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| Kone celebrates People Flow Day  Finnish lift maker Kone, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, celebrates today its annual People Flow Day. Kone's vision is to be an expert in transporting people through buildings smoothly, efficiently and in a safe manner without waiting – what Kone describes as People Flow. To gain deeper insight into what this vision means in practice, more than 900 Kone employees in over 30 countries around the world are set to visit 150 sites to meet with customers and building users as well as observe the buildings during a typical weekday.2011 marks the second year KONE organizes People Flow Day, the centennial jubilee year 2010 being the first. On this year's People Flow Day, Kone employees will pay special attention to the accessibility challenges of different user groups, such as wheelchair users, visually impaired people, senior citizens and families with young children. The valuable data obtained during the day will be passed on to relevant departments within Kone with the future objective of developing new solutions that meet the present day needs of users and building owners alike. To further improve the solutions it delivers to its customers, Kone regularly conducts end-user studies to test the usability of solutions in different building environments. What is People Flow? This year, over half of the world's population will be living in cities and other urban areas. The concentration of people in cities increases the importance of moving them efficiently from one point to another. This is one of the main reasons why Kone's focus is on innovative solutions to make it easier for people to move around in buildings – what Kone describes as People Flow. People Flow means transporting people in buildings in a smooth, quick, efficient and safe manner. By positioning elevators, escalators and other transport devices such as autowalks and automatic doors, in a manner that minimizes queuing and blocking of passenger traffic, building owners can ensure that the people flow in their buildings are as efficient as possible. This is done by comprehensive traffic analysis during the early building phase in close collaboration with architects, consultants and construction companies. Kone also ensures that a building's People Flow runs smoothly after the installation of new equipment. Proactive maintenance and modernization solutions keep the transportation solutions running smoothly during their operational lifecycle, as to avoid any unnecessary outages. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |