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EFESME News
The European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) had several updates in its March newsletter. First, the electronic newsletter itself has a new, modern look and now has a...
NYC’s TEI Taps Stein as New Equipment Sales Rep
Forty-year industry veteran Joseph Stein has joined NYC-based TEI Group as new equipment sales representative, TEI announced on March 15. He joins Andy Koontz, executive vice president of sales and...
Developer Resubmitting Parramatta residential plan
A plan for a dual-tower residential project in Homebush, west of the Sydney CBD, is being resubmitted, The Urban Developer reports. Planned for a 3.5-ha site at 12-14 Birnie Avenue, the development...
Elevator Shaft Fall Fatal for Contractor in Jersey City
A 44-year-old contractor died as the result of falling nine stories down an elevator shaft at a jobsite in Jersey City, New Jersey, on March 10, news outlets including the Daily...
Approval Given for Birmingham, U.K. Development
Camp Hill, in the center of Birmingham, U.K., is to receive at least one 26-story tower as part of a 4-acre plan by Eutopia Homes to bring 480 new residences, a...
Monaco To Modernize 65 VT Units
Nearly half of Monaco's public vertical transportation (VT) is set to be "modernized and improved" by 2025, the Monaco Tribune reports. Sixty-five of the 80 lifts (typically available 24/7), 37 escalators, eight...
TKE First-Of-Its-Kind Twin Installation in Paris La Défense
TKE installed two escalators and 16 lifts, including eight high-speed TWINs, featuring two cabins operating independently in one shaft for a total of 16 cabins, in the 33-story Trinity Tower,...
TKE Installs Fastest Elevators in Western Canada
TKE manufactured and installed the fastest elevators in western Canada at the 729-ft-tall, 60-story Telus Sky in Calgary. The trio of residential elevators travel at up to 1,600 ft/min and...
Schindler Installation Robot R.I.S.E. Deployed in Dubai
Schindler's elevator installation robot R.I.S.E. is being used at the 340-m-tall Uptown Tower in Dubai, the third deployment of the technology after its use in 2020 at Trlllple in Vienna,...
Irish Rail to Address VT at 22 Stations in 2021
TheJournal.ie recently reported on Irish Rail's accessibility-driven plans to upgrade or replace vertical transportation (VT) at 22 stations this year. The service confirmed a total of 22 stations — 10 of...
