must be used,
varies depending upon the work being
performed. The typical situation en-
visioned in the elevator industry is
during construction work. OSHA’s
construction fall-protection standards,
starting at 29 C.F.R. § 1926.500, set
forth a number of hazardous situa-
tions and the requirements to protect
against falls. They include floor holes
and openings, hoist areas, wall open-
ings and generic “working surfaces.”
Continued
 Field Safety Continued
In general, in construction a fall hazard is present when
there is the potential for a fall of 6 ft. or more to a lower
level. If this possibility exists, the worker must be protected
by some sort of system, such as guardrails or a personal
fall-arrest system (PFAS). Most companies design their
fall-protection requirements around those basic principles.
Fall-protection considerations are much more complicated
than that, however. Whether PFAS or guardrails, they must
meet specific OSHA design and performance requirements.
As an example, the Field Employees’ Safety Handbook sets
forth the criteria PFASes and guardrails must meet to
comply with OSHA standards. Failing to achieve any of
the criteria exposes an employer to OSHA violations and
penalties. A top guardrail that is 38 in. high, for example, is
a violation. “Close” to the required height is not an accept-
able excuse to an OSHA inspector with a standard that
gives precise specifications that must be achieved.
But it is not just a matter of protecting against the major
falls into hoistway openings or from working platforms.
Holes in floors or roofs also expose an elevator contractor
to violations of OSHA’s fall-protection standards. It does
not matter that an elevator contractor has nothing to do
with creating those holes and no ability to fix them. If an
OSHA inspector thinks the elevator crew walks anywhere
near those holes at any time during work (even if those
holes are barely big enough to catch a foot), he or she will
likely cite the employer for failing to protect its workers
against those holes. Under these circumstances, the eleva-
tor company’s lead mechanic would be wise to tell the
general contractor (or inform a supervisor to do this) about
the situation and avoid the area, if possible. At that point,
the company would at least be able to argue it did what it
reasonably could do under the circumstances, and that a
citation is not warranted.
Missing stair rails are another trap for unwary elevator
companies. Many times, OSHA has cited an elevator com-
pany for missing guardrails on a set of stairs in a part of a
building nowhere near where the elevator construction
work is occurring. Guardrails represent an easy target for an
OSHA inspector. For example, the drywall contractor has
removed the rails to perform work on the stairway, but
through some oversight, the stair rails were not reinstalled.
Most trades will be using the stairs to move up and down
the building to perform their work, thus being potentially
exposed to the fall hazard created by the missing rails.
OSHA, under its “multi-employer worksite” citation policy,
can cite any employer that creates, controls, can correct
or has its employees potentially exposed to a violation.
Thus, in one stroke, OSHA can cite multiple employers
on the construction site for a serious fall-protection viola-
tion, with potentially several thousand U.S. dollars each
for the penalty. Never mind the elevator construction
crew was probably the only group not using (or likely to
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use) the stairs, because it was moving up and down the
hoistway on some type of running platform. That is an
argument for the courtroom, where no employer wants to
find itself. For this reason, it is important that elevator-
industry field employees are trained to report unsafe condi-
tions they may see while working, even if they neither cre-
ated, nor can fix them. Such an act gives the employer a
defense to any OSHA citation based on those conditions.
Another last observation is that OSHA’s regulations draw
a distinction between what constitutes a fall hazard in con-
struction and non-construction (“general industry”) work.
As stated, in construction, a fall hazard is a potential fall
of 6 ft. or more to the next lower level. For work that is not
construction, however, OSHA has entirely different fall-
protection standards, such as at 29 C.F.R. § 1910.23, which
defines a potential fall hazard as a fall of just 4 ft. or more
to the next level. Although elevator-industry safety programs
call for the use of fall protection wherever a fall hazard
exists, they tend to define a fall hazard as existing only when
a fall of 6 ft. or more is present, reflecting the construction-
industry fall protection standards. This difference could theo-
retically be important, because OSHA could consider ser-
vice, maintenance or inspection work to be non-construction
or general-industry work. Thus, it’s possible to picture a
scenario in which a service mechanic, standing in front of an
open hoistway door on the first landing (with the car out
of service somewhere above him) is above a 5-ft.-deep pit
(not an uncommon depth). This would not trigger a fall-
protection system requirement for many elevator contrac-
tors, but depending on the work being performed and the
fall protection standards that apply, OSHA could still try to cite
the employer for failing to require its service mechanic to use
fall protection, because he was exposed to a fall of more
than 4 ft.
In short, the basics of fall protection are not complicated,
but as with all subjects controlled by administrative agencies
like OSHA, there are many pitfalls (pardon the pun) for the
unwary. This column has not even touched upon scenarios
such as the working platforms used in modern, efficient
construction techniques, where the final permanent plat-
form is installed in the hoistway and the employees ride it
upon the final, permanent rails. Such devices were never
contemplated when OSHA first created its fall-protection
standards and scaffolding standards, and OSHA has had
difficulty trying to force them into existing regulatory criteria.
OSHA has failed to recognize the unique design and safety
features of such devices, instead trying (fortunately, un-
successfully) to impose various fall-protection and installa-
tion criteria contained in standards for old technology such
as adjustable suspension scaffolds, as if this modern elevator
platform were something ridden by a windowwasher out-
side a building. Technology advances and free enterprise adapts,
but the government seems to be the last to know. 
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Phil Andrew joined Express Lift Co. in Northamp-
ton, the U.K., in 1978. Over the next 18 years, he held a
range of positions with Express Lift. In 1996, he joined the
Engineering
elevator engineering group at the University of Northamp-
ton (then Nene College) as a Senior Lecturer, teaching the
Lift and Escalator Industry Association Professional Diploma
of Elevators
in Engineering (Lift and Escalator Technology). He led
the team that developed the internationally recognized
Northampton MSc in Lift Engineering, then the Foundation This book covers all aspects of elevator systems
Degree in Lift Engineering. In 2003, he was promoted to
Principal Lecturer and Divisional Leader for engineering. From 2000 until his retirement
engineering providing commentary on how indi-
in 2004, Andrew served on the National Interest Review Committee for the ASME/ANSI
vidual components of an elevator are brought to-
A17 code committee and represented the university on Committee MHE/4 of the British
Standards Institution responsible for lift safety standards within the U.K. gether to provide a vertical transportation system
which will carry the required load at the required
Dr. Stefan Kaczmarczyk joined the speed over the necessary travel, and to examine
elevator engineering group at the University of Northamp-
ton (then the University College Northampton) as a senior how this process is moderated and supported by
lecturer in 2002. In 2003, he became the course leader for
MSc Lift Engineering, then postraduate field leader for Lift the requirements of safety codes.
Engineering. He is currently Reader in Engineering Science
at the University of Northampton. Dr. Kaczmarczyk has
published over 70 journal and international conference
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 Company Spotlight
Pincus Elevator Co.
by Matthew Pincus and Mike Hogan
Matthew Pincus has been
president of Pincus Elevator
Co., Inc. since purchasing
it in 1985 and expanding
its customer base to real-
estate owners and manag-
ers in the tri-state area.
He is a member of National
Association of Elevator
Contractors, Associated
Builders and Contractors, Apartment Association
of Greater Philadelphia and New Jersey, National
Association of Home Builders and Business Clubs
of America. Pincus has spoken at industry confer-
ences for several leading organizations.
Mike Hogan is director of operations for Pincus
Elevator. He comes from an extensive back-
ground in the homebuilding industry, where he
held numerous positions with Pulte Group and
Traditions of America. Hogan is focused on cus-
tomer service and growing Pincus Elevator’s
market share. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania
State University in Labor and Industrial Relations
and Business Management.
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Customer service, quality and
reliability have been the hallmarks
of Pincus Elevator Co., Inc. since
1953. Celebrating its 60th year, the
Pennsylvania-based company pro-
vides services for maintenance, mod-
ernization, repairs and installation
for all makes and models of commer-
cial and residential elevators. It is an
independent locally owned and
operated business with membership
in the National Association of Elevator
Contractors. Something it has become
known for is its FullCoverage System™,
designed to help its customers develop
a comprehensive and strategic main-
tenance plan to enhance their build-
ings’ elevator service.
History
In 1953, the company’s founder,
Gerald Pincus, wanted to be his own
boss. He bought a maintenance route
in 1953 for US$200 and paid it off with
US$10 per month. Pincus Elevator
started by installing and maintaining
elevators throughout Philadelphia,
eventually expanding its territory to
include eastern Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware. As business ex-
panded, the company relocated to a
new headquarters with an office, a
shop and a warehouse in West Chester,
Elevator controllers installed for a student-housing modernization job at
the University of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, this year (ELEVATOR
WORLD, June 2013).
In 1985, Gerald Pincus’ son, Matthew
Pincus, purchased the company and
assumed the helm from his father.
The younger Pincus helped instill the
company’s mission to provide the best
service at competitive pricing, and to
do it safely. Starting with only two
employees, he built Pincus Elevator
into one of the largest independent
elevator companies in the Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and Delaware
markets. Despite the economic down-
turn of the past few years, the com-
pany has enjoyed its four best years
of growth (2009-2012).
Services
Pincus Elevator feels its philoso-
phy of offering customers what they
want, along with its 24-hr. live call
center, rapid-response team, safety-
first program and nonproprietary
equipment and services gives its cus-
tomers an added comfort level when
doing business. The company has pro-
vided comprehensive preventative
maintenance since its inception and
now offers its FullCoverage System
for all makes and models – even ob-
solete equipment. It also serves the
tri-state area with a modernization
program, including a reverse-
timeline project-manage-
ment system. The company
works with building owners,
developers, property-man-
agement teams and general
contractors in an approach
it considers “untethered.” Jobs
vary from cab interiors to
complete system upgrades.
Several manufacturers,
including Canton Elevator
and Hollister-Whitney, sup-
ply the Pincus Elevator team.
Continued
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Its residential elevators are manufactured by Inclinator Co.

The Pincus Elevator
warehouse, where of America, which has been in business since 1923. It offers
recently removed hundreds of cab styles and finishes, two to five stops, various
equipment from
modernization jobs
opening configurations, lifting heights up to 50 ft., numerous
is stored. Usable cab sizes and appointments, and other features.
and reconditioned
Recent Projects
parts will be inven-
toried into its one- Pincus Elevator recently modernized the following
of-a-kind/obsolete buildings in Pennsylvania:
parts inventory.
x Sedgwick Garden Apartments, Philadelphia
x F&M Building, West Chester
x Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Coatesville
x Cornerstone Apartments, Philadelphia
Additionally, the VA building in Lebanon, Pennsylvania,
had the company install a third elevator between two exist-
ing traction elevators in a hallway space. Pincus Elevator
equipped this hydraulic system with new controllers to
group all three elevators to work together.
A Pincus Another project was a modernization job for Moravian
truck College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, that included the
outside the
company’s removal of the elevators, with the exception of three front
warehouse entrances. Pincus Elevator installed a new elevator with a
rear entrance to meet an Americans with Disabilities Act
requirement. This work was completed during the college’s
winter break over four weeks, as opposed to the typical nine
weeks needed for such a job. 

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Elevator cabs are vital aspects of elevator systems; therefore, this newly-
released report includes the various elements that are used in their design
and construction, and studies both the current and future market trends
for this important segment of the elevator industry.

In addition, included is statistical information on the current and antici-

pated scope of the elevator cab market through 2016. Below are just a
few key topics you can expect:

 Architects’ and Cab Designers’ Needs

 Standard vs. Custom Cab Designs
 Variation of Cab Sizes and How They Affect Interior Design
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PIT ACTUATOR FOR
RETRACTA LADDER
Smart Elevator Tech, LLC has de-
veloped a tool that allows the operator
of its Retracta Ladder® (ELEVATOR
WORLD, June 2011 and February 2013)
the ability to retract (raise) and ex-
tend (lower) the retractable elevator
pit ladder from within the pit. The Pit
Actuator is a laser-cut, formed-metal
fork device welded to a 3/4-5 ACME
nut, customized to fit a standard
threaded broom handle or paint ex-
tension pole (not included).
The accessory was prompted by
elevator companies that have begun
to provide a hoistway access station
within the pit, allowing the mechanic
to raise and lower the car, while
standing on the pit floor. This feature
allows a single technician the ability
to access and service the components
on the base of the car, such as the
overspeed safeties, rail guides, switches
and other electrical components.
The Retracta Ladder must be
extended (lowered) in order for the
mechanic to access the pit. When
extended, the retractable ladder elec-
trical device (safety limit switch) opens
the elevator safety circuit as the pos-
itive-break, normally closed contact
is wired in series with the elevator
pit switch. Due to the ladder’s switch,
the extended ladder precludes oper-
ation of the car,
even on hoistway-
access operation.
Therefore, a means
of retracting (rais-
ing) the ladder from
the pit floor, to both
close the switch
and to move it clear
of the car path,
would be neces-
sary to take advan-
tage of the in-pit
hoistway-access
operation.
The Retracta Ladder’s patent-
pending T-handle pull pin, located
near the top of the ladder, functions
both as the manual handle/means of
operation, as well as the code-
required mechanical locking device,
to lock the ladder in both the
retracted and extended positions. As
such, it cannot have a defeat feature,
such as a rotate lockout that other-
wise would allow it to be retracted
from below. The Pit Actuator, which
can reach and operate the pull pin, is
the intended solution to retract and
extend the ladder from the pit floor.
For more information, contact Rich
Blaska at Smart Elevator Tech at
phone: (415) 819-5744, e-mail: rich@
smartelevatortech.com or website:
www.smartelevatortech.com.
LIMAX33 SAFE SYSTEM
Elgo Electronic GmbH Co. KG now
offers its LIMAX33 Safe, a shaft-imaging
system designed to meet the new EN
81-1/2 and A3 code requirements
and norms. LIMAX33 Safe is suitable
for new installations and moderniza-
tions. The system consists of three
main components: the sensor LIMAX33
RED, an evaluation unit Safe Box and
magnetic tape.
The LIMAX33 RED is a redundant
double sensor. The housing contains
two sensor channels that are constantly
monitored for functionality. If a sen-
sor channel fails, LIMAX33 reports
the error to the Safe Box or directly to
a safe controller. The sensor can be
mounted to the lift cabin and is able
to determine the absolute position of
the cabin by using magnetic tape
freely suspended in the lift shaft.
In the unlikely case of the mag-
netic tape tearing, a safety switch,
which serves as a presence detector
for the magnetic tape is used. This
helps ensure the system detects if the
tape is torn or stuck in the sensor
and taken along with the cabin either
in an upward or downward direc-
tion. This results in an interruption of
the safety circuit and immediately
disables the lift.
The Safe Box is an electronic de-
vice that is connected on one side to
the sensor via an RS485 interface
and on the other side to the elevator
controller via a controller area net-
work interface. It contains redundant
safety relays looped into the safety
circuit of the elevator.
LIMAX Safe Box mounted
Conditions involving dust, dirt, hu-
midity, smoke or high temperatures
have minimal to no effect on the
measurement quality, which makes
LIMAX33 RED ideal for firefighter el-
evators.
LIMAX33 installation can be per-
formed within a few minutes. Depend-
ing on the available space, the sensor
can be mounted anywhere in the shaft.
Due to its minimal space requirements,
LIMAX33 RED is suitable for modern-
izations and reconstructions and can
be used for traveling heights of up to
260 m and speeds of up to 10 mps.
For more information, contact
Elgo at 1261 Hardt Circle, Bartlett, Il-
linois 69103; phone: (630) 626-1639;
fax: (630) 626-1627; or website:
www.elgo-electronic.com. With a maximum length of 300 ft.,
the new design features standard
SPIDER LAUNCHES pass-through stanchions, which allow
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In May, Spider, a division of Safe- to unhook the lanyard. In addition,
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for the SpiderLine™ Temporary Hori- beams up to 36-in. wide with 3- 3/8-
zontal Lifeline System, which helps in. flange thickness. The 12.5° vertical
provide fall protection for users work- angle allows an open walkway for
ing on construction projects, includ- workers, and the low-profile chain
ing bridges and other structures. eliminates trip hazards.
SpiderLine is engineered to be easy For more information, contact
to install and fit multiple applications Spider at 365 Upland Drive, Seattle,
at height, and meets OSHA and Cana- Washington 98188; phone: (877) 774-
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 Product Spotlight Continued
FOCUS ON CABS AND ENTRANCES
LED LIGHTING IN
CAB MODERNIZATIONS
The two main reasons for cab
modernizations are to upgrade the
look of the cab and to make it more
efficient. According to Draka Elevator,
LED lighting is a way to do both. Stan-
dard cab lighting consists of incandes-
cent tungsten or halogen lamps (in a
fixture), or fluorescent lamps (hang-
ing or recessed in an alcove). However,
advances in technology have made
LED lighting a viable choice for cab
modernizations.
A comparison of these four light-
ing technologies includes the amount
of light versus the amount of power
consumed. All lamps use electrical
power, measured in W, to produce
light, measured in lm. The more lm
per W, the more efficient the lamp.
The second basis of comparison is
lamp life. A long-lasting lamp does
not need to be replaced as often and,
therefore, has a lower replacement
cost (assuming equal costs of the
lamps). For fluorescent lamps, there
is also the factor of a higher cost of
disposal due to their mercury content.
Third, there is initial expense: one
style may be cheaper to operate, but
if its power units and fixtures are ex-
pensive, it may not be worth the in-
cremental savings in power. Finally,
color temperature should be consid-
ered. All lamps have a signature color,
usually described in terms of temper-
ature. Generally, people prefer warm
to neutral white light indoors.
While CFLs are slightly more efficient than LEDs, they
require 300% more power, last only one-third of the
time of an LED, cannot be dimmed and require special
disposal due to their use of mercury as an illumination
agent.
Tungsten incandescent lamps are
the least-efficient style, managing to
convert only 2% of their supplied
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power into lumens. While inexpen-
sive, they are also the fastest to burn
out and need replacement. While
they produce a pleasing warm light,
they also produce excess heat. And,
while not technically illegal, incan-
descent lamps will not be able to
meet U.S. efficiency guidelines of leg-
islation to be enacted in 2020.
Halogen lamps have been a popular
replacement for the tungsten style.
They are more efficient than tung-
sten (about 3.5% of their Wattage is
converted to a bright white light).
While more expensive than tungsten,
they last longer. However, they burn
much hotter, and this heat becomes
noticeable in the close confines of
an elevator cab.
Fluorescent lamps come in two
styles: traditional tubes up to several
feet in length, and compact-fluorescent
lamps (CFLs) that fit into standard
screw-in fixtures. Fluorescents are the
most efficient of the three older tech-
nologies, converting about 8-10% of
their supplied power into lumens.
These lamps, especially the newer
CFLs, are pricier than tungsten ones.
Older fluorescents give off a slightly
greenish cool light, but some newer
styles produce a warmer, orange tone.
They tend to flicker at 120 Hz; even if
not noticeable, this can contribute to
eyestrain and discomfort. And, while
they last longer than the other two
styles described thus far, they use
mercury (a poisonous heavy metal)
to produce light and require special
disposal methods.
Of these three methods, fluores-
cent and halogen lamps are compa-
rable in installed and operational costs,
with fluorescents being a bit cheaper,
and the halogen being a bit brighter.
LEDs compare favorably against all
of them. First, approximately 8% of
their power is converted to lumens.
While other types of lamps use 13-40
W per lamp to produce American Na-
tional Standards Institute (ANSI)-
mandated levels of illumination, an
i2Systems LED uses 4 W to produce as
many as 200 lm. A standard installa-
tion of nine of the company’s Apeiron
LTE+ fifth-generation LEDs exceeds
ANSI A17.1-2007 standards for illu-
mination by a wide berth (61.25 lx
required/97.2 lx delivered). Temper-
ature of lamps from i2Systems are
variable, available in warm (3000°K)
and bright-white (4000°K) colors.
Longevity is another LED advan-
tage. LEDs from i2Systems last four
times longer than a fluorescent lamp
and 20 times longer than a halogen
lamp. This can translate to a substan-
tial savings in both material and labor.
Additionally, as green mandates be-
come more prevalent, that also means
fewer special disposal problems for
burnt-out lamps.
The main drawback to LEDs had
been their once-prohibitive cost for
units that could be used to light room-
sized spaces. However, fifth-generation
LED cab lighting is not only within
reach of many modernization budgets,
it is also a leader in installed and
maintained cost. Based on energy
savings alone, LEDs from i2Systems
typically pay back the cost of installa-
tion in less than one year, not includ-
ing government rebates for energy-
efficient products that may be available
in a locale.
The company’s products are de-
signed to be aesthetically pleasing.
For example, its Aperion LTE+ puck-
style lights come in gold, chrome,
brushed nickel and black finishes, and
in round and square styles. Its linear
LEDs replace up to 20 ft. of fluorescent
tubes with 12-, 18-, 24-, 36- and 48-in.
lengths that offer focused light specifi-
cally intended to fit the ambiance of
an elevator cab. In addition, i2Systems’
products allow for dimming and code-
compliant battery backup, and use
plug-and-play wiring. Additionally,
while the lifespan of generic LEDs
are calculated based on 3-6 hr. of
operation per day, these products are
designed for 24/7 operation.
For more information, contact
i2Systems at 355 Bantam Lake Road,
Morris, Connecticut 06763; phone:
(860) 806-3032; fax: 860-567-2501;
e-mail: info@i2systems.com; or web-
site: i2systems.com.
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PROXIMITY SENSORS
Carlo Gavazzi Inc. has announced
an enhancement to its ICB-series
proximity sensors: Certifications for
use in hazardous environments. By
division, the improvements are:
♦♦ Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C
and D
♦♦ Class I: hazardous locations with
presence of flammable gases or vapors
♦♦ Division 2: hazardous atmo-
spheres only present under fault
conditions and only for very short
periods of time
♦♦ Group A, B, C and D: Groups of ex-
plosive gases (acetylene, hydro-
gen, ethylene and propane)
By zone, the improvements are:
♦♦ Class I: hazardous locations with
presence of flammable gases or
vapors
♦♦ Zone 1: hazardous atmospheres
may be present under normal op-
eration but only for short periods
of time (intermittently)
♦♦ AEx d/Ex d: flameproof devices There are no new part numbers in-
(AEx d for U.S.; Ex d for Canada) volved, as the Class-I, Division-2 rating
♦♦ IIB+H2: Group of explosive gases is an enhancement to the existing
(hydrogen and ethylene; valid also ICB series.
for group IIA -- Propane) For more information, contact
The sensors feature the same ad- Carlo Gavazzi at 750 Hastings Lane,
vanced microprocessor design and Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089; phone:
AirCore™ sensing coil, along with a (847) 465-6100; fax: (800) 222-2659;
robust potting process intended for e-mail: Sales@CarloGavazzi.com; or
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A-FLY International Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adams Elevator Equipment Company . . . 21
AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen . . . . . . 81
Have a
Unitec Parts Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Virgo Communications & Exhibitions
Pvt. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

AFD Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ALGI Alfred Giehl Gmbh & Co. Kg . . . . . . 45
Alps Wire Rope Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 50
Brugg Wire Rope, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Game Plan
Westcoast Companies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Wire Rope Works Messilot Ltd. . . . . . . . . 85
Wittur Italia Holding S.P.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Woodfold Mfg Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

C.E. Electronics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Canton Elevator, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cedes AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
China Elevator Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
for Your
Wurtec, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Zhejiang Xizi Forward Electrical
Machinery, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Team
Claddagh Electronics, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. . . . 15 Elevator World Products
Computerized Elevator Control Corp. . . . 55 2013 Elevator Cab Market Study . . . . . . 118
Draka Elevator Products . . . . . . . . . Cover 4 Field Employees’ Elevator Testing
Electronic Controls, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 With Written
Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation . . . 32 Construct-a-Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Elevator Safety Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Elevator World India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Maintenance
Enterprise Elevator Products Corp . . . . . 16 Elevator World Source and eDirectory . . 95
EV Elevator International . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Systems Engineering of Elevators . . . . . 115 Control Programs For
Formula Systems Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Written Maintenance Control
G.A.L. Manufacturing Corporation . . . . . 113 Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Elevators & Escalators
GAL Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Provided by Vertical Assistance, LLC
Global Tardif Elevator Manufacturing
and Code Data Plates
Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Classified Advertising
Gustav Wolf Seil-Und Drahtwerke . . Cover 3 Acoustiblok
Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp. . . . . . . . . 1 Alliance Elevator Solutions
Industrial Encoder Corporation . . . . . . . . 82 ATEL Corporation
Innovation Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Blain Hydraulics Gmbh
Integrated Display Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . 28 Canadian Brass and Copper Co.
JM Associates/Burnham + Company . . . 20 Code Data Plate
KEB America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Custom Elevator Manufacturing
Kleemann Hellas S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Delaware Elevator
Kumalift Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 ECS Corporation
Liberty Electrical & Elevator Supply . . . . . 53 Electronic Controls, Inc.
LM Liftmaterial GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Elevator Equipment Corporation
McGill Waters, P.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Harris Companies
Mongrain Vertical Transport Inc. . . . . . . . 34 Innovative Moving Systems
Motion Control Engineering, Inc. (MCE) . . . 33 Kolich Electric Motor Company Inc
Ningbo Xinda Group Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . 37 Laird Plastics, Inc.
Palmer Pads (W.E. Palmer Company) . . . . 3 Lift Business Advisors, Inc.
Recent ASME A17.1 Elevator and
The Peelle Company Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Linden Elevator Specialties
Escalator Safety Code Editions re-
Physical Measurement Technologies . . . 31 Maxton Manufacturing Company
PTL Equipment Manufacturing Corp. . . . 23 Precision Escalator Products, Inc.
quire a written Maintenance Con-
Quality Elevator Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Renown Electric Motors and Repair Inc. trol Program (MCP) be in place to
Quick Cab by Vertical Dimensions . . . . . . 18 Silver State Elevator Company maintain the (elevator) equipment in
Rigidized Metals Corporation . . . . . . . . . 88 Vator Accessories compliance with Section 8.6.1.2.1
Savaria , Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Wagner Scavenger Pump of the Code. Downloadable interac-
Schindler Management AG . . . . . . . . . . . 27 World Electronics tive files are now available to easily
Schumacher Elevator Company . . . . . . . 17 assist service company personnel
SEES Inc./Southern Elevator & Electric . . 13 and vertical transportation equip-
Sematic S.p.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 2 ment owners with creating an MCP.
Shanghai Yungtay Elevator Equipment
Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SJEC Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Smart Elevator Tech LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Visit us online for more
Smartrise Engineering, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 69 information including a
SnapCab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas . . . . . . 93 sample form!
elevatcrbooks.com
Titan Machine Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Torin Drive International . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Tri-Lok Mfg. & Maint. Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ELEVATOR WORLD’S ONLINE BOOKSTORE
Union-Gard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Would You Do This?
Dubbed “the world’s first lickable lift” and installed in nary installation requires constant “maintenance” to pre-
an office building in Great Portland Street, London, this serve hygiene. The labor-intensive wonder took food
elevator car has 1,325 Jaffa Cakes cookies stuck on its technicians and artists four weeks to develop, and a bell-
walls for riders to graze upon. Inspired by the 2005 film hop stays busy replacing tasted treats. 
adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the culi-

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