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Elevator Cab Interiors in High-Rise Projects: A Composite Field Guide to Design Integrity, Weight Control, and Schedule Risk

Author(s) Atul Prakash Lad
Country United States
Abstract In luxury residential construction, elevator cab interiors are often dismissed as minor details, yet they form the first enclosed environment encountered by residents and guests. In perception-sensitive markets, these interiors function as image-defining spaces as much as transport enclosures. This single-project case study (Project A) shows that treating cab interiors as an integrated, day-one scope—and explicitly managing weight control and schedule risk—can shift them from compliance exposure to differentiating performance. The approach balanced architectural ambition with technical limits so that design intent, durability, constructability, and code compliance remained aligned; in practice, this meant carrying verified site conditions into drawings, sequencing installation as risk control, and resolving material constraints without diluting architectural intent. By elevating cab interiors to the same priority as lobbies, amenities, and unit finishes, Project A delivered outcomes that were compliant, durable, weight-disciplined, and consistent with the building’s identity. More cautiously, this case suggests that success in seemingly minor spaces depends on the same rigor applied to headline features: cross-trade coordination, fidelity to design, and project governance under constraints.
Keywords Elevator cab interiors; luxury residential construction; design-to-construction integration; sequencing and risk management; field-to-document continuity; material engineering for aesthetics; brand identity in architecture; high-rise project governance; single-project case study
Field Engineering
Published In Volume 16, Issue 2, July-December 2025
Published On 2025-09-12
Cite This Elevator Cab Interiors in High-Rise Projects: A Composite Field Guide to Design Integrity, Weight Control, and Schedule Risk - Atul Prakash Lad - IJAIDR Volume 16, Issue 2, July-December 2025. DOI 10.71097/IJAIDR.v16.i2.1580
DOI https://doi.org/10.71097/IJAIDR.v16.i2.1580
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9626z

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