Anas Siddiqui

2 months ago | elevatorworld.com | Anas Siddiqui |Chao Du |Hao Gao |Jian Cao

At 136 pages, the pocket-sized fifth edition of the National Association of Elevator Contractors’ (NAEC) Field Employees’ Elevator Testing Manual is not even a quarter of the length of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A17.2-2020 Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walks.

2 months ago | elevatorworld.com | Chao Du |Hao Gao |Jian Cao |Anas Siddiqui

In December 2024, I had the opportunity to visit the National Elevator Industry Educational Program’s Training Center in Warwick, Rhode Island. As I walked into the area that houses welding booths, I was pleased to see a sticky mat at the entrance to the area. It has been a while since I had seen one of those outside an elevator machine room door, back when motor-generator sets were the norm, and we were all afraid of tracking carbon dust across a customer’s carpeted floors.

Sep 18, 2023 | chronicleslive.com | Kenny Pickett |Anas Siddiqui

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin expects quarterback Kenny Pickett to bounce back in Week 2. Of course, the second-year quarterback has nowhere to go but up following a poor performance in the season opener. Pickett threw for 232 yards against the 49ers but most of the yards came on a 95-yard drive after the outcome had also but been decided as San Francisco rolled to a 30-7 at Acrisure Stadium.

Jun 26, 2023 | vervetimes.com | Anas Siddiqui |toronto Byelection

Voters in Toronto have elected Olivia Chow as the mayor of Canada’s largest municipality. In a race that had 102 candidates, Global News projected Chow as the winner in Monday night’s byelection, receiving over 268,600 votes. Chow, a former NDP MP and city councillor for Toronto, has a long history in Canadian politics as a progressive left politician.