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Using Digital Tools To Elevate Sustainability
Nowadays, environment and sustainability are important topics on everybody’s agenda. We see the consequences of our behavior on the planet and climate.
EdItor’s Overview September 2024
Although our country's political agenda is always busy, we are leaving behind a summer with economic recession. In this period of recession,
TKE Handling Major Cologne Subway Escalator Modernization
TK Elevator (TKE) announced on September 17 it has been awarded a major escalator modernization contract to modernize numerous escalators serving subway stations in Cologne, Germany. The project includes 23 new victoria heavy-duty escalators and the MAX Internet of Things smart monitoring and digital technology solution to minimize maintenance and downtime. TKE observed its […]
Nordic Lift Expo to Welcome Record Number of Visitors
[…] will have more exhibitors than ever before, including a sizable number of international suppliers. Many international players “want to try out the Nordic market,” Nordic Lift Expo Project Manager Bo Magnusson observed. “Our indications show that more visitors from all the Nordic countries will attend this year.” Another major exhibition partner is the Swedish […]
A VT Conversation in London
KONE’s Head of Major Projects in Great Britain talks VT trends and sustainability
Adaptive Reuse in Tall Buildings
A look at the topic from a U.K. perspective
Alaska High School to Receive New Elevator
[…] school in August 2025. The school’s elevator, which was installed in 1987, has not been used since March 2020 when an oil leak was discovered. The new project “removes the existing elevator and controls and replaces the system with a new elevator and controls, utilizing the existing hoist way,” according to an official report. […]
UKCW London 2024
Famous faces and big brands come together as the U.K.’s largest built environment event makes welcome return to capital.
LECS UK Appoints Ford as Director
[…] across all forms of VT, including lifts, escalators, cable cars and funiculars, “offering endless opportunities to work on iconic engineering projects.” Ford joined LECS UK as a project engineer three years ago and played a key role in leading significant projects across the U.K., with a special interest in bespoke assignments and cutting-edge technology. […]
Into the Depths – Carefully
[…] National Park by performing a major modernization that involved installing a brand-new elevator system featuring two new traction elevators to significantly improve the primary system. The two-year project included construction of units 750 ft below the surface — equivalent to the height of the Hoover Dam — that travel at 700 ft/min. By constructing […]
