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Study: NYC VT Maintained by Outside Contractors Less Reliable
A study conducted by the office of New York City Councilman Keith Powers covering January found that Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) vertical-transportation (VT) equipment maintained by outside contractors is less...
Ground Broken on Greece’s First Residential Skyscraper
Lamda Development broke ground on The Riviera Tower, which will become Greece’s tallest building when completed, in February, 2LUXURY2 reports. Part of The Ellinikon, a 6.2 million m2 master-planned smart...
Decisions Made at KONE Corp. Annual General Meeting
KONE Corp.’s Annual General Meeting was held in Helsinki, Finland, on February 28. According to the company, the meeting accomplished several items: approving financial statements, dividends and nine Board of...
Elevator Shafts for New WDW Vacation Property Take Shape
Vertical construction of the new Disney Vacation Club (DVC) wing at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort at the Walt Disney World (WDW) Resort in Orlando, Florida, continues with elevator shafts taking...
UW Elevator Vandalism Causes Issues
Throughout January, the elevators connecting Odegaard Undergraduate Library to the underground parking garage at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle were repeatedly vandalized, causing them to close for extended...
Brugg CTP Receives ASME A17 Standards Approval for Use in North America
Brugg CTP® coated ropes recently received American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) approval for use in North America. The approval came about through creation of Part 5, a new section...
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...
2N Representatives from Prague Visit LML Training Center in Australia
Richie Lobert, LML Lift Consultants principal, thanked Jason Godwin and Pavel Branda of 2N TELEKOMUNIKACE a.s. of Prague, Czech Republic, for visiting the Vertical Ambition training center at LML’s headquarters...
Global Elevator Industry Survey Reflects Improved Outlook
Elevator World, Inc., the German elevator association VFA Interlift e.V. and fair organizer AFAG, in association with Credit Suisse, recently released the results of their latest global elevator industry survey...
Schindler Provides 61-Unit VT System for New Grand Madison Station
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a vertical-transportation (VT) system that includes 41 escalators and 20 elevators for the new Grand Central Madison subway station in NYC, providing, according to...
