Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick

Elevator World Editor and Publisher

Elections?

Every year, your editor must write an editorial in early November for the December issue. Only in election years is this significant, as you will know the voting results by...

Construction Is Cool

While the markets waited for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to drop interest rates in September, the construction industry was not waiting around. Construction starts jumped 4% in the first...

Breadth and Depth

As I write this, members of the Elevator World, Inc. team have just returned from Dubai, U.A.E., where they, along with AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen, organiser of the world's leading...

Future Ready

At the time of this writing, the Federal Reserve is preparing for its September meeting, where, likely, an interest rate cut will occur. In anticipation of this probability, total commercial...

Vacancies

The vacancy rate for office buildings continues to plague our industry. Nationwide, it is 20.1%, with San Francisco the highest at 34.5%. Predictions are that vacancy rates will be 25%...

AI, VT and the Future

Many of us are just a little afraid of AI. I think it is the lack of humanness. We are accustomed to getting information from computers, but believe they have...

Flexibility on AI

Many of us are just a little afraid of AI. I think it is the lack of humanness. We are accustomed to getting information from computers, but believe they have...

Recycling Buildings

A building conversion is the ultimate in “recycling.” We are constantly being told to reuse, repurpose and recycle. Instead of tearing down buildings that are not being used, architects are...

A Skills Gap

Some days when I look at the news, it feels like we are back in the 1960s. College kids are protesting a war 5,000 miles away. (Yes, I went to...

Renovation Wave

Unlike the U.S., many cities in Europe have buildings that are more than 1,000 years old. According to the classical texts, Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it 2,773...

JAPAN ELEVATOR SERVICE HOLDINGS APPOINTS BOD AND OTHER OFFICERS

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Appoints BoD and Other Officers

image courtesy of Port of Motril

Andalusian Cruise Ship Port Calls For Bids for Accessibility Project

ELEVATOR REGISTER HOPES TO BOOST SAFETY, MODERNIZATION

Elevator Register Hopes To Boost Safety, Modernization

Appana

In Memoriam: Eric Appana

The Faurbourg Elevator; photo by Jeangagnon for Wikimedia Commons

Quebec City’s Fauborg Elevator Reopens After Repairs