International News
Pickerings Lifts Opens 15th Regional Office
Stockton-on-Tees, U.K.-based Pickerings Lifts recently celebrated the opening of its 15th regional office in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire. This office will be headed up by previous North London Regional Manager Julie...
CTBUH Announces 2023-24 Mass Timber Student Design Competition
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced its 2023-24 Mass Timber Student Design Competition, with US$15,000 in total prizes for winning submissions. The competition is open...
Plans for Glasgow Hotel Submitted
Glasgow, Scotland-based Stallan-Brand has put forward a proposal for a 142-bed hotel near Glasgow’s River Clyde, Architects’ Journal reports. The proposals feature a 13-story building alongside co-working space, two restaurants,...
Flight Delayed After Crew Stuck in Airport Elevator
A Qatar Airways flight was delayed January 2 after the pilot and crew members got stuck inside an airport elevator for more than 3 h, Business Insider reports. The crew...
U.K. Architect Wins Award for Space Elevator Design
London-based architect Jordan William Hughes has won the Jacques Roguerie International Competition’s “Architecture and Innovation for Space” Grand Prix Award for his conceptual design of a space elevator linking the...
Otis Market Group Lead U.K. & Nordics and MD U.K. Bierer Transitions to VP, Global Business Development
After four years with Otis in the U.K., the last two overseeing the U.K. and Nordics markets, Andy Bierer has taken on a new role within Otis Elevator Co.: vice...
ATIS Announces Executive Leadership Changes
ATIS Ascenda Partners, LLC has announced two executive leadership changes. Charlie Slater has been promoted from chief operations officer (COO) — U.S. Inspections to executive vice president (VP), with a...
Ellington Properties and DMCC Launch Pair of Residential Towers in Uptown Dubai
Ellington Properties, a leading developer in Dubai, and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) have launched Mercer House, consisting of two, 34-story residential towers rising above four podiums in Uptown...
Escalators To Ease Accessibility at Temple in Northern India
The Ropeway and Rapid Transport System Development Corp. plans to welcome a pair of escalators at the Jakhu Temple in Shimla, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in...
Three Indian Bus Stations Facing Elevator Issues
Elevator service at the Rayapur Hubali-Dharwad BRTS (HD BRTS) bus station between Hubballi and Dharward in India has been stopped, The Times of India reports. There are six foot overbridges...
