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CEA Invites Club Members To The 2021 Christmas Party

The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) invites members and their guests to the 2021 Christmas Party, set for 6:30 p.m. December 1. The party, which will include live music, food, drinks...

IUEC Recognizes Veterans For Service, Sacrifice

International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) General President Frank J. Christensen, on behalf of the organization, recognized veterans, both past and present, for the efforts and sacrifices they have made,...

Wurtec Opens Dallas-Area Location, Names Branch Manager

Wurtec opened a Dallas-area location in Irving, Texas, in November and named industry veteran Eric Siren branch manager. In addition to his new role, Siren is also the Wurtec branch...

Long Island, New York-Based Island Elevator Names New GM

Island Elevator, a company that describes itself as "one of the largest and most experienced elevator companies on Long Island," New York, has named Robert Pic general manager (GM). Pic...

South Korea Sets Standards For Delivery Robot Elevator Use

The Korea Agency for Technology and Standards announced at an international forum on robot technology and standards held at the Millennium Hilton Seoul Hotel that it will enact two types...

Three Passengers Rescued From Stalled Elevator In D.C.

Three adult passengers were rescued by District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DC Fire and EMS) personnel from an elevator that had stalled in a blind shaft...

New Jersey Station Upgrade To Meet ADA Requirements

Renovations to the historic Perth Amboy, New Jersey, train station are set to begin, after a US$45.5-million construction contract was awarded to Hall Construction Co. of Monmouth County, my central jersey reported...

Funicular Upgrade, New Subway Escalators In Pittsburgh

The Port Authority in Pittsburgh is embarking on US$21.7 million in construction projects that include the upgrade of the historic Monongahela Incline and replacement of nine escalators at three downtown...

Accessibility Project At Tomb Of The Patriarchs To Proceed

The High Court of Justice denied a Palestinian petition against a project to make Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs shrine wheelchair accessible by installing an elevator, The Times of Israel reported on...

Bhopal Set To Open India’s First World-Class Station

Habibganj railway station in Bhopal, which has been re-developed as the country’s first world-class station, complete with facilities equivalent to a modern airport, is to be dedicated on November 15...

2601 Elliott Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood; image courtesy of Google Maps

Vanbarton Looks Beyond NYC To Seattle for Potential Conversion

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CECA Calls For Votes For Supplier Director

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LIFTEX 2025 To Showcase Latest Innovations in Lift Technology

The 106-story Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower in Dubai Marina; image courtesy of KONE

KONE To Equip Dubai Residential Supertall With 38 VT Units

The meeting of the newly christened Elevate-HER is planned at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre; image courtesy of niagarafallstourism.com.

CECA’s Women’s Group Introduces New Name: Elevate-HER