Australia
Groundbreaking Held for Schindler Lifts Australia’s New Alexandria Head Office
Schindler Lifts Australia Pty. Ltd. has marked a new chapter in its history with a sod-turning ceremony for the company's new head office at Ascent on Bourke, 520-530 Gardeners Road,...
Schindler Australia Modernizes Iconic Airport Control Tower Lift
Schindler Australia Pty. Ltd. recently celebrated the completion of a modernization of the Schindler 5500 AP lift serving the iconic Airport Control Tower in Sydney. The two-stop lift transports air...
Escalator Injury at Sydney Airport Caused by Footwear
A four-year-old girl was injured at Sydney Airport last week when her shoe became stuck in an escalator, reports Yahoo News Australia. It is believed friction from the child’s shoe...
Australia’s LML Lift Consultants Taps Senior Consultant
Australia's LML Lift Consultants recently welcomed Randall Jeans as senior consultant at the New South Wales office. A long-term member of the vertical-transportation (VT) industry, Jeans has worked for OEMs...
LESA Looks to AGM, Upcoming Executive Committee Changes
Lift Engineering Society of Australia (LESA) plans to host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) via Zoom on April 19 from 5:30-6 p.m. The meeting is set to feature a presentation...
Escalator Modernization Underway at Australian Department Store
A major modernization of the original escalator system serving the Myer Eastland department store in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, is underway, headed toward targeted completion in September. Richie Lobert, director at...
40-Story Commercial-Led Tower Planned for Brisbane City
Queensland Investment Corp. has submitted a development application for a new landmark tower at 101 Albert Street, Brisbane City, Australia, reports BrisbaneDevelopment.com. Designed by Architectus and Henning Larsen, “Rainforest Tower”...
Kübler Opens Australia Sales Office in Melbourne
Kübler Group, headquartered in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, recently announced its new Australian sales office. Based in Melbourne, Kübler's Australia sales operations are being led by Managing Director (MD) Jason Bouyer with...
2N Representatives from Prague Visit LML Training Center in Australia
Richie Lobert, LML Lift Consultants principal, thanked Jason Godwin and Pavel Branda of 2N TELEKOMUNIKACE a.s. of Prague, Czech Republic, for visiting the Vertical Ambition training center at LML’s headquarters...
Towers in Various Stages of Development in Sydney
Among mixed-use towers on the drawing board in Sydney, Australia, are a 24-story structure in the red-hot Chatswood area and a potential 58-story building on Pitt Street in the CBD,...
