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Excavation Underway to Make Way for Brooklyn Supertall
Excavation is underway to make way for a 941-ft-tall, 79-story mixed-use supertall designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at 625 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn, NYC, New York YIMBY reports. Developed by Rabsky...
Elevator Accident in China Claims Life Of Teenager
Officials in southern China are investigating the death of a teenage girl who was killed when a suspected faulty elevator rose quickly and struck the top of the elevator shaft...
Kettle Collective Designs World’s Second-Tallest Tower
Scottish architecture practice Kettle Collective has unveiled designs for a 703-m-tall supertall skyscraper in St. Petersburg, Russia, which would be the second-tallest building in the world, Dezeen reported on May 26. Called Lakhta Centre...
WAGO Hires New Business Development Specialist
WAGO, of Germantown, Wisconsin, announced in May that Michael Cuff has been hired as business development specialist for PCB & Electronic Interconnect. A lifelong resident of Massachusetts, Cuff earned a...
TKE Expands Canadian Presence with trio of Acquisitions
TKE expanded its reach in Canada with the acquisition of three Ontario companies specializing in elevator modernization, service and repair: Bay Elevator Ltd. of North Bay, Direct Elevator Service Ltd....
Officials Seek Funds for Rawalpindi Hospital Lifts
Authorities with the District Health Authority in Rawalpindi have asked the Punjab government to release funds for the installation of elevators at Wah General Hospital, Urdu Point reported in May. Health CEO Dr. Faiza...
U.K.-U.S. MoU Aims to Improve BIM
The U.S.-based National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work with the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) to develop the U.S....
Deadline Approaching for IEES Abstract Submission
Those interested in presenting a paper at this year's International Elevator & Escalator Symposium (IEES), "The Future of Vertical Transportation in 2030," planned for December 6-7 at the Hotel Okura Amsterdam, should...
TEI Group VT System for Nearly Complete NYC Condo Tower
TEI Group shared details with ELEVATOR WORLD about the vertical-transportation (VT) system serving the nearly complete The Cortland, a 26-story condominium building at 555 West 22nd Street in West Chelsea,...
Plans for Scotland’s Queen Street Station Submitted
Network Rail has submitted plans to Glasgow City Council for the next phase of a GBP120-million (US$170-million) project to redevelop Queen Street Station, Scotland's third-busiest railway station, The Herald reported on May...
