Executive+Summery

Executive Summary
The elevator design has been an aspect that nobody has touched on for a long time. It still has its fault but a lot of people have adapted to using it despite its faults. There are many aspects that could be redesigned to ensure a better use of an elevator. Our group has chosen to redesign the wait time, efficiency and make it easier for disabled people to use in other words it is now user friendly.

The group has decided to install a new motor operating system to increase the elevator speed two times faster than a regular one operates, installation of a correction button incase someone presses the wrong floor number by mistake, a button outside the elevator for disabled people so that as they enter the elevator there is more time for them to roll a wheel chair or find their way in without the door closing. There is also an inside sensor system that detects whether or not someone is in the elevator and if there isn’t the elevator moves twice as fast to get to other floors, There is also an outside sensor system to detect whether or not someone is standing outside so if no one is there, the elevator can skip the floor as people usually press the buttons and change their mind and this delays the elevators from getting to other floors.

The group has also chosen to design buttons in the apartments for the upper floors so they are given priority to call up the elevators, there is also a redesign of a service that makes posters for people on lower floors encouraging them to use the stairs so it altogether reduces the elevator wait time for everybody. The surveys that were conducted showed that a lot more females within the age group of 21-24 used the elevator the most. Majority of them about 52% waited for the elevators longer than they would wish to. This Redesign of the elevator would hopefully address the aspects that people have struggled with over the years and nobody has paid attention to.