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TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub

TEI Group announced on March 8 it was awarded a contract by general contractor Suffolk Construction Co. to install three overhead traction passenger, one hydraulic passenger and two overhead gearless...

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ

An early morning fire on March 14 at the Mankato, Minnesota headquarters (HQ) of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions resulted in no injuries, as multiple fire departments responded to the blaze, which...

Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing

Scot Matteson of Matteson Capital, developer of the mixed-use Boardwalk at Bricktown in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which includes what would be the tallest tower in the U.S. at 1,907 ft.,...

Clarkson + Varick Names Kirles Girgis Director of Engineering

National vertical-transportation consultancy Clarkson + Varick recently named Kirles Girgis director of engineering. With more than 10 years' experience in national leadership roles at Schindler and consulting firm Lerch Bates,...

Largest Independent VT Company in NYC, TEI Group, Takes on Southeast

TEI Group, the largest independent vertical-transportation (VT) company in the NYC metropolitan area, in March announced its expansion into the U.S. Southeast with the opening of Florida headquarters in Tampa....

NAEC, CECA, Elevator U and IAEC To Host United in Atlantic City

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) in collaboration with the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA), Elevator U and the International Association of Elevator Consultants (IAEC), officially announces the United...

Chicago Elevator Assocation To Meet in April

The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) will meet April 4 at Alter Brewery in Oakbrook, Illinois. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m., and public parking is available. Matt McGregor of Rath/Janus...

Carlo Named VP of Service Operations at NYC-Based Centennial Elevator Industries

Anthony Carlo, who boasts a nearly 40-year career in the elevator industry, was recently named vice president (VP) of service operations at Queens, NYC-based Centennial Elevator Industries, Inc. He joined...

3Phase Lands Elevator Maintenance Contract for Boston Office Property

3Phase Elevator Corp. recently announced Clarendon Group awarded it the vertical-transportation (VT) maintenance contract for 265 Franklin Street in Boston. Built in 1984, the 21-story, Class A office property in...

Otis Elevator System for Google’s New NYC HQ

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided an elevator system for Google's new 12-story headquarters at St. John's Terminal, Manhattan, NYC, that includes 24 SkyRise® passenger elevators (four banks of six),...

TEI AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ELEVATORS AT BROOKLYN AMBULATORY HUB

TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub

Sara Marta, a refugee from Luanda, Angola, was hired in 2023 as an electromechanical assembler; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions’ Mankato, Minnesota, manufacturing facility; image courtesy of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ

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Wittur Names Aull New CEO

(l-r) Legends Tower and the Boardwalk at Bricktown, designed by AO; image via the Robb Report

Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing