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“Landmark” Toronto Strip Club To Be Replaced With Condo Tower

Development plans that would level half of a Toronto block, including a circa-1950 strip club, to build a 514-unit condominium tower were recently filed, blogTo reports. The proposal from developer...

CEA Meeting Planned for June

A meeting of the Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) will be held at Ki’s Steak & Seafood in Glendale Heights, Illinois, on Thursday, June 1. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m., and...

Elevator Assembly Plant Planned for Azerbaijan

Belarus and Azerbaijan signed several documents relating to cooperation in the manufacturing sector at a recent meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperations in Baku, Azerbaijan, Azernews...

Schindler Australia Modernizes Iconic Airport Control Tower Lift

Schindler Australia Pty. Ltd. recently celebrated the completion of a modernization of the Schindler 5500 AP lift serving the iconic Airport Control Tower in Sydney. The two-stop lift transports air...

Joint Webinar To Look at Code Standard Differences

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC), the European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EFESME) and the Elevator & Escalator Component Manufacturers’ Association of India (EECMAI) are hosting...

MTA Seeking Insight on Urine Detection Systems

NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) issued a request in April for information from companies that have successfully installed elevator car urine detection systems in large transit systems, airports or institutions,...

TKE Re-Launches Safety Ambassadors’ Club

TK Elevator (TKE) recently re-launched its Safety Ambassadors’ Club program, developed by TKE Head of Corporate Communications & Inclusion North America Sasha Bailey. Encouraging its approximately 800 elevator-loving members, many...

California Union Opens Apprenticeship and Training Center

The International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) Local 8 Holding Company of California opened a new apprenticeship and training center for elevator contractors at the Marvin J. Boede Training Center...

Otis Launches Otis ONE in the Middle East

Otis Worldwide Corp. announced on May 16 the introduction of the Otis ONETM Internet of Things (IoT) service platform in the Middle East. It is now available in Bahrain, the...

Technical Safety BC Requests Input on Upcoming Fee Changes

Technical Safety BC, an independent, self-funded organization that oversees safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across the Canadian province of British Columbia, is requesting feedback on fee...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

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Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus