Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface................vii
List of Contributors................ix
1) The Essentials of Elevatoring................1
2) The Basis of Elevatoring a Building................33
3) Passenger Traffic Requirements................63
4) Incoming Traffic................71
5) Two-Way Traffic................97
6) Outgoing Traffic................117
7) Elevator Operation and Control................129
8) Space and Physical Requirements................169
9) Escalators and Moving Walks................219
10) Elevatoring Commercial Buildings................245
11) Elevatoring Residential Buildings................281
12) Elevatoring Institutional Buildings................303
13) Service and Freight Elevators................327
14)Non-conventional Elevators, Special Applications and Environmental Considerations................353
15) Automated Material Handling Systems................419
16) Codes and Standards................451
17) Elevator Specifying and Contracting................471
18) Economics, Maintenance and Modernization................485
19) Traffic Studies and Performance Evaluation................507
20) The Changing Modes of Horizontal and Vertical Transportation................527
Appendix: Literature on Elevators and Escalators................543
Index of Tables and Charts................547
Index of Examples................549
Subject Index................551