Australia

Inglis Retires From Australia’s LESA Executive Committee

John Inglis of Sydney, Australia, lifetime member and past president of the Lift Engineering Society of Australia (LESA), is retiring from LESA's Executive Committee, LESA President John Tibbetts announced. Instrumental...

KONE Digital Experience Available in Australia’s Tallest Building

Australia’s tallest tower has introduced an extraordinary attraction — the KONE Digital Experience Display elevator, Australia’s first-of-its-kind sustainable and immersive elevator experience — through a partnership between KONE and SkyPoint,...

Otis Providing 61 VT Units for Sydney Metro — Western Airport

Otis announced on July 9 it is providing 61 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 40 520NPE heavy-duty public-transit escalators and 21 Gen3TM and Gen2® elevators — for the Sydney Metro —...

Seven-Tower TOD Greenlit in Melbourne’s Box Hill

Through the Fast-Track Program of the Victoria, Australia, government, Vicinity Centres has won approval for a masterplan that includes seven towers ranging from 19 to 50 stories that will deliver...

KONE Acquires Australia’s Orbitz Elevators

KONE will acquire the service business of Gold Coast-headquartered Orbitz Elevators in Australia and all lines of the company’s businesses in New Zealand for an undisclosed sum, Business News Australia...

Escalators at New Brisbane Rail Station Reflect “Incredible Progress”

Installation of several massive escalators that will serve the new underground Cross River Rail Roma Street station in Brisbane, Australia, is part of the "incredible progress" evident as the area...

Fashionable “Beach House in the Sky” Planned in Gold Coast, Australia

A 22-story, 20-unit residential tower described by George Kouzoukas, co-founder of luxury fashion house Sabo and Zaco, as a “beach house in the sky” is planned in Broadbeach, Gold Coast,...

Nine Elevators, Five Lifts Part of New Sydney Metro Station

Nine new escalators and five lifts are a key part of the new “fully accessible” Crows Nest Metro Station in Sydney, Australia, the New South Wales government (NSW) reports. More...

119 Exhibitors From 13 Difference Countries Expected at GEE in Milan

Organizers of the inaugural Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE) on November 15-17 at Fiera Milano (Rho) in Milan, Italy, expect to welcome 119 exhibitors from 13 different countries — including Türkiye,...

10-Year-Old Boy Dies in Elevator Incident in Australia

A 10-year-old boy died in Wahroonga, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, on November 1 as a result of being “crushed under an elevator” at a school for the disabled, People...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

Armas

Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus