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Fall From Escalator In Russia Leads To Serious Injuries
A 17-year-old girl fell from an escalator in a shopping center on Prospekt Mira in Moscow Russia, injuring her face and head and damaging her liver and spleen, MK reported on November...
TASFED Opens Its Third Academy In Kayseri
Turkey Elevator Industrialists Federation (TASFED) opened the third of the Elevator Academies at Kayseri Ayşe Baldöktü Vocational Training Center in Turkey on November 11. The first two previously opened in...
Final Video Of “Liftinstituut Expert Sessions” Now Available
"Liftinstituut Expert Sessions” online videos Episode 4, “IoT (Internet of Things) in the Elevator Industry” is now available at liftinstituut.com/knowledge-center. The fourth video of this series, with Managing Director John van...
51-Story Hotel With Schindler Vt System Tops Out In Hudson Yards
Construction has topped out at 450 Eleventh Avenue in NYC’s Hudson Yards, which will be home to a 51-story, 379-room Aloft Hotel served by a Schindler vertical-transportation system, New York YIMBY reported...
First Of Two Elevators At Miami Tower Repaired
One of two broken elevators at an 18-story Miami apartment building was repaired on November 23, after the two had been broken down for days, NBC6 South Florida reported. The units, which...
Glasgow High Rise Plans Change
A mixed-use development near Glasgow’s George Street has gained planning approval with final plans including a 20-story tower that will now house rental flats instead of a 272-room student housing...
Elevator Work Continues In Brooke County Courthouse
Crews are working to replace the elevator of the county courthouse in Wellsburg, West Virginia, The Weirton Daily Times reported on November 24. The Brooke County Commission held a meeting in a...
Amtrak To Invest $16 Million Into Johnstown Station
Amtrak plans to invest US$16 million into improving its Johnstown Station in Pennsylvania as part of the Johnstown-to-Arts Corridor Project, Progressive Railroading reported on November 23. Improvements include replacing the current platform,...
TKE Top Company In Oversight Of Sustainability Risks
Sustainalytics, a global leader in environmental, social and governance (ESG) and corporate governance research and ratings, found TK Elevator (TKE) the lowest “risk” company in the field of machinery industries, Manufacturing...
Elevator-Industry Winners Of 2021 NYC DoB Innovation Challenge
Two of the five winners of the 2021 NYC Department of Buildings (DoB) "Hack the Building Code" Innovation Challenge are elevator-industry related, DoB announced on November 18. They are SafeRise LLC, a...
