Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick
Elevator World Editor and Publisher
We Are the Future
The future of the world we live in may well depend on how we build in the future. Let’s face it, we are not going back to low-rise buildings that...
Europe – Growing But Slowing?
Material shortages are decreasing in the EU building sector, but labor scarcity remains a challenge, according to banking and financial services company ING. This is very much the same story...
Soft Landing for the Industry?
You can’t turn on the news without hearing a discussion about “Will we or won’t we slip into recession this year?” And, if we do, will it be a “soft...
It’s A New World
The job market is recovering from the pandemic, but cities are just not the same. Many people are not going back to the office full time. Hybrid working schedules mean...
Future-Proofing
As the job market recovers from the pandemic, I’m reading that many people are just not going back to the office full time. Hybrid working schedules mean less floor space...
ELEVATOR WORLD in Our DNA
ELEVATOR WORLD was conceived over seven decades ago in the mind of my father, William C. Sturgeon, who had returned from the war and joined his father-in-law’s small elevator company....
Industry Quake
The industry seems to be going through a period of contraction and expansion – sort of an industry shake-up. Usually, this is due to the OEMs buying up smaller companies...
A Brimming Events Calendar
Fall in Europe was like a smorgasbord of conferences and exhibitions delayed for two years or more, all following one another in a matter of days. It’s official now -...
A New Way To See the Job
Recently, I received a press release titled, “Delivering a Large Construction Project with a Digital Twin.” At first, I thought they were talking about a 3D model (commonly used by...
Mirror, Mirror
This month, we feature the results of an industry survey in A Mirror to the Industry, a follow-up to many surveys done in the past two years to assess the...
