Contracts

KONE to Modernize Illinois City Hall Elevator

The Edwardsville Illinois Administrative and Community Service (ACS) has approved a sole source resolution to authorize KONE to modernize the City Hall elevator and a second such resolution for related...

59 Otis Units for Massive Montreal Mixed-Use Development

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it received an order to supply 59 vertical-transportation units — including 35 Gen3TM elevators with sustainable ReGenTM drives — for the Royalmount mixed-use project being developed...

15 Otis Elevators for Luxury Downtown Toronto Development

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it has been selected by construction services company EllisDon Construction to provide 15 elevators for The United Building at 481 University Avenue in downtown Toronto. Developed...

Skanska Lands US$113-Million NYC Subway Escalator Contract

Skanska USA Inc., headquartered in NYC, announced on October 6 it has won a US$113-million contract to replace 17 escalators serving six NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway stations. The...

ERS Lands 170-Unit Maintenance Contract for Houston Airports

Houston-based Elevator Repair Service, Inc. (ERS) in September was awarded a five-year contract by the City of Houston Finance Department to operate and maintain more than 170 vertical-transportation units at...

West Virginia Commission Approves Elevator Repairs by Otis

The Harrison County Commission in West Virginia approved a payout of US$40,000 for elevator repair during a regular meeting at the end of September, The Exponent Telegraph reported. During the...

Validity of Payment Notices and Severability of Adjudication Decisions

by Thomas Salter In the recent case of Downs Road Development LLP v. Laxmanbhai Construction (UK) Ltd. [2021], the Technology & Construction Court considered issues concerning the validity of payment...

OEMs announce important wins.

KONE 401 Units for Singapore MRT System KONE has won an order to supply 218 elevators and 183 escalators to stages four and five of the Thomson-East Coast Line of...

A major event and tall-tower construction drive work for OEMs around the globe.

KONE Providing 180 Units to World Expo 2020 Dubai KONE has been selected to provide 180 units to World Expo 2020, taking place in Dubai from October 20, 2020-April 10,...

Innovative equipment, products from companies large and small being installed worldwide.

Mitsubishi Electric Delivers Landmark DOAS Order in Taipei Mitsubishi Electric delivered a landmark order to Taipei Nan Shan Plaza in central Taipei that includes what is believed to be Taiwan’s...

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir