Canada
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...
Transitions At The Top For TKE Canada
Former TK Elevator (TKE) Canada CEO Blain Coupal has been promoted to executive vice president, field, North America, and 25-year industry veteran Gary Medeiros is new CEO in Canada, TKE...
Goldray Glass Unveils New And Improved Website
Calgary, Canada-based Goldray Glass, which provides products including Corning® Gorilla® glass for elevator cabs, has unveiled a new and improved website. The website redesign is aimed at making it easier...
CECA MCP Committee Finalizes 2019 B355 Document, Logbook
The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) announced its Maintenance Control Plan (MCP) committee has finalized a Maintenance Requirements Plan and Procedures document and accompanying logbook for the 2019 B355 code....
VT, tall buildings coming to LRT lines and Vancouver
Otis Providing Hundreds of Units to LRT Projects Otis is providing hundreds of elevators and escalators to light rail transit (LRT) projects in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, the OEM announced...
Updates from across the country
CECA Postpones Halifax Convention; Looks to Montreal in 2022 The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has postponed its 2021 Halifax convention to June 2023. The CECA Board of Directors said...
News from Ontario, Toronto and CECA
KJA Advising on VT to Serve Proposed Ontario Line KJA Consultants, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Rob Isabelle tells ELEVATOR WORLD the consultancy is helping plan the vertical-transportation (VT) system for...
Business acquisition and upgrade join tall-building news from around the Great White North
LATTA Elevators Acquires Escalator Company LEE ATTA Elevators Corp., based in Concord, has acquired Leading Edge Escalators Inc. (LEE), based in Oshawa, ATTA CEO Mark Attanasio announced in October. LEE...
Work abounds in and around the city
KONE Touchless Elevator System for Oakville Development KONE has been hired to provide six MonoSpace® 500 elevators with the Elevator Call touchless solution to Distrikt Trailside, a residential development taking...
Toronto and Greater Vancouver see high-rise construction progress, a plan and an approval.
The Well Megaproject Progressing in Toronto Construction work on The Well (ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2019), occupying nearly a full city block at Spadina Avenue and Front Street in downtown Toronto,...