Oceania

Otis To Modernize 20 Elevators for NSW LAHC Housing

Otis will modernize 20 elevators for New South Wales (NSW) Land and Housing Corp. (LAHC), a government agency that owns and maintains a portfolio of 125,000 social housing properties in Australia....

Unsworth Joins LML Lift Consultants Senior Consultant

Richie Lobert, founder and co-director of Australia's LML Lift Consultants, announced that John Unsworth has joined the company as a senior consultant overseeing numerous major projects. Well known in the...

Albanese Labor Government Funds Elevator Installation

The Central Pontian Association in Brunswick, Australia, will receive AUD49,500 (US$31,623) in federal funding to install an elevator at its Pontiaki Estia headquarters on Sydney Road, Neos Kosmos reports. The funding comes...

Otis Integrates Robot and Elevators in New Zealand

For the first time, Otis has integrated a service robot with elevators at a hotel in New Zealand with Otis Integrated DispatchTM  Application Programming Interface (API) technology that allows the...

LMA To Become Avire Distributor in Australia and New Zealand

Lift Material Australia Pvt. Ltd. (LMA), part of Dewhurst Group, announced it will officially become the new exclusive distributor of Avire lift and escalator products in Australia and New Zealand...

Ministry of Health Replacing Six Elevators in Hospital in Fiji

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Fiji has begun the FJD1 million (US$427,541) process of replacing six elevators at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, fijivillage News reports. Minister...

KONE Australia Debuts High-Rise MiniSpace DX in Melbourne Building

KONE Australia has introduced the High-Rise MiniSpace DX with the cutting-edge solution debuting in BLVD, the third tower of OSK Property’s Melbourne Square precinct, currently under construction by Multiplex, Inside Construction reports....

Fiji Hospital Patients Facing Elevator Delays

Patients at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, Fiji, who need surgery are not getting operated on on time due to faulty elevators, fijivillage reports. Hospital employees have indicated...

EW Announces 2025 Project of the Year Winners

ELEVATOR WORLD proudly announces the 2025 Project of the Year winners. Expert teams from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and the U.K. emerged victorious by successfully completing...

Abedian Plans US$580 Million Australian Residential Skyscraper

Abedian & Co, the family’s private development company that has been developing the Gold Coast’s skyline for 40 years, has filed plans for three towers in the past week, reports The...

Atlanta City Council Member Marci Collier Overstreet; image courtesy of Atlanta City Council

Council Member Calls for Investigation Into Escalator Mishap

The new hotel tower at MBS, left; image courtesy of Safdie Architects

Ground Broken in Singapore for Marina Bay Sands Expansion

APPLICATIONS SPOTS FILL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS LOCAL 23

Application Spots Fill For IUEC Local 23 in Portland

Construction hoists traverse the exterior of the structure; photo by Michael Young for New York YIMBY.

G-Tech Elevator System for New Manhattan Residential Tower

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Tyler Starts New Position as Wurtec Northeast Region Manager