Saudi Arabia

NEOM Announces Luxury Coastal Tourism Destination

NEOM, a new urban area planned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has announced its latest offering, a luxury tourism destination called Epicon, Al Arabiya News reports. Located on the...

Otis Secures Contract To Modernize 18 Elevators at Bank HQ in Riyadh

Otis has secured a contract to modernize 18 elevators at Saudi National Bank (SNB) headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Otis President and CEO Judy Marks announced during an earnings call...

Hyundai Saudi Arabia Representative ESCCO Awarded Red Sea Global Contracts

Red Sea Global, developer of major "regenerative tourism" projects The Red Sea and AMAALA, has awarded multiple contracts to Elevator Systems Contracting Co. (ESCCO), a subsidiary of International Project Developers...

Plan for World’s Tallest, Jeddah Tower, “Back in Full Motion”

The plan to build the world’s tallest building, Jeddah Tower (formerly known as Kingdom Tower) is “back in full motion,” following Jeddah Economic Co. (JEC) announcing 14 contractors that may...

Schindler Providing 150 VT Units to Latest Phase of Mecca Giga-Project

Schindler will provide 150 vertical-transportation (VT) units, including 44 Schindler 7000 elevators, 65 Schindler 5500 elevators, 36 Schindler 9300 escalators and five platform lifts to Masar, a mixed-use "giga-project" in...

Grand Opening for Tadawul Tower Expected Soon

Completed in late 2022, Tadawul Tower in Saudi Arabia’s capital and main financial hub, Riyadh, is only a few months away from its expected grand opening, the Council on Tall...

Futuristic Smart City Envisioned on Red Sea in Saudi Arabia

A futuristic city with “an artificial moon, phosphorescent beaches and flying taxis” is envisioned by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia’s border with...

Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Australia yield big orders.

PT. Berca Schindler Wins 474-Unit Order in Indonesia PT. Berca Schindler Lifts, a joint venture between Central Cipta Murdaya Group and Jardine Schindler Group, has been awarded a contract to...

Orders for Saudi Arabia and Moscow, and an office in India

Eight Saudi Projects KONE has announced winning an order to supply 153 elevators in eight different projects commissioned by Alargan Projects in Saudi Arabia. The order was booked in the...

Hyundai Elevator Tapped for Riyadh Medical Complex

Hyundai Elevator has secured a US$30-million deal from the Saudi Arabian government to outfit Security Forces Medical City, under development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with an unspecified number of units,...

PPP-MAINTAINED FOBS IN INDIAN CITY LACK WORKING ELEVATORS

PPP-Maintained FoBs in Indian City Lack Working Elevators

Escalators at the Rohat Tashkent Metro station on the Circle Line; These are not among the units currently being replaced; photo by Khasan axim1 for Wikipedia.

Tashkent Metro Explains High Price of New Escalators

The Supra Linea Platform Lift in an outdoor setting; image courtesy of Access BDD

U.K.-Based Access BDD to Launch New Platform Lift in NA

A good time was had by all.

Wisconsin Elevator Symposium Golf Outing a Great Success

1705 Weston Road, designed by Graziani + Corazza Architects for Altree Developments

Toronto Skyscraper Proposal Nearly Doubles in Height