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SERVICES
We provide vertical transportation (VT) system design services for a variety of large building projects.
ROOTS
Rick Barker was Director of Technical Services at Otis World HQ responsible for pre-construction services and for product strategies for tall buildings, dispatching, VT design tools, and energy savings. Paliath Mohandas led all Otis operations in Southeast Asia.
Both had earlier led VT for multi-discipline consulting engineering firms in NYC known for tall buildings. There, Rick followed in the footsteps of two industry experts, in tall buildings and elevator traffic (Note 9), while serving on various code committees.
START, GROWTH
In 2000, Rick and “Mohan” combined their experience to form our consultancy and rejuvenate and upgrade technical elevator consulting. A sales background had become the norm in the field, and engineering at the manufacturers had become component specialized.
Several Otis R&D engineers soon followed: Clem Skalski, George Wisner, Paul Bennett and Mike Spaner. They helped develop our software tools for system design, and/or helped with studies involving existing elevators in two “world’s tallest” buildings.
In 2010, Sean Morris, P.E. joined us to strengthen our core VT system design and engineering services. Sean had led design services for an elevator consultancy in Colorado, and earlier was a product mechanical design engineer with Montgomery Kone.
Since, Sean has led or co-led system design for many of our largest projects, and the further development of our software tools(Note 10).
Also in 2010, Anand Sivan, an engineer who led VT at WS Atkins after elevator/lift experience with Mitsubishi, Kone and Otis, opened our office in Dubai. In 2015, Sivakumar Rangaraj, an engineer with Schindler, joined that office.
LOOKING BACK
Our projects have naturally included tall buildings, including VT system design for the world’s 2nd tallest building, design or design reviews for much taller buildings and towers, and studies of existing systems.
However, our day-to-day work, of providing VT design and construction administration services for a variety of large projects important in various locales, has been equally rewarding professionally.
Practical innovations have also resulted to improve elevator safety, reliability, maintainability, and performance – including “harmonized” dispatching to improve traffic performance and useability normally, and facilitate Occupant Evacuation Operation.(Note 11)
IN SHORT
We deeply understand VT traffic-system design, its multi-discipline building interfaces, the history of various design standards and codes and their relevance today, and elevator engineering and product development behind the systems.
We also have exceptional software tools to focus our skills and expedite solutions and the early bidding/tendering a project’s VT work. After perusing various pages on this website, we hope that you will contact us for further information.
Notes:
1. Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Topped out at 678.9 m (2227 ft) in 2021 making this the world's 2nd tallest building.
2. Link to ensuing articles in EW on the dispatching and experts including Dr. Bruce Powell and Dr. Marja-Liisa Siikonen.
3. Link to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Barker Mohandas listed projects.
4. Link to 'Technological Advancements' session with presentations by TKE (MULTI System) and by Schindler (PORT Technology).
5. 'Improved Techniques for Vertical Transportation for Super-Tall Buildings', R. Barker with P. Bennett, C. Skalski, M. Spaner, G. Wisner.
6. Link to book on Kickstarter, 'Vertical City: A Solution for Sustainable Living', Architects Kenneth King & Kellogg Wong.
7. Link to book: 'People Flow in Buildings', Dr. Marja-Liisa Siikonen, with recognition of our 'harmonized' dispatching and other work.
8. Referral by Otis HQ to describe 'Odyssey'. A blend of TKE MULTI and Otis Odyssey is basically suggested in our paper, 'Is 4000 fpm...' .
9. William S. Lewis, P.E. and George Strakosch at JB&B Engineers. George authored “Vertical Transportation: Elevators and Escalators”.
10. Our traffic “optimizer” (see 'Processes'.) now compares results using simpler methods prescribed in ISO 8100-32 and CIBSE Guide D.
11. “OEO” is described in ASME-A17.1 for Occupant Evacuation Elevators generally described in the IBC to supplement exit stairways.
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