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CTBUH 2023 International Conference Launch Events Draw Nearly 300 Attendees

Nearly 300 regional leaders attended the official launch events for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2023 International Conference, the organization reports. The conference, titled Humanizing High...

Otis Taps EVCo to Convert Service Fleet to EVs

Otis has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EVCo to convert its fleet vehicles in Singapore to Electric Vehicles (EVs), Otis announced earlier this month. Based in Singapore,...

CTBUH Invites Abstracts for “Humanizing High Density” Conference

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) issues an invitation to and invites abstracts for the international conference, “Humanizing High Density — People, Nature & the Urban Realm,”...

Fujitec Singapore Receives 300-Elevator HDB Order

Fujitec Singapore Corp. Ltd. received an order from the Singapore Housing & Development Board (HBD) for approximately 300 elevators, bringing the total the subsidiary has delivered to the HDB to...

Plans Revealed for Singapore’s Tallest Tower

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) revealed in October the design of 8 Shenton Way, a 305 m-high tower that, once completed, will become not only Singapore's tallest building but one...

Schindler Built-In Technology Presented at Singapore Show

Jardine Schindler Group featured new technology, including Schindler's BuilT-In, at BEX Asia in Singapore in September. BuilT-In is a state-of-the-art Building Transit Integrator specially designed to meet modern-day buildings' present...

Fujitec Singapore Celebrates 50th Anniversary and Marks Milestones

Established in 1972 as Fujitec Group's third overseas subsidiary, Fujitec Singapore celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 2 at a gala event attended by approximately 750 guests at its headquarters...

KONE to Showcase Five Key Innovations at BEX Asia 2022

KONE plans to showcase five key innovations at its booth in the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) Pavilion at Built Environment Xpo (BEX) Asia 2022 at the Sands Expo &...

Planned 63-Story Tower Set to Become Singapore’s Tallest

A 63-story, 305-m-tall mixed-use tower that is part of the redevelopment of former AXA Tower site at 8 Shenton Way in Singapore is set to become the country’s tallest building,...

Otis 231-Escalator Refurbishment First for SMRT in 35 Years

Otis announced on August 2 completion of a project to refurbish 231 escalators across 42 stations on the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) North-South and East-West (NSEW) railway lines, the...

222 Broadway; photo © John W. Cahill for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

TEI Group Repositions Elevators for Major NYC Conversion

ARCHI-TREAD RELOCATING FROM N.J. TO FLORIDA

Archi-Tread Relocating From N.J. to Florida

Entrance to the Victoria Building, which was built in 1945; photo by SnowyBadger for Wikipedia

Halifax Hospital to Get Elevator Replacement, Upgrades

Stationslift Storingen, a website for reporting broken elevators, was created in response to the structural problem by wheelchair user Kasrt Lovers; image courtesy of X.

Out-of-Order Lifts at Dutch Train Stations Leave Wheelchair Users Stranded

FUJITEC EXPLAINS NEW STRATEGY CENTERED AROUND DIGITAL TWIN CONCEPT

Fujitec Explains New Strategy Centered Around Digital Twin Concept