Market Trends

Destination: U.A.E.

Technology and style come together in one of the world’s most sophisticated vertical-transportation markets. In tennis, there is a theory that rallying with a player far better than oneself will...

Global Urbanization

Cities to see a 2.5-billion increase in population by 2050. In 1950, urban population represented only 30% of the world’s total population, whereas this figure is expected to more than...

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...

CLASS PROJECT TO TRANSFORM OHIO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING’S ELEVATORS

Class Project To Transform Ohio Residential Building’s Elevators

Ciel Tower; image © NORR Group

CTBUH Best Tall Building MEA 2025 Is Dubai’s Ciel Tower

image via Facilities Management Journal

Stannah Welcomes New Generation of Apprentices

Centris Towers; image courtesy of Studio Vertebra Architects

Otis Uzbekistan Distributor Secures 35-Unit Contract

LATEST KARACHI ELEVATOR ACCIDENT POINTS TO LARGER ISSUE

Latest Karachi Elevator Accident Points to Larger Issue