Founders' Past Projects

R. BARKER AT OTIS ELEVATOR WORLD HQ, USA

Pre-Construction Technical Assistance, All New Tall Building Projects Involving Otis for a 5-Year Period
Projects in Paris, London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Melbourne, Jakarta, Chicago, NYC.

Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Technial assistance post-construction during project turnover.

CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
Technical assistance with suspension rope sway.

Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), Chicago
Led technical team during first proposal by Otis to modernize Westinghouse equipment.

2.5 km Long Project Over Klang River, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Design and shared patents for Otis Odyssey horizontal-vertical transportation system design.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Similar, smaller-scale Odyssey system to connect two remote buildings below ground level.

Asian Peak Tower, Bangkok, Thailand
Otis "Odyssey" system design & patent for proposed 209 story office building.

R. BARKER AT JAROS, BAUM & BOLLES CONSULTING ENGINEERS (JB&B), NYC

Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (Sentra BDNI), Jakarta, Indonesia
VT system design for 70-story and 45-story office towers.

Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), Chicago
System evaluation for modernization, maintenance condition, traffic studies for new occupancy levels.

Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), Chicago
Plans for first torque-based door operator controls to automatically compensate for stack effect variations.

Tour Sans Fins Design, Paris
VT system design, 100 stories (not built). Re-introduced 1930's concept for twin-sheave elevator machines.

Mount Sinai Hospital Multi-Purpose Building, New York City
VT system design. Multi-purpose medical building.

Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland Headquarters, USA
VT system design for new annex, modernization design for old existing elevators, special security interfaces.

New York Public LIbrary, Science Industry Business Library (SIBL), New York City
Design for VT and materials handling systems. Special glass elevators, all car framing below cab, 4 car rails.

Renovation & Re-design of Old MetLife Building for CS First Boston, New York City
Traffic-system & existing core and machine utilization studies, master specifications for major modernization.

Omni Berkshire Hotel, New York City
Re-grouping of elevators with both new elevator equipment & modernization, to upgrade traffic performance.

St. Moritz Hotel, New York City
Various maintenance evaluations, evaluations for control modernization.

Birmann 21 Office Building, São Paulo, Brazil
VT system designs, studies on Brazilian elevator code for traffic performance. Then the city's tallest building.

875 Park Avenue, New York City
Very special conversion of 1912 Otis pit-mounted winding drum elevators, with cornerpost rails, DC power.

Pitney Bowes/Various Buildings, CT, USA
Maintenance and system evaluation, re-bidding of elevator maintenance for all Pitney Bowes CT properties.

St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, New York City
Bidding and construction stages for major hospital project.

Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Modernization of special shape "Frank Lloyd Wright Elevator", and large service elevator.

Guggenheim Museum, New York City
Security interfaces for elevators in new annex tower building. Studies to improve reliability.

Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, CT, USA
Modernization design for existing elevators.

Butler Library, Columbia University, New York City
Modernization design for existing elevators.

Sony Center, Berlin, Germany
VT system schematic design study for major 7-building complex.

565 Fifth Avenue Office Building, New York City
VT system design. Special dispatching operation for shared passenger/service elevator in high-rise group.

W.P. Hobbie Office Building, Austin, Texas, USA
Elevator traffic-system and equipment evaluation, existing Otis "MRVF" single phase, battery powered elevators.

Banker's Trust, 280 Park Avenue, New York City
Damage and cost assessment after major fire in building.

CS First Boston, Park Avenue Plaza, New York City
High-rise elevator traffic-system and performance evaluation for major tenant.

Various Due Diligence Evaluations, New York City
Various evaluations of existing high-rise elevators covering 25M SF of space of Manhattan.

P. MOHANDAS AT COSENTINI CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NYC

John Hancock Tower, Boston
VT traffic-system design services. Double deck elevator system.

Amoco Building, Chicago
VT traffic-system design services. Double deck elevator system.

Raffles City, Singapore
VT traffic-system design services.

Tour Fiat, Paris, France
VT traffic-system design services.

Collins Place Office Building & Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
VT traffic-system design services.

Foley Square U.S Courthouse, New York City
VT traffic-system design services.

Marriott Hotel, 540 North Michigan, Chicago
VT traffic-system design services.

City College of New York, North Academic Campus, New York City
VT traffic-system design services.

Tour Credit Lyonnais Office Building & Hotel, Lyon, France
VT traffic-system design services.

United Nations Plaza Hotel, New York City
VT traffic-system design services.

OCBC Bank Building, Singapore
VT traffic-system design services.

88 Pine Street, New York
VT traffic-system design services.

Frost National Bank Building, San Antonio, Texas
VT traffic-system design services.

Federal Reserve Bank, NYC
VT traffic-system design services.

Solow Office Building, NYC
VT traffic-system design services.

Commerce Court West, Toronto
VT traffic-system design services.


P. MOHANDAS AT OTIS SOUTHEAST ASIA HQ, SINGAPORE

Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Otis project executive, VT system contracting and manufacturing. Double deck system.

United Overseas Bank Plaza, Singapore
Otis project executive, VT system contracting and manufacturing.

Treasury Building, Singapore
Otis project executive, VT system contracting and manufacturing.

Republic Plaza, Singapore
Otis project executive, VT system contracting and manufacturing. Double deck system.

Malayan Banking, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Otis project executive, VT system contracting and manufacturing.

Mass Rapid Transit Project, Singapore
Project executive, VT system contracting and manufacturing.

R. BARKER AT WESTINGHOUSE (NORTHEAST USA) & DELTA ELEVATOR (BOSTON)

(older lists of elevator contracting and modernization experience deleted)