This is probably related to the huge amount of unnecessary work that must be done on-site to build escalators in North America, per the union contract. The balustrade is a particularly sore spot for the manufacturers, I’ve been told. Pgs. 73-74: admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
![North America's International Union of Elevator Constructors, on the other hand, fiercely resists labor-saving innovations in preassembly and prefabrication. "We can't afford to sit back and see our trade dumbed down through factory prefabrication and preassembly to a point where all our members will have to do on the job is simply uncrate the eleva-tor, set it, and plug it in," wrote IUEC's General President Dana Brigham in 2011. The union is the strongest fighter among the trades against efficiency, with Brigham writing that elevator and escalator companies
"look around and ask why, when no other trade is fighting over pre-fab, they have to allow our members to take sheaves off and put them back on, or to take a complete escalator apart on the job. And, believe me, it's not an easy task convincing an impartial arbitrator, who may be more familiar with other industries where that kind of thing never occurs, to allow us [to] do it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uahexd6wlinp35ly2m4zgnn/bafkreieji3gpafd3cw75gipvwn65lialw5qtukht2hlt2jfhqgk6tvjlfy)
![Perhaps the most high-profile example of the practice of undoing completed work to create billable hours for the union comes in the installation of escalators, referenced in the general president's 2011 letter. While "tak[ing] a complete escalator apart on the job" might be a slight exaggeration, the design of escalators and low tolerance for failure given the public's close interaction with moving parts means that there is a substantial amount of necessary preassembly, with parts later disassembled and reassembled on site. The biggest source of acrimony between the union and manufacturers involves the balustrade, or the side of the escalator that extends above the steps and supports the handrail, and how much alignment can be done before shipment, and then how much can be undone and then redone on site by IUEC members. IUEC General President Brigham described this "alignment work as the 'bedrock' of the industry," and described the alignment work at installation as a sort of training, ensuring that
"the skills of the bargaining unit employees [can] be maintained so that maintenance, repair and modernization can be properly and efficiently accomplished."65
Kone's development of the ECO-3000 escalator in the early 2000s kicked off a grievance by the company against the union regarding disassembly and reassembly, specifically regarding the work aligning the "balustrade brackets" which hold the balustrade in place and are
"important to the safety and operation of the escalator," in the arbitrator's words. The escalator was designed, primarily in Germany, to meet
"new tighter tolerance safety standards" redesigning an older model to "[reduce] the likelihood that items and/or people might be caught" between the elevator skirt and the step — a common issue with esca-lators, which are responsible for far more injuries per device than ele-vators. This design involved some alignment in the factory, which the union believed was in contravention of their agreement with the com…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uahexd6wlinp35ly2m4zgnn/bafkreicbh5xutbm4zn6zocimrrylyh637ijmymwto37p4kurw7vjfxb3hm)
June 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is probably related to the huge amount of unnecessary work that must be done on-site to build escalators in North America, per the union contract. The balustrade is a particularly sore spot for the manufacturers, I’ve been told. Pgs. 73-74: admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
New article in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social!
A thorough look at an isolated acridinyl radical and its conPET-type photoreactivity, with an emphasis on understanding how SET takes place.
(Dynamic quenching? Preassembly? Solvated electrons? Read and see...)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A thorough look at an isolated acridinyl radical and its conPET-type photoreactivity, with an emphasis on understanding how SET takes place.
(Dynamic quenching? Preassembly? Solvated electrons? Read and see...)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Counterintuitive Photochemistry of an Isolated Acridinyl Radical: ConPET via Preassembly, Solvated Electrons, or a Long‐Lived Excited State?
Photoredox chemistry has seen a dramatic rise in popularity in recent years, but mechanistic understanding has persistently lagged behind reaction development itself. This is particularly true for th...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New article in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social!
A thorough look at an isolated acridinyl radical and its conPET-type photoreactivity, with an emphasis on understanding how SET takes place.
(Dynamic quenching? Preassembly? Solvated electrons? Read and see...)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A thorough look at an isolated acridinyl radical and its conPET-type photoreactivity, with an emphasis on understanding how SET takes place.
(Dynamic quenching? Preassembly? Solvated electrons? Read and see...)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
preassembly is completed! also first time working with milliput- because as much as i love the insane detail resolution of the printer, warping is definitely a thing.
July 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
preassembly is completed! also first time working with milliput- because as much as i love the insane detail resolution of the printer, warping is definitely a thing.
It probably helps reliability that escalator manufacturers in Japan haven’t signed agreements with their union that requires them to take escalators assembled in precise factory conditions apart and reassemble them on-site admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
![Kone's development of the ECO-3000 escalator in the early 2000s kicked off a grievance by the company against the union regarding disassembly and reassembly, specifically regarding the work aligning the "balustrade brackets," which hold the balustrade in place and are
"important to the safety and operation of the escalator," in the arbitrator's words. The escalator was designed, primarily in Germany, to meet
"new tighter tolerance safety standards," redesigning an older model to "[reduce] the likelihood that items and/or people might be caught" between the elevator skirt and the step — a common issue with esca-lators, which are responsible for far more injuries per device than ele-vators. This design involved some alignment in the factory, which the union believed was in contravention of their agreement with the com-pany, and which the union directed its employees to remove and rein-stall. The arbitrator ultimately sided with the union, concluding that "[t] he Company's design and factory alignment may well promote efficiency and safety," but the contract nevertheless forbade it and the contract terms needed to be changed if the company wanted to continue with its preassembly practices.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uahexd6wlinp35ly2m4zgnn/bafkreihk5nri64ugi6yoyq3pwohwnybiszdvnepjr37q2j3jfhlmjshvny)
![North America's International Union of Elevator Constructors, on the other hand, fiercely resists labor-saving innovations in preassembly and prefabrication. "We can't afford to sit back and see our trade dumbed down through factory prefabrication and preassembly to a point where all our members will have to do on the job is simply uncrate the eleva-tor, set it, and plug it in," wrote IUEC's General President Dana Brigham in 2011. The union is the strongest fighter among the trades against efficiency, with Brigham writing that elevator and escalator companies
"look around and ask why, when no other trade is fighting over pre-fab, they have to allow our members to take sheaves off and put them back on, or to take a complete escalator apart on the job. And, believe me, it's not an easy task convincing an impartial arbitrator, who may be more familiar with other industries where that kind of thing never occurs, to allow us [to] do it."63](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uahexd6wlinp35ly2m4zgnn/bafkreicd7hjjymm7c43b625mgbngugpcrgqnkspfbo7n6idsvhyi5cn2eq)
April 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It probably helps reliability that escalator manufacturers in Japan haven’t signed agreements with their union that requires them to take escalators assembled in precise factory conditions apart and reassemble them on-site admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
Maybe the most inefficient aspect of the industry – the IUEC leader once bragged to his members, “look around and ask why, when no other trade is fighting over pre-fab, they have to allow our members to…take a complete escalator apart on the job.” admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u... (pg. 73)
![North America's International Union of Elevator Constructors, on the other hand, fiercely resists labor-saving innovations in preassembly and prefabrication. "We can't afford to sit back and see our trade dumbed down through factory prefabrication and preassembly to a point where all our members will have to do on the job is simply uncrate the eleva-tor, set it, and plug it in," wrote IUEC's General President Dana Brigham in 2011. The union is the strongest fighter among the trades against efficiency, with Brigham writing that elevator and escalator companies
"look around and ask why, when no other trade is fighting over pre-fab, they have to allow our members to take sheaves off and put them back on, or to take a complete escalator apart on the job. And, believe me, it's not an easy task convincing an impartial arbitrator, who may be more familiar with other industries where that kind of thing never occurs, to allow us [to] do it."63](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uahexd6wlinp35ly2m4zgnn/bafkreidqj32x5ripepp7dmwtxeu2jqmzmwx4kd4lcqoh3xt5qumcdiesie)
February 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Maybe the most inefficient aspect of the industry – the IUEC leader once bragged to his members, “look around and ask why, when no other trade is fighting over pre-fab, they have to allow our members to…take a complete escalator apart on the job.” admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u... (pg. 73)
New preprint on ChemRxiv!
Our latest exploration of conPET/e-PRC #photoredox highlights preassembly and "anti-Kasha" reactivity, even in a system with a long ES lifetime.
Thanks to all involved, including collaborators at HUN-REN and Uni of Warwick.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Our latest exploration of conPET/e-PRC #photoredox highlights preassembly and "anti-Kasha" reactivity, even in a system with a long ES lifetime.
Thanks to all involved, including collaborators at HUN-REN and Uni of Warwick.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Counterintuitive Photochemistry of an Isolated Acridinyl Radical: ConPET via Preassembly Despite a Long-Lived Excited State
Photoredox chemistry has seen a dramatic rise in popularity in recent years, but mechanistic understanding has persistently lagged behind reaction development itself. This is particularly true for the...
chemrxiv.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New preprint on ChemRxiv!
Our latest exploration of conPET/e-PRC #photoredox highlights preassembly and "anti-Kasha" reactivity, even in a system with a long ES lifetime.
Thanks to all involved, including collaborators at HUN-REN and Uni of Warwick.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Our latest exploration of conPET/e-PRC #photoredox highlights preassembly and "anti-Kasha" reactivity, even in a system with a long ES lifetime.
Thanks to all involved, including collaborators at HUN-REN and Uni of Warwick.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
quick preassembly to see if the proportions match well enough to justify painting the zaku to match the gramps and.... i don't think they do. I'll probably just panel line this one and then get another to girlypopify
July 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
quick preassembly to see if the proportions match well enough to justify painting the zaku to match the gramps and.... i don't think they do. I'll probably just panel line this one and then get another to girlypopify
My new battletech box came with a 20% off coupon. went to the site and DAMN I am used to warhammer prices what is this lol
tbf, the minis i noticed are really not on the same level with detail and sharpness, but they will still be fun to paint. The preassembly was...messy though. Cleanup time
tbf, the minis i noticed are really not on the same level with detail and sharpness, but they will still be fun to paint. The preassembly was...messy though. Cleanup time
August 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
My new battletech box came with a 20% off coupon. went to the site and DAMN I am used to warhammer prices what is this lol
tbf, the minis i noticed are really not on the same level with detail and sharpness, but they will still be fun to paint. The preassembly was...messy though. Cleanup time
tbf, the minis i noticed are really not on the same level with detail and sharpness, but they will still be fun to paint. The preassembly was...messy though. Cleanup time
RG Wing Gundam Zero EW build for Wing's 30th Anniversary
Last but not least, the preassembly
#ガンプラ
#新機動戦記ガンダムW #gunpla #gundam #winggundam
Last but not least, the preassembly
#ガンプラ
#新機動戦記ガンダムW #gunpla #gundam #winggundam
April 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
RG Wing Gundam Zero EW build for Wing's 30th Anniversary
Last but not least, the preassembly
#ガンプラ
#新機動戦記ガンダムW #gunpla #gundam #winggundam
Last but not least, the preassembly
#ガンプラ
#新機動戦記ガンダムW #gunpla #gundam #winggundam
We expanded our Bismuth LMCT methodology towards the direct decarboxylative C-N coupling of carboxylic acids with sulfonamides - great work by Elina and Dominik now out in #Chem.Eur.J. #ChemSky 🧪
doi.org/10.1002/chem...
doi.org/10.1002/chem...
Preassembly‐Controlled Radical Recombination at Bismuth: Decarboxylative C─N Coupling with Sulfonamides
Radical processes involving bismuth hold great potential, but innovative strategies are required to control the reactivity of bismuth intermediates. Herein, we report a direct photochemical decarboxy...
doi.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We expanded our Bismuth LMCT methodology towards the direct decarboxylative C-N coupling of carboxylic acids with sulfonamides - great work by Elina and Dominik now out in #Chem.Eur.J. #ChemSky 🧪
doi.org/10.1002/chem...
doi.org/10.1002/chem...
See pg. 73 of my full elevator report, where I briefly discuss elevator installation innovation abroad using robots and modular construction, and then get into the very backwards way that contracts here forbid way more basic forms of preassembly and prefabrication
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September 17, 2024 at 10:33 PM
See pg. 73 of my full elevator report, where I briefly discuss elevator installation innovation abroad using robots and modular construction, and then get into the very backwards way that contracts here forbid way more basic forms of preassembly and prefabrication
This leads the Big Four to dominate the US/Canadian market without major competition, which lets them avoid the difficult but necessary task of renegotiating the anti-preassembly/prefab contract with the IUEC. So elevators in NA take 2x as long to build & modernize (1 floor/week here, 2 in Europe )
February 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This leads the Big Four to dominate the US/Canadian market without major competition, which lets them avoid the difficult but necessary task of renegotiating the anti-preassembly/prefab contract with the IUEC. So elevators in NA take 2x as long to build & modernize (1 floor/week here, 2 in Europe )
…preassembly of parts. Plus they’re like half the size (wheelchair + 1 person standing; no turning radius or stretcher accommodation needed). All that and more here: admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
admin.centerforbuilding.org
March 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
…preassembly of parts. Plus they’re like half the size (wheelchair + 1 person standing; no turning radius or stretcher accommodation needed). All that and more here: admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
The unions also have plenty of their own tyranny (e.g. the elevator union's absurd ban on preassembly, and the NYC transit union's desire to ban one-person train operation despite that being very common around the world.)
April 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The unions also have plenty of their own tyranny (e.g. the elevator union's absurd ban on preassembly, and the NYC transit union's desire to ban one-person train operation despite that being very common around the world.)
Reduced dosage of multiple dynein arm preassembly factors limits cilia regeneration in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.31.564885v1
Reduced dosage of multiple dynein arm preassembly factors limits cilia regeneration in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.31.564885v1
Motile cilia are complex organelles comprised of >800 structural proteins. Variants in 58 of these g
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November 2, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Reduced dosage of multiple dynein arm preassembly factors limits cilia regeneration in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.31.564885v1
Elevators in Western Europe are typically installed by migrant workers from Eastern Europe who drive in to do installations for a few weeks and then drive home. And it takes half the time to install one vs. in the U.S. because they do not have the IUEC contract provisions forbidding preassembly and…
March 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Elevators in Western Europe are typically installed by migrant workers from Eastern Europe who drive in to do installations for a few weeks and then drive home. And it takes half the time to install one vs. in the U.S. because they do not have the IUEC contract provisions forbidding preassembly and…
RenewableUK is delighted to welcome our latest member FairWind! 🥳
FairWind delivers complete installation, preassembly and service solutions for onshore and offshore wind turbines. With operations in 40+ countries, a team of 2,000+ professionals, and a robust global supply chain.
FairWind delivers complete installation, preassembly and service solutions for onshore and offshore wind turbines. With operations in 40+ countries, a team of 2,000+ professionals, and a robust global supply chain.
July 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
RenewableUK is delighted to welcome our latest member FairWind! 🥳
FairWind delivers complete installation, preassembly and service solutions for onshore and offshore wind turbines. With operations in 40+ countries, a team of 2,000+ professionals, and a robust global supply chain.
FairWind delivers complete installation, preassembly and service solutions for onshore and offshore wind turbines. With operations in 40+ countries, a team of 2,000+ professionals, and a robust global supply chain.
Preassembly and independent trafficking of the exocyst complex in Arabidopsis | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Preassembly and independent trafficking of the exocyst complex in Arabidopsis | PNAS
Membrane fusion, the culmination of eukaryotic membrane trafficking, is orchestrated
by the exocyst complex (a conserved octamer comprising SC1 and...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Preassembly and independent trafficking of the exocyst complex in Arabidopsis | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#MarchOfRobots #5
AVATAR ENDOFRAME: Preassembly-Stage Neurobridge Walker
Lore: AVATARs are not just walkers, but extensions of their pilot's nervous system. To ensure compatibility, many AVATARs go through an Endoframe period, testing compatibility before full weaponization.
#MyArt / #FuckGenAI
AVATAR ENDOFRAME: Preassembly-Stage Neurobridge Walker
Lore: AVATARs are not just walkers, but extensions of their pilot's nervous system. To ensure compatibility, many AVATARs go through an Endoframe period, testing compatibility before full weaponization.
#MyArt / #FuckGenAI
March 18, 2026 at 4:31 AM
#MarchOfRobots #5
AVATAR ENDOFRAME: Preassembly-Stage Neurobridge Walker
Lore: AVATARs are not just walkers, but extensions of their pilot's nervous system. To ensure compatibility, many AVATARs go through an Endoframe period, testing compatibility before full weaponization.
#MyArt / #FuckGenAI
AVATAR ENDOFRAME: Preassembly-Stage Neurobridge Walker
Lore: AVATARs are not just walkers, but extensions of their pilot's nervous system. To ensure compatibility, many AVATARs go through an Endoframe period, testing compatibility before full weaponization.
#MyArt / #FuckGenAI
RRID:BDSC_51323, was just reported to be used in "Ciliary dynein motor preassembly is regulated by Wdr92 in association with HSP90 co-chaperone, R2TP". We appreciate the author's support of reproducibility. #ReproducibleResearch #RRID
doi.org
March 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
RRID:BDSC_51323, was just reported to be used in "Ciliary dynein motor preassembly is regulated by Wdr92 in association with HSP90 co-chaperone, R2TP". We appreciate the author's support of reproducibility. #ReproducibleResearch #RRID
Preassembly and independent trafficking of the exocyst complex in Arabidopsis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 48, December 2025. SignificanceThe exocyst is a conserved octameric complex essential for tethering secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane in eukaryoti
Preassembly and independent trafficking of the exocyst complex in Arabidopsis - Cave News Times
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 48, December 2025. SignificanceThe exocyst is a conserved octameric complex essential for
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December 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Preassembly and independent trafficking of the exocyst complex in Arabidopsis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 48, December 2025. SignificanceThe exocyst is a conserved octameric complex essential for tethering secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane in eukaryoti
You and I could nerd out about this all day. My current job involves high rise buildings, and configuring assemblies for preassembly in our warehouse tonoptimise delivery on site 😎
April 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You and I could nerd out about this all day. My current job involves high rise buildings, and configuring assemblies for preassembly in our warehouse tonoptimise delivery on site 😎
🔧 Swire Renewable Energy is hiring Mechanical Technicians in Aarhus, Denmark
🌬️ Join their team for exciting preassembly projects in the wind industry
🛠️ Requirements: 2-3 years experience, Full GWO, EU work rights, and strong English
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#EnergySky #WindEnergy
🌬️ Join their team for exciting preassembly projects in the wind industry
🛠️ Requirements: 2-3 years experience, Full GWO, EU work rights, and strong English
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#EnergySky #WindEnergy
May 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🔧 Swire Renewable Energy is hiring Mechanical Technicians in Aarhus, Denmark
🌬️ Join their team for exciting preassembly projects in the wind industry
🛠️ Requirements: 2-3 years experience, Full GWO, EU work rights, and strong English
👉 Apply now: rejobs.org/j/EzZDhjZWQ
#EnergySky #WindEnergy
🌬️ Join their team for exciting preassembly projects in the wind industry
🛠️ Requirements: 2-3 years experience, Full GWO, EU work rights, and strong English
👉 Apply now: rejobs.org/j/EzZDhjZWQ
#EnergySky #WindEnergy
I was a cook and teacher at a private school. I made lunch for private school pre.-K.-1st grade. Later I oversaw a YMCA free breakfast program for public schools grades K-4. The breakfast program was A LOT stickier. The more preassembly the better. so much time is spent on cutting things in half.
I'll be there one of the days!
#APS2025 attendees: We have partnered with the United Way of Central Maryland to provide over 400 breakfasts for school-aged children in need. Help us assemble meal kits 12–1 p.m. in the APS Homebase (in the PhysioHub) Friday and Saturday. #WeArePhysiology🧪
April 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I was a cook and teacher at a private school. I made lunch for private school pre.-K.-1st grade. Later I oversaw a YMCA free breakfast program for public schools grades K-4. The breakfast program was A LOT stickier. The more preassembly the better. so much time is spent on cutting things in half.
Unions are probably also going to be a huge source of opposition (especially when they're the same unions who successfully banned preassembly).
August 24, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Unions are probably also going to be a huge source of opposition (especially when they're the same unions who successfully banned preassembly).