The Vertical Transportation Handbook

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George R. Strakosch (Jaros, Baum & Bolles) Robert S. Caporale (Senior Vice President and Editor, Elevator World Magazine)

The Vertical Transportation Handbook

George R. Strakosch (Jaros, Baum & Bolles), Robert S. Caporale (Senior Vice President and Editor, Elevator World Magazine)

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
29 September 2010

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.

Edited by: George R. Strakosch (Jaros Baum & Bolles), Robert S. Caporale (Senior Vice President and Editor, Elevator World Magazine)
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 198mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780470404133
ISBN 10: 0470404132
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 29 September 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

George R. Strakosch was president and founder of George R. Strakosch & 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 & Bolles, and twenty-three of which have been with Elevator World. Robert 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 & 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.