Abstract: An elevator system for a building, wherein an elevator shaft becomes taller as the building height increases during a construction phase, includes a self-moving construction-phase elevator car guided on a guide rail section(s) for conveying persons or goods during the construction phase, an assembly platform arranged above the car from which the guide rail section is elongated upwards in a rail assembly phase, an upper protection platform temporarily fixed in the elevator shaft on which the assembly platform is suspended via a cable-based lifting device or is suspended in the rail assembly phase, a lower protection platform, wherein the assembly platform is moved vertically between the upper platform and the lower platform by the lifting device during the rail assembly phase, and a docking device temporarily suspending the car on the lower platform to secure the car for evacuations, the docking device connecting the car to the lifting device.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for managing risk associated with providing real-time trading services and includes the step of providing a plurality of dealing quotes wherein each of the plurality of dealing quotes having a duration. Next, an exposure associated with each of the dealing quotes during the respective durations is calculated. Next, a total exposure based on the exposures for all of the dealing quotes that have not expired is calculated. Finally, future dealing quotes are adjusted based on the total exposure.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for managing risk associated with providing real-time trading services and includes the step of providing a plurality of dealing quotes wherein each of the plurality of dealing quotes having a duration. Next, an exposure associated with each of the dealing quotes during said respective durations is calculated. Next, a total exposure based on the exposures for all of the dealing quotes that have not expired is calculated. Finally, future dealing quotes are adjusted based on the total exposure.