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Paul Turner Appointed LEIA President for 2023

Paul Turner, technical director at Schindler, has been appointed as the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) president for 2023. Turner has been in the industry for more than 20...

U.K.’s LEIA Announces Move, Address Change

The U.K’s Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) announced it is moving its offices and has a new address. From April 1, the association’s new office and registered address is...

London Construction Awards Now Taking Submissions

Entries for the London Construction Awards 2023 are now open. The awards are free to enter, and there are 23 categories for suppliers, contractors, architects, civil engineers, developers, housebuilders, local...

New Report on Engineering in Higher Education in U.K.

Nonprofit, London-based organization EngineeringUK on March 16 released a new research report, Engineering in Higher Education, that explores the number, characteristics and outcomes of engineering and technology students in higher...

10-Story London Development Given Approval

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has received approval for a 10-story, 32,965-m2 office scheme next to the former Financial Times building on London’s South Bank, Architects’ Journal reports. The practice has...

32-Story London Tower Recommended Despite Opposition

Woods Bagot-designed proposals for a 32-story office tower in the City of London are being recommended for approval despite opposition from government heritage adviser Historic England and an acknowledged conflict...

Apex Lifts Signs Mayor’s Fund for London

U.K.-based Apex Lifts announced it partnered with the Mayor’s Fund for London in early 2023. The campaign encourages employers from a multitude of sectors to actively level the playing field...

New Plans for London Office Tower Revealed

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has unveiled its redesign of a major London office scheme originally designed by Make, Building Design reports. Plans for the 20-story Edge Shoreditch building, drawn...

21-Story U.K. Migration Museum Building Gets Green Light

3XN, a Copenhagen-based studio centered around cultural architecture, has received the green light from the planning committee for its design of the new Migration Museum, Arch Daily reports. The 21-story...

Plans for London Towers Originally Refused Now Revised

Squire & Partners is facing a backlash from Westminster Council after substantially increasing the height of a three-tower housing scheme in west London, which was previously refused for being too...

LeCardi

LeCardi Named Metro Elevator VP of Modernization

The PUKKA project; image courtesy of realestate.eg

Schindler To Provide Elevators For Cairo NAC Project

BUCHER HYDRAULICS ACQUIRING FINLAND’S HYDMAN OY

Bucher Hydraulics Acquiring Finland’s Hydman Oy

Stack

In Memoriam: Thomas Stack

(l-r) Don Gelestino with his father, Donald Gelestino; image courtesy of Don Gelestino

In Memoriam: Gelestino’s Namesake Father