Vancouver
Hurley Named GM of Wurtec Canada
Wurtec, a family-owned company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, that engineers, manufactures and distributes tools and components for the elevator trade, announced it has named Mike Hurley as general manager (GM)...
SkyTrain Escalator Project Moves to Second Phase
TransLink is reopening the Millennium Line escalators at Commercial–Broadway SkyTrain Station in Vancouver, Canada, on September 27. On the same day, the second phase of the escalator replacement project will...
VDA Acquires Canada’s GUNN Consultants
East Hanover, New Jersey-headquartered VDA, Inc. announced on July 9 it has acquired Canada-based vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy GUNN Consultants. GUNN was founded in 1983 as an engineering consulting firm specializing...
CECA WR Meeting on January 26
The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) reminds its members that the next Western Region (WR) meeting is January 26 at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Held at the Italian Cultural...
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...
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...
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 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...
Plan for Pair of 30-Story Towers Progresses in Vancouver
Following approval of a rezoning application, Bosa Properties seeks a development permit from the Vancouver City Council to build a pair of 30-story residential towers at the corner of Harwood...
