Canada

GT Awarded 15-Elevator Contract in Vancouver With Fujitec Canada

Global Tardif Elevator Manufacturing Group (GT) recently announced it has been awarded a contract for 15 panoramic machine-room-less elevators for the Broadway-City Hall Station in Vancouver, Canada. The station is...

TSSA Gathering Final Feedback Before New Website Launch

As part of its digital modernization efforts to enhance efficiency of doing business, Ontario, Canada’s not-for-profit regulator Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is preparing to launch a new website...

Otis To Provide 15 Elevators for New Burnaby Master-Planned Community

Otis President and CEO Judy Marks announced during a third quarter 2023 earnings call on October 25 that the company has been contracted to provide seven SkyRise® and eight Gen3TM...

CECA Elle-levator Group To Hold Second Meeting

Following an inaugural meeting in April, the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) Elle-levator — Women in Industry group will hold its second meeting on November 23 at 10 a.m. EST...

Technical Safety BC Seeks Survey Responses

Technical Safety BC is asking the elevating devices industry, building owners and other interested groups to provide feedback on: adopting the most recent editions of elevator codes, adopting a code...

ATTA Elevators Acquires Performance Elevator

Ontario, Canada-headquartered ATTA Elevators, a full-service independent elevator and escalator company, has announced the acquisition of Performance Elevator, a founder-run elevator service business focused on maintenance, repair and modernization across...

Montreal’s REM Faces Elevator Issues

Montreal's new Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) light-rail network is not as accessible as it claims to be, according to users in a report by CBC News. REM opened at the...

Union: BC Elevator Workers Avoid Strike, For Now

The bargaining process between the International Union of Elevator Constructors’ BC branch (IUEC Local 82) and four employers – Otis, Schindler, KONE and TK Elevator — has resumed, reports CityNews...

Elevator Worker Strike, OEM Lockout Looms in Canadian Province

Approximately 900 elevator workers in British Columbia (BC), Canada, could be off the job Tuesday following unsuccessful union negotiations last week, Penticton Western News is among outlets to report. The...

CECA Western Region Meeting Upcoming

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) is asking for RSVPs ahead of its Western Region Meeting on Friday, October 13, at 9 a.m. PST. Held at the Italian Cultural Centre...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

Armas

Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus