SPECIAL REPORT Obtaining official information and facts and figures on Vertical Transportation in Latin America is always a complex task. Notwithstanding this, Revista del Ascensor carried out an investigation limited to the countries with the largest number of lifts installed and obtained this very up-to-date information to make its readers…
Nora Kamiñetzky Photos: ©Revista del Ascensor We visited Alvear Tower, the tallest Argentina’s building with 57 floors and 770.997 feet, located in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires. The elevators are Mitsubishi brand and were installed by HeavenWard company, the official oficial representative for Argentina and Chile. There are 14 elevators,…
Interlift 2021 – International elevator industry focuses on their leading world trade fair: Almost 73% of the available space already reserved Augsburg – Even if interlift 2021 should differ from past trade fairs in some respects – it will take place in October as planned! This was the clear conclusion of…
A new leadership and a new driving style. On Thursday, January 13, Guillermo López, the brand new president of the Chamber of Conservative Employers of Elevators and their Related (C.E.C.A.F.), attended the entity’s headquarters for the first time, since the pandemic had started. The purpose, which honors us, was…
Steven Truss* and Michael Seddon** Vertical transportation is what makes multi-storey buildings possible. So what happens when enclosed spaces, push buttons and efficiency become the problem rather than the solution? By Steven Truss, director – head of vertical transportation, and Michael Seddon, associate director, WSP COVID-19 has challenged vertical transportation…
Interlift 2021 – Messe Augsburg I – Germany Interlift 2021: World’s leading trade fair for the elevator industry on course for success Augsburg – Economy is starting to recover – not very rapidly and not in all sectors of the economy either, but at least: the low point seems to have been…
Matt Richtel* Small, crowded, enclosed spaces are petri dishes for the coronavirus. But in urban office buildings, elevators are a necessity, so companies are wrestling with how to make them safer. Two employees of Boston Properties demonstrated proper safe distancing in an elevator at the Prudential Center in Boston. Credit: Tony…
Matt Richtel* Los espacios pequeños, abarrotados y cerrados son placas de Petri para el coronavirus. Pero en los edificios de oficinas urbanos, los ascensores son una necesidad, por lo que las empresas están luchando para hacerlos más seguros. Dos empleados de Boston Properties demostraron una distancia segura adecuada en un…
In July, the elevator company started commercializing an exclusive product for the elevators sanitizing. As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and having to deal with it, ASCENSORES CÓNDOR used the experience of engineers and environmental specialists who work with UV-C technology, internationally employed since the 1980’s for the elimination…
Interlift 2021: World’s leading trade fair for the elevator industry on course for success Augsburg – Economy is starting to recover – not very rapidly and not in all sectors of the economy either, but at least: the low point seems to have been passed through, as indicated by important indicators…