Europe

U.K. Lift Industry Mental Health Charter Cup Set for May

The Lift Industry Mental Health Charter Cup will be played on May 20 — during the U.K.’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 — at Dartford Football Club in Dartford, Kent,...

Plans Submitted for London Building Transformation

Kohn Pedersen Fox’s Old Street roundabout tower has been submitted for planning, Building Design reports. The City fringe scheme would transform the 1990s Inmarsat building at 99 City Road in...

London Tower Design Approved with Second Staircase Added

An east London council has approved a Rio Architects-designed high-rise co-living development that will deliver 795 studio units in a 46-story block, Building Design reports. The original proposals for the...

Apex Lifts Fundraises for U.K. Sensory Suite

Apex Lifts — London's largest independent lift manufacturing and servicing company — with the help of grants received from the Royal Warrant Charity Fund and South East Consortium, helped fundraising...

Italy’s ANACAM To Host Regional Seminar in Sicily

The Sicily division of Anacam (Italian elevator association) plans to host a regional seminar on April 20 at the Hotel Torre del Sud in Modica, Sicily. Also open to condominium...

Apex Lifts Named A Finalist in Construction Awards for Innovation

U.K.-based Apex Lifts announced it has been named a finalist in the Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards 2023 in the Innovation category for LiftWatch — an interactive client portal allowing users...

Planning Permission Granted for 15-Story Hotel in the U.K.

London’s Latitude Architects has secured detailed planning permission for a 15-story hotel on a street in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, U.K., Building Design reports. The 89-room proposal...

Glenn Howells Reveals Replacement for Never-Realized Birmingham Tower

U.K.-based Glenn Howells Architects unveiled plans for a 32-story tower containing 294 build-to-rent flats at 100 Broad Street in Birmingham, U.K., Architects' Journal reports. In 2019, Birmingham City Council approved...

EU’s Tallest Building, Varso, Gains Another Tenant

The tallest building in the European Union (EU), Varso in Warsaw, Poland, gained another tenant with the Polish branch of German software developer SAP moving into 1,400 m2 on the...

PR Lift Equipment Welcomes Technical Support Specialist

PR Lift Equipment, a U.K.-based independent lift supplier, has announced the addition of Ryad Atrouche as technical support specialist. Atrouche formerly worked at Arkel Electric Electronic in Türkiye and has...

The machine is transported to the site; image courtesy of Champion Elevator.

Challenging Hudson Valley Modernization a “Testament to Teamwork”

Oakland, California, Councilmember Carroll Fife; image courtesy of City of Oakland

Oakland Passes Residential Elevator Maintenance Ordinance

NEW ESCALATORS AT TWO BENGALURU, INDIA RAILWAY STATIONS

New Escalators at Two Bengaluru, India Railway Stations

18-YEAR-OLD WORKER DIES AFTER FALLING DOWN ESCALATOR SHAFT

18-Year-Old Worker Dies After Falling Down Escalator Shaft

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way