Oceania
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...
Cook Islands Lift Breaks Down After a Month of Being Open
Cook Islands Investment Corp. (CIIC) confirmed the lift at the Ministry of Justice and Court House building in Avarua, Cook Islands, which broke down before Christmas, was again operational in...
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...
CTBUH 2023 Best Tall Buildings Worldwide Is Past EW POY Winner Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) named Sydney, Australia's Quay Quarter Tower as the 2023 Best Tall Building Worldwide during CTBUH's annual conference in Singapore and Kuala...
Australia’s TLC Welcomes Moors as Senior Consultant
David Moors has joined Surfers Paradise, Australia-headquartered The Lift Consultancy (TLC) as senior consultant in the Victoria office. Moors brings more than 25 years' vertical-transportation (VT) industry experience, having worked...
World’s Tallest Hybrid Timber Tower Greenlit in Australia
Grange Development Consulting is celebrating its plan to build C6, the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower, in South Perth, Australia, winning approval from the City of South Perth after negotiations...
