Welcome to the autumn edition of Lift Industry News.

It is with very great sadness that we mourn the passing of a true lift industry legend, Dr Gina Barney. A section of this edition of Lift Industry News is dedicated to Gina, you can read all about her pioneering life on page 37, some of the many tributes received from her friends and colleagues and an article on one of her great passions, her story of Lift Traffic Analysis, Design and Control 1960 – 2020. She was a huge supporter of Lift Industry News and I know the team will miss her greatly.

Gina would definitely want us all to be moving forward in this exciting industry we are involved in, and it is a great pleasure to be invited to give an overview of this 6th edition of Lift Industry News. As Chief Executive of the Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed) my team and I, along with our members and collaborative partners, work closely with the lift and escalator industry to fulfil our mission of Promoting Safety, Reducing Risk and Adding Value.

Lift Industry News is an excellent vehicle for keeping us all up to date with the industry – Behind the Scenes at LEIA on page 15 talks about the imminent digital switch, with links to very useful information.

As well as looking forward we can also learn from the past and we look back at a fascinating experiment in London’s Holborn Tube station in 2015 where commuters were asked to stand on both sides of the escalator - Page 27 will tell us if it was a success!