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Leveling The Playing Field

DOL updates wage regulations for federal projects.  by Kaija Wilkinson The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently updated the Davis-Bacon Act, which sets prevailing wages contractors are required to pay...

“An Exciting New Chapter”

Davies leads Access BDD on a journey of growth. by Kathleen Farrell It has been more than a year since U.K.-based Access BDD brought its stairlifts to the North American...

50 Hudson Yards, With Largest TKE Twin Elevator System in North America, Opens in NYC

The 58-story, 1,011-foot-tall 50 Hudson Yards, served by a 22-unit TK Elevator (TKE) TWIN elevator system that is the largest of its kind on North America, has opened on the...

TKE Names Bora Gülan CEO of European and African Business

Bora Gülan has been appointed CEO of TK Elevator's (TKE) elevator and escalator business in Europe and Africa, the company announced on March 15. In addition to taking end-to-end responsibility...

TKE Publishes Report on Four Smart Elevator Trends

TK Elevator has released a new report/white paper titled “The Elevator of Tomorrow: 4 Trends Personalizing the Rider Experience,” which highlights these notable megatrends: making elevators more reliable with cloud-based...

U.K.’s Global1Partners Taps Two Joint GMs

On February 1, U.K.-headquartered Global1Partners Ltd announced the appointment of Susan Terry and Andrew Creswell as joint general managers (GMs). Since joining the company 26 years ago, Terry progressed through...

Raczynska Appointed Chief Transformation Officer

TK Elevator (TKE) announced the appointment of Sylwia Raczynska to chief transformation officer on February 6. She succeeds Jörg Ulrich, who is moving on to other opportunities. In her new...

TKE Providing 16 Elevators for New Cleveland Medical Building

TK Elevator (TKE) is providing 16 overhead traction elevators for the new Cleveland Clinic Neurological Center on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The 400,000-ft2 building will bring together services currently...

ESI Names Williams VP of Business Development

ESI/Elevator Systems, LLC, headquartered in Uniondale on Long Island, recently introduced Ricky Williams as vice president (VP) of business development. Williams joins ESI with 34 years' experience in business and...

TKE Installing New Elevators at Wichita County Courthouse

By the end of spring, officials in Wichita County, Texas, hope to have three elevators — including two new units — serving the county courthouse in Wichita Falls, as TK...

222 Broadway; photo © John W. Cahill for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

TEI Group Repositions Elevators for Major NYC Conversion

ARCHI-TREAD RELOCATING FROM N.J. TO FLORIDA

Archi-Tread Relocating From N.J. to Florida

Entrance to the Victoria Building, which was built in 1945; photo by SnowyBadger for Wikipedia

Halifax Hospital to Get Elevator Replacement, Upgrades

Stationslift Storingen, a website for reporting broken elevators, was created in response to the structural problem by wheelchair user Kasrt Lovers; image courtesy of X.

Out-of-Order Lifts at Dutch Train Stations Leave Wheelchair Users Stranded

FUJITEC EXPLAINS NEW STRATEGY CENTERED AROUND DIGITAL TWIN CONCEPT

Fujitec Explains New Strategy Centered Around Digital Twin Concept