{"product_id":"the-vertical-transportation-handbook-isbn-9780470404133","title":"The Vertical Transportation Handbook","description":"This new edition of a one-of-a-kind handbook provides an essential updating to keep the book current with technology and practice.  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 vertical transportation.  A team of new contributors has been assembled to shepherd the book into this new edition and provide the expertise to keep it up to date in future editions.  A new copublishing partnership with Elevator World Magazine ensures that the quality of the revision is kept at the highest level, enabled by Elevator World's Editor, Bob Caporale, joining George Strakosch as co-editor.  Preface.  \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Essentials of Elevatoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Basis of Elevatoring a Building.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Passenger Traffic Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Incoming Traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Two-Way Traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Outgoing Traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Elevator Operation and Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Space and Physical Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Escalators and Moving Walks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Elevatoring Commercial Buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Elevatoring Residential Buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Elevatoring Institutional Buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Service and Freight Elevators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Nonconventional Elevators, Special Applications, and Environmental Considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Automated Material Handling Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Codes and Standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Elevator Specifying and Contracting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Economics, Maintenance, and Modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Traffic Studies and Performance Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Changing Modes of Horizontal and Vertical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransportation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Literature on Elevators and Escalators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Tables and Charts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Examples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e  George R. Strakosch was president and founder of George R. Strakosch \u0026amp; 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 \u0026amp; Bolles, and twenty-three of which have been with Elevator World.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eRobert 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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe bible of elevator and escalator system design for more than four decades—now completely revised and updated\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmphasizing 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.?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther outstanding features of this new edition include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eA complete overview of all aspects of vertical transportation, including unconventional applications and the latest trends\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eA nontechnical introduction to elevatoring principles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanded coverage of international practices and procedures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamples of actual maintenance contracts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurrent safety requirements for escalators and elevators during fires, earthquakes, and other emergencies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990362865893,"sku":"NP9780470404133","price":184.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470404133.jpg?v=1761787519","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-vertical-transportation-handbook-isbn-9780470404133","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}