Market Trends
Indonesia Rising
Underlying megatrends such as urbanization and population growth are driving business for vertical-transportation companies in the world’s largest island nation. When Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted the 1974 Conference on Tall Buildings...
United States Looking Up
Construction, including that of skyscrapers and infrastructure, is expected to gain momentum through 2015 and hold steady in 2016, and elevator companies are reaping the rewards. From coast to coast,...
Dubai: Tall Growth on the Desert Coast
Elevators and other forms of people-moving equipment are part of life in this established, growing metropolis. To create urban life in the desert, before all else comes the need for...
MRL Elevators
Traditional systems’ younger sibling is gaining acceptance worldwide, but does it have staying power? One of your reporter’s first assignments for ELEVATOR WORLD was writing about the modernization of the...
Never Too Tall or Too Thin
Supertalls are redefining the 57th Street skyline. New York City (NYC) is undergoing a skyscraper boom the likes of which it has never seen before, and the number of towers...
Business is Booming in the Big Apple
The elevator industry is keeping up with the challenges and reaping the rewards of increased tall-building construction in NYC. Tall-building construction in New York City (NYC) is at a historic...
Global Interchanges
NYC as Resurgent Skyscraper City The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat will stage its 2015 International Conference in New York City (NYC) on October 26-30. The conference title,...
The Elevator Industry in India
This article is based on the report “The Future of Elevator Market in India to 2018” published by e-Research & Publications India Pvt. Ltd. of Chennai, India. The study provides...
Bullish on Brazil
Urban migration and a growing middle class, not to mention the FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics, are fueling growth for vertical-transportation companies in South America’s largest market. Brazil’s demand...
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2013
A small increase in 200-m-plus-tall building completions marks a return to upward trends. by Daniel Safarik and Antony Wood By all appearances, the small increase in the total number of...
