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indoor style chrome press office going vertical urban indoors person inside construction button design doorway entrance architecture interior door contemporary arrow special focus-elevators & escalators apartment panel reflection lift transportation number building people floor moving hotel empty wall businessman waiting sign finger level top number, capacity, speed, the way it is located. brought in especially in understanding the that mostly money is spent on developing open up metallic the process of setting up any elevator – the smart? A clear understanding needs to be secondary. A common fallacy being seen is down silver elevator steel Tis science is not new but has evolved over guidelines related to elevator and escalator appealing interiors or elevating structures gate push shiny symbol illuminated transport lobby industrial corporate more than 7 decades; which means there systems in any building more so in the smart but the basic requirement of elevatoring is hall metal modern close business control light is really no excuse for the bad elevatoring cities. being neglected. We need to look beyond of Nariman Point. If you approach any term necessity. Te developer also needs to builder and ask them to defne the designing Are there building projects which have the cost factor and consider this as a long elements of the elevator system, there are followed the correct procedure? understand the threshold on how cheap a more chances in India that you won’t be Tere are buildings, in rare minority though, system can be. Te aspect of design, quality able to acquire this information. wherein such elements are being practiced to of equipment, how it is installed and how a perfect blend. Te Hiranandani Group for it is maintained – all these are the primary Tell us of your approach to convince the instance, go through a detailed process in requirements determining the success and builder community for the need to seek establishing their elevatoring requirements safety of elevating systems. Neglecting counsel and what is the reaction? even for the smallest of their projects. such crucial elements have proved to be a We try to make them understand the Even some of the third world countries are common cause leading to the rising number science which is involved – if somebody is in a better shape than India. In the Indian of fatal accidents. willing to listen we are willing to pass on context many people miss out on the design Effectiveness of any elevating system our experience. We conduct workshops for phase and also the execution and service depends on the balance of maintaining all developers, designers and even the elevator phase where economics become the only internal and external elements irrespective companies. We have conducted lectures at deciding criteria. Further, an important of having a good design or a good product. architectural colleges. But we can only try. question that is coming up is that—with The alignment of the elevating systems Yet the reactions which we have seen are a booming market do we have able trained has to be in response to the surrounding more ofen than not negative – for a high professionals to handle the requirements. In environment, demographics, transportation rise project of over 70 foors, the developer my view the country seriously lacks it. elements and future developments like allotted whole of 3 minutes for a presentation metro etc. detailing the proposed elevatoring. In How hopeful are you in seeing a positive The industry has put together a draft contrast the landscaping consultant was change in the usage patterns and what guideline for the proposed NBC2015 – allotted a full 30 minutes. We also do have are the areas where the change is already which is probably one of the most detailed clients who have terminated our services on happening? ones in the world. account of our unwillingness to prepare a It cannot be said that the situation is not report that justifes their badly elevatored improving. Te improvement in the situation Tell us about the importance of building design. is purely based on the increasing awareness planning? Te way they see this service at the moment of the builder, developer, architects, Today we say that projects that are being is as a luxury or an additional expense. designers and elevator manufacturing executed in India takes more time as Tough the situation is gradually changing, companies. People who are recognising the against the ones being developed in foreign it is changing at a very slow pace. As put criticality of this science are increasingly countries. A main reason is that in other across by a very senior project manager with using such services – they are particular in countries the even excavation work is not global experience, developers and designers ensuring proper elevatoring. Te primary initiated without fnalising the total design. will not change till they lose a lot of money driver to change is the increasing awareness However in India the project design is ofen – that is indeed an expensive method of of the occupants who refuse to accept bad modifed through the construction phase. learning. elevatoring. It is not uncommon these However our survival over 10 years proves days to fnd corporate tenants demanding What is your message to the builders and changing awareness levels and the value evidence that the elevatoring provided is as how do you plan to take your campaign being attached to our services. per the NBC guidelines. forward? Elevatoring cannot be an aferthought to the In the context of the government’s Smart What are the ‘must dos’ in terms of main design process. Vertical transportation Cities programme, bad elevatoring seems elevating systems you would advise the is the life line of the building and second only to be a very unsmart thing to do. builder-developer community? to the structure in ensuring the viability of Oh absolutely. We are being very un-smart Elevating is absolute. Te minimum that is any building. While in the past prospective in the basic requirement of elevatoring required must be provided. For instance, it is tenants and buyers would have baulked at buildings. For example if a building project like the minimum grade of concrete which raising concerns of bad elevatoring, with the is designed as a smart building, but expect needs to be provided in the construction global exposure available today this will not occupants to wait in queues to access their which must be maintained for the survival continue. Good elevatoring is about nation smart work areas - Is that smart? How can of the building. In terms of design, the building and making your project viable. a building with ticks against all “Smart minimum requirements set by the national We are available to educate the developer Building “criteria but loses crores of Rupees building codes needs to be followed. and designer community as well as the annually on account of poor elevatoring be The aesthetic look of the structure is industry. u sEPTEMBER 2015|construction opportunities 57