Moving People Efficiently With Vertical Transportation
Our elevator consulting projects include the finest Residential, Commercial, Hotels, Healthcare, Education, Retail, and Sports Facilities in the world. The largest and most well-known Architects, Engineers, Developers, and Building Owners around the globe trust BOCA Group to solve their most challenging elevator and escalator projects.
Project Leonard,
New York
6 Escalators
27 Elevators
8 Floors
As of late, the physical workplace is continuously changing and traditional, central office spaces are falling second to co-working spaces and college-like campus layouts. Here lies the case with technology giant Google, and their innovative workspaces which focus on fostering innovation through non-traditional layouts and locations – thus creating a campus-like layout of buildings throughout Manhattan. At one of their spaces located at 75th Ninth Avenue, BOCA Group was brought on by an architect on behalf of Google to determine the optimal quantity, capacity, and speed of its elevators to serve a unique and ever-changing population of employees and visitors.
CHALLENGE
WHAT WAS DONE/PROCESS
BOCA Group performed theoretical traffic calculations to evaluate the proposed vertical transportation configuration and confirm if the proposed plan would accommodate a population that is always in flux. We performed multiple scenarios of simulations using industry-standard assumptions about peak period intensity and human behavior until a reasonable equilibrium between population and service levels on the floors with workplace areas was achieved for this unique property. Through these theoretical studies, BOCA Group was able to paint a picture of the hypothetical daily traffic of the building and provide schematic design dimensions for their proposed elevator scheme.
RESULTS/OUTCOME
BOCA Group was able to provide the client with realistic data and specifications in order to make their planning process as effective as possible, thus saving time, money, and making for an efficient user experience in an ever-changing population.