Editor’s Overview

We Will See Better Days…

Dear Elevator World Türkiye readers, As I was writing this article, I learned with great sorrow that Edip Akbayram, one of the valuable singers of our country, had passed away....

The Best of the Best

This issue features the first half of our 27th Annual Project of the Year winners, providing a good picture of how commercial building is progressing around the world and exactly...

A Global View

We begin the new year by featuring our 27th Annual Project of the Year winners, providing a good picture of how commercial building is progressing around the world and exactly...

Old Issues, Back Again

Commercial construction is predicted to grow beginning in mid-2025. That prediction came in the fourth quarter of 2024. We are now looking at two things that could change that prediction:...

“Innovate” is the Word

While AI continues to be the main character in the innovation conversation (and a magnet for venture capital cash), the honeymoon of everyone asking ChatGPT to do ridiculous things is...

Mod Work Coming To Europe

According to ING, Europe should see a .5% increase in 2025 in the construction industry, which sank 2% in 2024. A quarter of contractors continue to struggle with labor shortages,...

Happy New Year

Dear Elavator World Türkiye readers, We have left behind a year when we, as a country, paid the price of incorrect economic policies. The current data gives the first signs...

Happy New Year?

Yes, I think we can count on that. According to the Modern Intelligence website, the size of the U.S. construction market is estimated at US$71.26 billion in 2024 and is...

Optimism and Apprehension

The end of 2024 can be characterized by a mix of optimism and apprehension. On the side of optimism, we have the many successful industry events that have occurred throughout...

Big Events Close Out the Year

As we edge closer to finishing out 2024, we do so with spectacular symposiums and trade fairs behind us. In the month of September alone, we saw key events that...

image via Building Design

Three-Tower Design Plans Revealed for Manchester

CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN INDIA DIES AFTER FALLING IN ELEVATOR PIT

Construction Worker in India Dies After Falling in Elevator Pit

(l-r) Bram Brusselmans (Otis), Quentin Dehaut (Vaneau Lecobel), Ada Sacchi (Les Petits Débrouillards), Thibault Lefebure (Otis), Marie Barbieux (Les Petits Débrouillards), Philippe Mezrakian (Vaneau Lecobel) and Xavier D'Haenens (Otis) at the Otis booth at MIPIM, France; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Donates Funds to STEM Program

(l-r) Matthew Maldonado and Shreya Upadhyaya

NECD Promotes Two to Project Manager

Dalvano

In Memoriam: Richard Thomas Dalvano