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MAD Architects’ Second U.S. Project: Biophilic “Star” In L.A.

After completing its first U.S. project in August 2020 — the midrise, mixed-use Gardenhouse in Los Angeles' Beverly Hills — MAD Architects plans to return to the city with the...

KONE Wins 23-Unit High-Rise Project In Singapore

KONE has been awarded a contract to equip 23 elevators for a new high-rise development planned at the former Keppel Towers site in Singapore, the company announced on October 20....

New Warsaw Tower Features Well System Certification

Construction has wrapped up on Warsaw Unit, a 45-story, 57,000-m2 office tower in Warsaw, Poland, that obtained pre-certification for the WELL v2 Core system, a multi-criteria building certification system that focuses on...

CECA, TSSA to Present Townhall, Central Region Meeting

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) and Ontario’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) will preside over the CECA-TSSA Townhall and the CECA CR (Central Region) Meeting, beginning at 1...

TKE Reorganizes Communications, Marketing Department

Düsseldorf, Germany-based TK Elevator (TKE), has reorganized its Communications and Marketing department, the global company announced in October, a move that installed four key executives. Dr. Anahid Rickmann was named...

Mitsubishi Electric to Integrate VT Division Into Subsidiary

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will transfer its Building Systems business and assets, which include manufacture and sales of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment such as elevators and escalators, to its wholly owned subsidiary...

RFP Submitted for NYC Supertall

While concrete details remain unconfirmed, the first request for proposal (RFP) submission for the site of a future supertall north of Related Cos.’ Hudson Yards complex has been unveiled, New York...

Plans for Miami’s Okan Tower Appear Back on Track

Okan Tower, a proposed 70-story mixed-use high rise in Miami, appears to be back on track after a more-than-year-long hiatus, Florida YIMBY reports. Before being delayed by the pandemic, the development, by...

27-Story Tower Breaks Groud On Third Avenue in NYC

RXR Realty recently celebrated the start of construction on 2413 Third Avenue, a 27-story residential tower in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, NYC, New York YIMBY reports. Designed by...

Safety Award Presented to David Cooper

The 2021 Sir Moir Lockhead Safety Award, awarded by the Society of Operations Engineers, has been presented to Eur ing Prof. David Cooper in recognition of tangible improvements in safety, according...

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

Armas

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