Chair:
Krishan Khanna, Chairman, i2k solutions, India

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Building codes and practices for vertical transportation applied in India are not meant for high rise buildings. Vertical Transportation in many high rise office towers in India is heavily under dimensioned. The expected boom in high rise towers, especially in Mumbai, will require a change of the rules used in India for elevators. This presentation highlights some of the limitations of the current codes, and suggest better alternatives, as well as highlighting some of the influencing issues such as “stack effect” and “building sway” which have an important effect on vertical transportation.

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Schindler unveils a new technology which, building upon its extensive work in the area of destination control, shows how taking a holistic approach to the individual transit of passengers from one location to another can dramatically expand the design possibilities for architects and developers. In addition existing buildings can derive major benefits in terms of their ongoing utility and prestige by means of a simple upgrade path to this new system.

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Automatic lift doors are critical components in high-rise elevators. Their design and manufacturing can deeply affect the performances of vertical transportation systems in terms of safety, comfort, speed and efficiency.  This presentation highlights the engineering solutions that Sematic Group, a company with more than 50 years of experience in the business of elevator components, is developing and implementing to answer the special requirements posed by the new generation of high-rise elevators.

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