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Engineering Simulation Project Targets Hospital Elevator Delays
A final-year capstone project from Dalhousie University’s industrial engineering program is helping explore practical ways to manage elevator delays at the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s Halifax Infirmary (HI) in Canada, where construction-related changes have affected how patients and visitors move through the site and increased elevator use, leading to congestion and some delays, according […]
Indiana Church Elevator Long-Time Coming
A US$1 million elevator and disability access project has been completed at the Cathedral of St. James Episcopal Church in South Bend, Indiana, the South Bend Tribune reports. The decade-long multi-phase project involved an office remodel five years ago, and, most recently, the elevator addition. Church officials said planning and fundraising for the project was done […]
Industry Veteran Launches Technical Services and Training Company
[…] Building on a technical relationship developed over the past eight years, etta continues work specific to products manufactured by Henning GmbH from Vechelde and Schwelm, Germany. Contract/ project work for Heling and etta, currently supporting both Henning and Wurtec, is focused on training for the Henning ELVI 2 system. Heling is QEI-certified and a […]
Modern Elevator Part of Team for Bronx Station ADA Upgrade
[…] in the southeast Bronx, NY, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD. Modern Elevator is part of design/build team Judlau-STV. MTA announced completion of the accessibility project on September 15. E 149 Street is the fifth of 12 MTA stations slated for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades this year. Six Bronx stations […]
Prague Metro Station Barrier Free With Elevators Complete
[…] load of 1600 kg. The completion of the elevators marks the end of the first phase of the surrounding square’s transformation. In addition to the elevators, the project included constructing a second exit from the station and an emergency staircase around both elevator shafts. Similar projects, including station revitalization, escalator replacement and accessibility improvements, […]
Proposed Vancouver Tower Gets New Design
Heatherwick Studio has unveiled a new design for its 1700 Alberni Towers residential project in Vancouver, Canada, ArchDaily reports. The update comes after the design team saw a need to improve the connection between the towers and surrounding nature, and to build with material that will last. Heatherwick Studio’s vision, which promotes an affinity with […]
Ohio Commissioners Choose Financing for Elevator Addition
Defiance County commissioners in Ohio have chosen a financing option for the upcoming multimillion dollar courthouse elevator addition project designed by Beilharz Architects, The Crescent-News reports. The commissioners decided to go with the “direct placement” method, which would commit commissioners to a 15-year annual payment of US$323,000 at about 4.5% interest on US$3.5 million. […]
Port San Antonio BoD Move Innovation Tower to Finalization Phase
The Port San Antonio Board of Directors (BOD) in San Antonio, Texas, unanimously approved US$7.5 million to move its Innovation Tower project from its preliminary phase to the finalization of architectural plans, budget and schedule in March. The 11-story Innovation Tower will be a US$275-million office tower that will mark the next chapter in […]
36 New VT Units Part of US$700-Milllion Beaver Stadium Renovation in Pennsylvania
[…] in State College, Pennsylvania, according to the Penn State Board of Trustees. WNEP is among outlets to report that the board had approved the entire three-year, multimillion-dollar project on May 21. The installation of new escalators was part of an initial project phase approved earlier this year that also includes widening of concourses, new […]
Accessibility Project At Tomb Of The Patriarchs To Proceed
The High Court of Justice denied a Palestinian petition against a project to make Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs shrine wheelchair accessible by installing an elevator, The Times of Israel reported on November 4. The panel rejected arguments from Hebron’s Palestinian-run city hall, which maintained that the project was politically motivated, damages the aesthetics of the […]
