The Vertical Transportation Handbook

The bible of elevator and escalator system design for more than four decades—now completely revised and updated Over the past forty years, profound changes in technology, building codes, and the demands of the marketplace have transformed the vertical transportation industry. The Vertical Transportation Handbook, Fourth Edition incorporates all of these changes and innovations as it surveys the entire range of vertical transportation (VT) mechanisms—from elevators and wheelchair platforms to escalators and moving walks. Emphasizing modernization of existing systems, The Vertical Transportation Handbook, Fourth Edition enables the layperson to understand how specific elevators and escalators are applied, installed, operated, regulated, specified, and maintained. New coverage of topics such as machine room–less systems and current operation and control procedures ensures that this revision maintains its standing as the premier general reference on VT.? Other outstanding features of this new edition include: A complete overview of all aspects of vertical transportation, including unconventional applications and the latest trends A nontechnical introduction to elevatoring principles Expanded coverage of international practices and procedures Samples of actual maintenance contracts Current safety requirements for escalators and elevators during fires, earthquakes, and other emergencies The most comprehensive publication of its kind, The Vertical Transportation Handbook, Fourth Edition is an indispensable tool for architects, contractors, and real estate professionals who must assess the best and most efficient mechanisms for moving people and freight in buildings of any type.

Preface. List of Contributors. 1 The Essentials of Elevatoring. 2 The Basis of Elevatoring a Building. 3 Passenger Traffic Requirements. 4 Incoming Traffic. 5 Two–Way Traffic. 6 Outgoing Traffic. 7 Elevator Operation and Control. 8 Space and Physical Requirements. 9 Escalators and Moving Walks. 10 Elevatoring Commercial Buildings. 11 Elevatoring Residential Buildings. 12 Elevatoring Institutional Buildings. 13 Service and Freight Elevators. 14 Nonconventional Elevators, Special Applications, and Environmental Considerations. 15 Automated Material Handling Systems. 16 Codes and Standards. 17 Elevator Specifying and Contracting. 18 Economics, Maintenance, and Modernization. 19 Traffic Studies and Performance Evaluation. 20 The Changing Modes of Horizontal and Vertical Transportation. Appendix: Literature on Elevators and Escalators. Index of Tables and Charts. Index of Examples. Subject Index.

George R. Strakosch was president and founder of George R. Strakosch & Associates, an elevator consulting firm from which he has since retired. He has been associated with Elevator World magazine from 1987 to the present, where he was a technical director and worked with their Editorial and Educational Departments. He has been involved in the elevator industry for more than fifty years, thirty of which were spent with the Otis Elevator Company, ten of which were spent as an associate with the engineering firm of Jaros, Baum & Bolles, and twenty–three of which have been with Elevator World. Robert S.Caporale is Senior Vice President and Editor of Elevator World. Before joining the magazine in 1992, he worked for twenty–seven years as an elevator system designer, project manager, and associate with the engineering firm of Jaros, Baum & Bolles and later as vice president and director of the Transport Systems Group of Syska Hennessey Group. He was involved in various design phases of major elevator systems throughout the world, including the World Trade Center, the Bank of China in Hong Kong, the Sears Tower, and Broadgate Development in London.