Gina Barney

Coaching vs. mentoring and their importance to lift business owners and leaders The vast majority of lift business owners and managers we encounter have “come off the tools,” usually from the grassroots of their sector and built their business from the bottom up, with skill, tenacity and a lot of hard graft.

This paper was first presented virtually at the 12th Lift & Escalator Technologies Symposium in September 2021 and printed at the symposium website at liftsymposium Keywords: Escalator braking systems, runaway condition, escalator kinematics, passenger falls, intelligent braking systems deceleration, jerk Abstract The braking system in an escalator is the most critical safety component. Failure of the escalator braking system can lead to passenger injury and even fatalities.

Dear Readers of Elevator World Turkey, Since the pandemic is not our priority nowadays, previously postponed events are being held successively. First, Asansör Istanbul opened its doors during a heavy snow, which is something rare for Istanbul. At the four-day event under heavy snow, the number of foreign exhibitors decreased while the domestic exhibitors used more fairground and filled the halls in TUYAP. It was evident that everyone longed for in-person meetings and such organizations.