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Architects’ Journal Small Projects Award Program Open for Entries

Now in its 28th year, the annual Architects’ Journal (AJ) Small Projects Award, run in association with Marley, is now open for entries. The award program celebrates completed projects with...

Pickerings Lifts Adds 14th Regional Office

Pickerings Lifts has announced the opening of its 14th regional office at Unit R4, Parkway, Capital Business Park, Cardiff, U.K. Led by Regional Manager Morgan Gray and Operations Manager Clive...

Seven-Building Design Providing 1,300 Homes Approved in London

Plans by HTA Design to transform the former Britannia Works factory site in east London have been given the go-ahead by the London borough of Redbridge, Architects’ Journal reports. The...

TÜV Rheinland to Acquire ABB U.K.’s Engineering Consultancy

TÜV Rheinland, which offers test technical systems and products around the world, recently announced an agreement to acquire ABB U.K.’s technical engineering consultancy, part of ABB’s Energy Industries division. Expected...

London Tower Plans Updated for Sustainability

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled plans to overhaul its design for a 260-m tall London skyscraper to boost its sustainability credentials amid growing demand from occupiers for low-carbon...

KPF Reveals Plan for 37-Story East London Office Tower

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has revealed its plan for a 160-m, 37-story office tower at the site of a 10-story, 1980s office block by the Old Street roundabout in East...

U.K.’s Sheridan Lifts Announces Hotel Chain Maintenance Contract

Manchester, U.K.-headquartered Sheridan Lifts recently announced a contract to maintain more than 70 lifts across the U.K. for Village Hotels. Sheridan Sales Operations Director Chris Chadwick said the company had...

Shorts Announces New Business Development Manager

Shorts, which provides products and services across all aspects of lift installation, modernization and maintenance in the U.K., recently announced that Andy Emsley has joined its team as Business Development...

Plans Submitted for Europe’s Largest Life Sciences Building

Canary Wharf Group and Dutch investor Kadans Science Partner have submitted plans for a 23-story tower in London’s Canary Wharf that the pair say is Europe’s largest life sciences building,...

Plans Submitted for 32-Story Tower Near Historic London Market

An application has been submitted to the City of London outlining plans to build a 32-story mixed-use office tower beside historic Leadenhall Market, Building reports. Proposals for 85 Gracechurch Street,...

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