Asia
PPP-Maintained FoBs in Indian City Lack Working Elevators
Bharat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the administrative body responsible for civic amenities in greater Bengaluru, India, has found that many foot overbridges (FOBs) maintained under the public-private partners (PPP) model...
Tashkent Metro Explains High Price of New Escalators
Tashkent Metro in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has provided answers as to why eight new escalators for three metro stations cost UZS10 billion (US$783,961), or UZS1.3 billion (US$101,914) per escalator, UZ Daily...
Four-Tower Supernova Project in India Gets Funding
Supertech Realtors' Supernova luxury development in Noida, India, consisting of four towers up to 80 stories tall and India's biggest commercial defaulter, has gotten a new lease on life thanks...
TKE Sri Lanka Distributor to Install 15 Units at Condo Development
TK Elevator (TKE) announced its distribution partner, DIMO, will install 15 meta200 elevators at the luxury Marina Square condominium development in Uptown Columbo, Sri Lanka. Designed for mid-rise residential and...
Fujitec Receives Major Elevator Remote-Monitoring Certification
Fujitec Co., Ltd. announced on September 12 that its group company Fujitec Singapore Corp. Ltd. has become the first Japanese company to obtain certification for elevator maintenance using remote monitoring...
CTBUH President Antony Wood To Step Down
After nearly 20 years at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Dr. Antony Wood has made the decision to step down as president at the end of...
Otis Elevator Acquires Jardine Schindler Lifts Ltd. Taiwan
Otis Elevator Co. (Taiwan) Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Jardine Schindler Lifts Ltd. Taiwan from the Jardine Schindler Group. Otis Taiwan is a subsidiary of Otis Worldwide Corp. Jardine...
Two Dead in India Elevator Incident
Two laborers died after falling in an elevator duct from the fourth floor of an under-construction building in Vikhroli East, Mumbai, India, on September 3, the Hindustan Times reports. The...
Plan to Expand and Diversify Seoul Bank Part of Larger Trend
Woori Bank's plan to transform its circa 1950 Euljiro branch in Seoul, South Korea, which closed in July, from a five-story mid-rise into a 19-story high-rise with seven underground levels...
Man Dies in India Hotel Elevator Incident
A 45-year-old man from Kerala, India, fell seven floors down an elevator shaft in a hotel in Surat, India, and died on August 30, The Times of India reports. The...
