U.K.

Sheridan Lifts Wins Three-Year Maintenance Contract

The U.K.’s Sheridan Lifts recently announced on LinkedIn that, following a public tendering exercise, the company has been awarded the lift contract for Blackburn & Darwen Council. This is a...

LEEA Annual Golf Event Announced for June

Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) recently announced its annual golf day will be at the Hilton Puckrup Hall on June 30. Set within 140 acres of Gloucestershire countryside, the course...

LECS UK Hires Ford as Project Engineer

LECS UK, a lift and escalator consultancy with offices in London and Manchester, recently hired Michael Ford as project engineer. Prior to this appointment, Ford spent eight years at Allianz...

TKE Urges U.K. Partners to Connect With Alcumus Supply

TK Elevator (TKE) is entering its U.K. partnership with Alcumus SafeContractor, a provider of clients’ Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) services, the companies announced in March. TKE, a major...

Abstract Deadline Near for Lift, Escalator Presentations

Directors of the Lift & Escalator Symposium Trust are overseeing the 13th Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies and are urging those wishing to contribute to submit their abstracts by...

Terry Lifts Named Member Of Made In Britain

Terry Lifts, the specialist lift manufacturer headquartered in Knutsford, Cheshire, U.K., recently announced its accreditation as a member of Made in Britain, an organization which brings together British manufacturers united...

450 Homes In Five Towers Greenlit In North-West London

A TateHindle-designed plan for approximately 450 homes within towers ranging from 13 to 21 stories by Wembley Station in North-West London has been approved by housing authorities, who found potential...

TfL Concerned About HS2 Euston Station Design In London

Transport for London (TfL) has raised “several concerns” about HS2 Ltd.’s latest designs for London’s Euston Station, one of the stations serving the new HS2 high-speed railway that will form...

Schmersal Receives First UKCA Certificate From TÜV Rheinland

Schmersal Group, headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany, has been issued the first United Kingdom Conformity Assessment (UKCA) certificate by TÜV Rheinland, a testing body officially recognized by the U.K. government's Department...

Gatwick Airport Station VT Upgrade Hits Milestone

The upgrade to Gatwick Airport station in West Sussex, England, U.K., hit a milestone in early February as the final three of eight new escalators were lifted into place at...

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