Inclined Elevator manufactuer?

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Author Message Richard Gonser AIA CSI CCCA SCIP Senior Member Username: rich_gonser Post Number: 51 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 03:42 pm:    Does anyone among this group have a good suggestion for a manufacturer of an inclined elevator for a stadium project? Otis has one at the San Diego Convention Center. Any other quality manufacturers out there? Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1702 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 03:51 pm:    http://www.4specs.com/s/14/14-4200.html Sounds like you might need a custom-built lift, though. Richard Gonser AIA CSI CCCA SCIP Senior Member Username: rich_gonser Post Number: 52 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 04:01 pm:    I think your possibly right on the custom issue, even for Otis. It is not bang for the buck, if it is only to serve accessibility issues. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1705 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 05:06 pm:    Without climbing on my accessibility soapbox (which has a wheelchair accessible ramp leading up to it), how important is it to have accessibility for everyone? As I actually heard someone say shortly after the passage of the ADA, "why do we need to provide all this accessibility for those people; they don't go any place anyway." I won't write any more; just don't get me started on this... Richard Gonser AIA CSI CCCA SCIP Senior Member Username: rich_gonser Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 06:43 pm:    Don't get me wrong, this was a question asked of me without any background info. I agree about providing elevators, I have a friend that I go to Angel games with that needs to use them. We always have to wait forever... My point is about spending 2-3x the cost of a normal elevator just for a cute idea. If they want to do it, then go big. Make it a feature and do it right. Richard Gonser AIA CSI CCCA SCIP Senior Member Username: rich_gonser Post Number: 54 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 07:42 pm:    It turns out all they need is a simple wheelchair lift... Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 624 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 07:43 pm:    They do make inclined wheelchair lifts See Garaventa Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 413 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 08:40 pm:    I live in San Francisco, where here and there on the steep hillsides there are these small scale funiculars. You might want to look at: http://www.hillhiker.com http://www.summitliftco.net/inclinedelevators.html http://elephante-lifts.com/site/products.html Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 223 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 09:55 am:    If you add a funicular with a great view, then you'll have all kinds of people wanting to ride it, especially families with engineers and little kids. Oh, yeah, that's us. We plan vacations around highlights like this. You could even charge extra for funicular rides on non-game-days. But then you'll need to add elevators for the people who really need the accessibility. I like to ride a funicular almost as much as I like to say it out loud, funicular, funicular, funicular! - ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 621 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 10:30 am:    Lisa, careful you don't get arrested! Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1709 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 11:31 am:    There is a song I learned as a little kid about funiculars. We used to sing it in grade school assemblies: Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, And so do I! And so do I! Some think it well to be all melancholic, To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh; But I, I love to spend my time in singing, Some joyous song, some joyous song, To set the air with music bravely ringing Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong! Harken, harken, music sounds a-far! Harken, harken, with a happy heart! Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà! Joy is everywhere, funiculì, funiculà!; Ah me! 'tis strange that some should take to sighing, And like it well! And like it well! For me, I have not thought it worth the trying, So cannot tell! So cannot tell! With laugh, with dance and song the day soon passes Full soon is gone, full soon is gone, For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses To call their own! To call their own! Harken, harken, hark the soft guitar! Harken, harken, hark the soft guitar! Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà! Hark the soft guitar, funiculì, funiculà! Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 625 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 11:33 am:    Okay Gang - and it's only Wednesday! Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 1002 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 12:28 pm:    Funicular? PFlow Industries manufacturers Shopping Cart Conveyors (Cartveyors), these guys are pretty sharp, you may want to google them and give them a holler. J.D. Matthews (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 12:06 am:    You may want to check with Hill Hiker. They build custom inclined elevator projects for both residential and commercial use. Link: http://hillhiker.com/commercial-systems/