Category Archives: Commercial Elevators

Trump Hotel Chicago Decorates Elevator for Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Andy Darnley

The Trump Hotel Chicago gets into the Christmas spirit every year by transforming one of its elevators into the Gingerbread Express. Teams of pastry chefs and engineers work for months to bake gingerbread bricks and decorate the elevator that transports guests to the restaurant Sixteen. The Gingerbr...

Where People Stand in Elevators

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Andy Darnley

Elevators can be awkward places where people tend to avoid eye contact and conversation. People choose where to stand in an elevator based on certain unwritten rules of status and etiquette. When alone in an elevator, a person can stand anywhere. If there are two people, they tend to stand in opposi...

Schindler Wins Elevator World 2016 Award

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Andy Darnley

Schindler has received the Elevator World 2016 “Project of the Year” Award in the elevator modernization category for its work upgrading the elevator system at the Great Eagle Centre in Hong Kong. The Elevator World awards are meant to honor outstanding achievements in design innovation and spec...

Seattle’s Space Needle May Upgrade Elevators and Other Features

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Andy Darnley

Seattle’s iconic Space Needle may soon be getting a face-lift. The company that owns the site presented a plan on November 13 to Seattle’s Landmark Preservation Board that calls for changes to the elevators and observation deck. The Space Needle has three elevators that weigh 14,000 pounds each....

Emergency Communications System Requirements for Elevators

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Andy Darnley

An elevator phone in a building that was constructed or renovated after July 1994 must comply with all Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. Elevators may also need to comply with state, ASME, and IBC codes. An elevator communications system that does not meet these codes is not compliant. E...

How Would Thoth Technology’s Space Elevator Work?

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Andy Darnley

Thoth Technology, a Canadian aerospace and defense firm, was granted a patent this summer for an elevator that could transport people and payloads into low earth orbit. The ThothX Tower would have a hollow 20-kilometer shaft/core stacked with washers 300 meters in diameter. The washers would be made...

Pink Elevators Raise Breast Cancer Awareness and Funding

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Andy Darnley

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Metro Elevator Co. Inc. is raising money to support Susan G. Komen in Michigan in its fight to find a cure for breast cancer. The company is raising funds through its fifth “Ride the Pink Elevator” campaign at 201 Michigan St. NW in Grand Rapids, which i...

National Association of Elevator Contractors Holds Conference in Boston

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Andy Darnley

The National Association of Elevator Contractors is holding its 66th annual conference at the Westin Boston Waterfront & Boston Convention & Exhibition Center from Monday, September 28 to Thursday, October 1, 2015. The event is billed as the largest vertical transportation show in the United...

Artists Decorate Elevator at Miami Hotel

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Andy Darnley

The Faena Arts District in Miami, which is undergoing renovations, gave the public a taste of what is coming when it invited three artists to decorate an elevator at the historic Casa Claridge’s Hotel in a project called ELEVATE. ELEVATE was inaugurated for Miami Beach Art Basel 2014. Three artist...

Man’s Videos Inspire Elevator Enthusiasts and People with Autism

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Andy Darnley

For Andrew Reams, an elevator ride as a toddler sparked a lifelong passion. When he was shopping with his mother in the Famous Barr & Co. department store in St. Louis, Missouri in the early 1980s, she picked him up and told him to press an elevator button. The doors opened like a “magic wall,...

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