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South Africa Airports Focus on Getting VT Up and Running

Airports in South Africa are focusing on getting vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — elevators, escalators and moving walks — up and running for the upcoming holidays after several factors resulted in...

Take the Q3 2022 Elevator Industry Survey

Elevator World, Inc., the German elevator association VFA Interlift e.V. and fair organizer AFAG, in association with Credit Suisse, are continuing to survey the global elevator industry to better understand...

Supertall Iconic Tower in Egypt’s NAC Makes Progress

Iconic Tower, at 393.8 m tall and 77 stories a supertall, is making progress in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital (NAC), with the concrete core complete and finishing touches underway, the...

Capitalise Announces Partnership With Procore

Capitalise, the small business platform that gives businesses and their advisers transparency and control over their business finances, recently announced a partnership with Procore Technologies, Inc, a leading global provider...

Winning Student Teams for Otis’ Made to Move Communities Challenge

Otis Worldwide Corp. announced the winning student teams for its second annual Made to Move CommunitiesTM challenge, in which Otis volunteers mentored students to use their science, technology, engineering and...

Nigeria Plans Airport Improvements That Include Elevators

Federal officials in Nigeria are planning to produce improvements to the country’s major airports: Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu State and the airport at Asaba, Premium Times reports. Overall, officials...

Construction Management Announced for Multi-Tower Project in Egypt

Hill International recently announced it has been selected by City Edge Development on behalf of New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) to provide Construction Management services for its flagship mixed-use project...

45-Story Condo Tower To Wrap Around Irish Pub In Toronto

Developer Madison Group tapped Teeple Architects and Turner Fleischer Architects to design a gold, brick and metallic 45-story condominium tower that will wrap around the “beloved” McVeigh’s Irish Pub in...

Schindler Receives Major Contract For Cairo Monorail

Vertical-transportation (VT) company Schindler has won a major contract to build and install elevators and escalators for a monorail system in Egypt, Switzerland Global Enterprise is among news production companies...

Building completion, training and other industry news from Dubai, Egypt and Iran

TELME NLP Training at Dubai Chamber of Commerce Toshiba Elevator Middle East LLC (TELME) employees took part in a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) session at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce as...

BOY DIES IN “OLD AND POORLY MAINTAINED” ELEVATOR IN INDIA

Boy Dies in “Old and Poorly Maintained” Elevator in India

Cho Jae-cheon, CEO of Hyundai Elevator, left, and Yoon Jeong-il, head of Hyundai E&C's purchasing division, sign an MoU at Hyundai E&C's headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul; image courtesy of Hyundai Elevator

Hyundai Elevator Signs Modular Elevator Commercialization MoU

The circa-1985 elevators on SkyTrain’s Expo Line are being replaced with new KONE units; image courtesy of TransLink via X.

40-Year-Old SkyTrain Elevators Being Replaced in Canada

TKE OWNERS SELECT FINANCIAL ADVISORS FOR PLANNED IPO

TKE Owners Select Financial Advisors for Planned IPO

CIA TO SHOWCASE CANOPEN LIFT AT INTERLIFT

CIA To Showcase CANopen Lift at Interlift