Ian Hanna
Associate Director, Vertical Transportation Engineer
With over 40 years in the Australian Lift Industry, Ian is acknowledged as an expert in his field. He is technically astute and thorough in his approach to projects and communicates well with clients to ensure a shared understanding of goals and outcomes. His knowledge and experience as both a system designer and installation and maintenance technician bring to his clients a thorough understanding of performance, quality, contractual, maintenance and ownership issues. Ian believes the best response to the Australian demand for lift service availability and ride quality is early planning, in conjunction with computer simulation studies, to deliver the optimum mix of lift numbers, capacity and speed, and appropriate lift car design and operating systems.
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Meet Ian Hanna & learn about his favourite project
As a vertical transportation specialist, Ian’s knowledge and experience of services such as lifts, escalators and moving walkways (as both a system designer and installation and maintenance technicia ...
Why don’t we see more double deck and twin lifts in Australasia?
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