Canada
ATIS, Liberty Elevator, KJA Merge to Form ATIS Ascenda Partners
ATIS, Liberty Elevator Experts and KJA Consultants have merged into ATIS Ascenda Partners, LLC, creating North America's largest provider of comprehensive vertical-transportation (VT) management and advisory services, the companies announced...
New Vancouver City Council Greenlights “Beautiful” Condo Tower
The newly inaugurated Vancouver City Council has approved a 47-story tower that includes 285 condominium and 87 affordable, “social housing” units at 1063-1075 Barclay Street in downtown Vancouver’s West End...
GUNN Consultants Welcomes New Team Member Smiley
Vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy GUNN Consultants, with offices in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, recently announced Chris Smiley as a VT consultant based in Toronto. He comes to GUNN with more...
TSSA IT Upgrade to Affect Services and Response Times
The third phase of the Toronto Standards and Safety Authority’s (TSSA) upgrade to an IT solution known as OASIS, covering elevating device customers and set to go live on March...
GUNN Promotes Bakshi to Calgary Branch Manager
Vertical-transportation consultancy GUNN Consultants, with offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, Canada, has promoted Anant "Andy" Bakshi from project manager to branch manager of the Calgary office. Bakshi joined GUNN...
CECA Western Region Meeting Planned in Vancouver in April
The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) plans the CECA Western Region Meeting starting at 9 a.m. on April 21 at the Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver, Canada. Coffee...
Otis VT Package for Upcoming Mixed-Use Surrey Tower
Otis is providing the vertical-transportation (VT) package for City Centre 4 (CC4), a 23-story mixed-use tower with six levels of underground parking being developed by The Lark Group and ITC...
Montreal’s STM Makes Another Station Accessible With Elevators
On December 22, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) inaugurated elevators at the Jolicoeur metro station — the fourth STM station to be made accessible in the past six weeks...
TSSA Announces 2022 Safety Award Recipients
The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) presented the Legacy Safety Awards to Dave Little of Atura Power — Brighton Beach Generating Station and Rick Hicks of Delta Elevator in...
CECA Halifax Convention Updates
The 49th Annual CECA Convention, hosted by CKG Elevator, will be held June 13-16, 2023, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and CECA recently sent out a number of updates to its...
