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Florida A17.3-2015 Code to Include Elevator Door Lock Monitoring
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently updated Florida A17.3-2015 building code to retroactively include requirement 3.10.12, which states that the condition and position of elevator cab door locks...
NAEC Adds Two Team Members
The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) recently added two new team members: Certification Manager Mary Beth O'Hara and IT/Office Administrator Dee Mobley. A resident of Winder, Georgia, O'Hara studied...
ETI Names Falahee Director of Project Management
Elevated Technologies Inc. (ETI), an elevator maintenance, modernization, construction and repair company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, has named Lisa Falahee director of project management. Falahee is charged with improving...
NYC Developer and Architect Plan Towers in Fort Lauderdale
Manhattan, NYC-based architect ODA designed a pair of 43-story tapering residential towers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for developer Dependable Equities, headquartered in Brooklyn, NYC, The Architect’s Newspaper reports. Incorporating a...
Two ADA-Compliant Elevators Welcomed at NYC Station
NYC subway riders welcomed two new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant elevators at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Livonia Avenue station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, earlier this month, WWLP is among...
India’s NCR Installs VVVF Drives on Lifts and Escalators
India’s North Central Railway (NCR) is installing variable voltage-variable frequency (VVVF) drives on elevators and escalators at stations throughout the system to reduce power consumption, Hindustan Times reports. VVVF drives...
Industry Veteran Milefchik Named COO at Two Companies
Industry veteran Rick Milefchik has been named chief operating officer (COO) for both Access Elevator & Electric Supply in Emeryville, California, and Quality Elevator Products, Inc., in Niles, Illinois, Milefchik...
TKE Canada Raises More Than CAD500,000 for CF Nonprofit
TK Elevator (TKE) Canada raised more than CAD500,000 (US$397,360) over five years for the nonprofit Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Canada, dedicated to finding a cure for CF. Fundraising efforts were led...
2N Releases White Paper on Emergency Lift Communications
2N, an IP intercom systems specialist headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, has released a white paper: "Emergency Lift Communications: A Guide for Lift Manufacturers, Service & Maintenance Providers." The document...
ECS Welcomes Alcott as Senior Business Consultant
ECS Corporation, headquartered in Broadview, Illinois, welcomed Michael Alcott as senior business consultant to ECS Chairman and CEO Ray Allen and Vice President Julie Allen in May. Alcott has nearly...
