Escalators & Walkways
Travelators and Moving Walkways: When They Beat an Escalator
A travelator solves a distance problem, not a height problem. Where it earns its place, where it is an expensive mistake, and which decisions are…
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Escalators & Walkways
Specifying, maintaining and operating escalators and travelators in shopping centres, airports and transit buildings, and the obligations that come with them.
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Escalator Maintenance and Safety Inspection: What a Compliant Program Actually Includes
An escalator maintenance program can satisfy the contract and still fail the safety obligation. What a compliant program contains, and the records an…
Escalators & Walkways
Escalators: The Complete Owner’s Guide
An escalator carries the public, so its owner carries an obligation that never transfers to the maintenance contractor. Specification, maintenance…
Escalators & Walkways
Who Is Responsible When an Escalator Incident Occurs? What Shopping Centre and Airport Operators Need to Know
When someone is injured on an escalator, the building owner is always in scope, whoever maintains it. What the non-delegable duty means for shopping…
Escalators & Walkways
Latest Escalator Technology
Escalators keep people moving through busy buildings, and the technology behind them keeps changing. The recent developments in escalator design…
Escalators & Walkways
Triple E’s: Escalator and Elevator Etiquette You Need To Know
A few simple habits make escalators and lifts safer and faster for everyone. The etiquette worth knowing for both.
