Michael Kao comenzó su carrera en diseño de transporte vertical en 1987 en Ingeniería de Desarrollo Mecánico diseñando equipos de foso de ascensores hidráulicos y operadores de puertas. Se transfirió a Ingeniería de Servicios diseñando mejoras de escaleras mecánicas y luego se transfirió al campo para gestionar importantes proyectos de tránsito en todo el Noreste. Se unió a Lerch Bates en 2022 y actualmente es Consultor Senior de Infraestructura, enfocándose en la aplicación de todas las disciplinas de diseño de Lerch Bates a los requisitos únicos de grandes proyectos públicos para Nuevo Diseño. Modernización, Mantenimiento de Ascensores y Cumplimiento de Códigos y Normas.
Experiencia relacionada
Proporcioné gestión de proyectos de campo y oficina para los siguientes clientes principales:
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) – Penn Station Reconstruction, Manhattan, NY (07/2023 – 04/2025)
- This project included field surveys of all existing vertical transportation devices throughout Penn Station. Michael provided vertical transportation design and support services for 36 elevators – passenger, service, and freight, hydraulic and traction – and 30 escalators for the 30% design deliverable.
- New Jersey Transit (NJT), Nueva Jersey, tren ligero Hudson-Bergen (10/2022 – 07/2024)
- State of Good Repair (SOGR) of all elevators throughout the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system.
- Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) – Newark Liberty Terminal One, Newark, NJ (11/2018 – 12/2021)
- 18 APTA transit escalators, 2 APTA moving walks, 13 APTA hydraulic and traction passenger elevators, 13 APTA hydraulic service elevators.
- MTA – East Side Access, Manhattan, NY (01/2007 – 11/2018)
- East Side Access is the MTA’s largest capital project and the first expansion of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in more than 100 years. This project provided a direct connection for all 11 LIRR lines to the Grand Central Terminal and Midtown East. The project also included the design and construction of a new 350,000-square-foot terminal to service LIRR, known as Grand Central Madison. On this project, Michael provided vertical transportation support services for the installation of 47 escalators and 22 traction and hydraulic elevators.
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) – World Trade Center (WTC) Transportation Hub, Manhattan, NY (01/2007 – 11/2018)
- The WTC Transportation Hub provides access to the PATH train connecting downtown Manhattan to various locations throughout NYC. As a part of this project, Michael provided vertical transportation services for the installation of eight (8) transit escalators and one (1) hydraulic elevator in the 2nd temporary station
- New York City Transit (NYCT) – Escalator Installations at Five (5) Stations, Manhattan, NY (01/2007 – 11/2018)
- Michael provided vertical transportation services for the installation of 27 transit escalators across five (5) stations.
- Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), Baltimore, MD (02/2001 – 12/2006)
- Modernize 81 Otis and O&K escalators.
Registros y Certificaciones
Co-inventor, patente estadounidense US 6,349,813 Dispositivo de monitoreo de degradación de rodillos de escaleras mecánicas
