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Council for Tall Building and Urban Habitat- India Chapter held a Panel Discussion on Elevator Safety- A Reality Check on December 1, 2023 in Mumbai. The panelists comprised Pratik Kataria- NAREDCO Nexgen, Uday Dambe -Lift Inspectorate, S S Warick- Directorate of Fire Services, Maharashtra, Hrishikesh Pawar- Otis Elevators, Mayank Desai-…

TAK Consulting Pvt Ltd finished the year 2021 on a high note- as winners of the BEST ELEVATOR & ESCALATOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY – INDIA.These awards are instituted by APAC Insider, members of CPD, an independent accreditation centre working across all sectors and disciplines. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, APAC Insider…

The earliest known reference to an elevator is in the works of the Roman architect Vitruvius, who reported that Archimedes (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) built his first elevator probably in 236 BC. Some sources from later historical periods mention elevators as cabs on a hemp rope powered…

Vacuum elevators have been touted as the panacea for home elevator installations in recent years. They do offer certain advantages in regards to space requirements and for installation in existing homes that may not have a previously constructed hoist way. Almost every architect has been faced with the dilemma- whether…