Serapid Opens Asian Subsidiary in Singapore Serapid Group, headquartered in France, has opened Serapid Singapore Pte. Ltd. due to an increasing volume of work in the Asian region. A management team is in place that consists of Managing Director Robert Degenkolb, who has 30 years’ experience with rigging company J.R. Clancy and has lived in…
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Houston-based developer the Hanover Co. plans to build a 504-ft .-tall, 45-story apartment tower in downtown Austin, Texas, at Fift h and Lavaca streets in the historic warehouse district, Towers reported in January. No renderings were available at the time, but the source provided a rough idea of how the tower, designed by Solomon Cordwell…
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Macklowe’s Towering Ambition: City’s Tallest by Roof Height The New York Times got the scoop in January on what would be New York City’s (NYC) tallest building by roof height at 1,556 ft. and 96 floors, New York YIMBY reported. Being developed by Harry Macklowe, the man behind 432 Park Avenue (ELEVATOR WORLD, November 2014),…
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Deep Subway Stations Getting Elevators in Manhattan Curbed New York reported in December 2018 that five uptown Manhattan subway stations will undergo accessibility improvements with the installation of new elevators. Called “much-needed” (as, for example, only 117 of the city’s 472 subway stations are considered handicapped accessible), they will require closures at two stations lasting…
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McArthur Becomes NAEC Executive Director The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) promoted Alesa G. McArthur from deputy director to executive director, effective February 1. McArthur succeeds longtime executive director Teresa Witham, who will remain as deputy director. McArthur’s experience spans more than 20 years in the meeting industry and association management arena, ranging from…
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Why don’t you just meet me in the middle?” chants a song by Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey, encouraging us to do just that as ELEVATOR WORLD celebrates America’s Midwest. Bounded by east and west coasts on the sides and stretching from Canada to Texas in the middle, the American heartland is “Cautiously Optimistic” according to…
Read More As we move into a new year of ELEVATOR WORLD Middle East, I must first comment on the successful conclusion of last year.
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In 2015, The Memphis Pyramid, a local landmark that was once a popular sports and entertainment arena, became a Bass Pro Shops megastore. The store contains everything from a shooting gallery, an aquarium, restaurants, a spa and Memphis’ only five-star hotel, as well as what it calls “the world’s tallest freestanding elevator.” At 28 stories,…
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Latest offerings are driven by a new, digitally advanced world. New Mitsubishi Electric Premium High-Rise Elevators Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. now offers its Diamond HS™ premium passenger elevators for high-rise buildings. Their permanent-magnet gearless traction machines are designed for high efficiency and power factor; their double-brake configuration is designed to be quiet; and a new…
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D&D’s Elevator Learning Center, like Yonkers itself, is one of a kind. Expect the unexpected from Yonkers. New York’s fourth-largest city with a history dating to the 1600s, Yonkers enjoyed a robust role in industry in the 1800s and 1900s. It was here the world’s first completely synthetic plastic, Bakelite, was invented, where much of…
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