Market Trends

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...

Market Trends: Vietnam

As its economy continues to industrialize, the small nation with a rich past and bright future offers many opportunities Culturally rich, densely populated and financially healthy, Vietnam continues to shift...

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada

One of the new elevators; image courtesy of MTA

Modern Elevator Provides Two ADA Units for Brooklyn Station

AZERBAIJANI-CHINESE VT FACTORY TO LAUNCH IN AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijani-Chinese VT Factory in Azerbaijan

Elevators were installed in wooden shafts using a certified, high-efficiency assembly method; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Provides 32 Elevators for New Berlin Schools

Biodiverse plan for 1 Silk Street; image courtesy of SOM

1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan