International News
Winning Design for Proposed Seoul Tower Opens and Expands Public Realm
NYC-headquartered architecture firm ODA recently won the Creative Innovation Architecture Design Pilot Project for a proposed mixed-use tower in Seoul’s Gangnam District inspired by the concept that “porosity leads to...
TSSA Gathering Final Feedback Before New Website Launch
As part of its digital modernization efforts to enhance efficiency of doing business, Ontario, Canada’s not-for-profit regulator Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is preparing to launch a new website...
Alimak and Torre de Collserola Partner To Modernize Historic Barcelona Elevators
Sweden's Alimak Group recently announced it is partnering with Torre de Collserola — a project of historic significance in Barcelona, Spain — to modernize the two Alimak elevators initially installed...
CiA Invites Discussion on CANopen and AI at SPS Tradeshow
The nonprofit CAN in Automation (CiA) association invites discussion about AI and CANopen at its booth at the SPS (Smart Production Solutions) tradeshow in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 14-16. CANopen...
Otis China Contracts Highlighted During 3Q Earnings Call
Two major contracts in China were among those highlighted by Otis President and CEO Judy Marks during a 3rd Quarter 2023 earnings call on October 25. In the Hong Kong...
Caltech Lifts Wins Family Business Award on Heels of 45th Anniversary
Caltech Lifts has been named Best Dundee-based Family Business of the Year in The Courier Business Awards 2023 days after it celebrated its 45th birthday. The family firm, founded in...
Sweden’s Cibes Lift Group Acquires Connecticut-Based ESC
Cibes Lift Group, a leading manufacturer of screw-driven, modular platform lifts headquartered in Gävle, Sweden, has acquired Elevator Service Co., Inc. (ESC), based in Torrington, Connecticut, and serving the Connecticut,...
Designs in the Works for London’s Fourth-Tallest Tower
RSHP is working up designs for a “landmark” 240-m-tall, 54-story skyscraper, which would be the Square Mile’s fourth-tallest tower, to replace contractor Multiplex Europe’s headquarters at 99 Bishopsgate in London,...
Dubai Resort Named CTBUH Best Tall Building MENA
Atlantis The Royal Resort on Palm Jumeirah Island in Dubai, U.A.E., was named the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2023 Best Tall Building, Middle East and North...
Otis To Provide 15 Elevators for New Burnaby Master-Planned Community
Otis President and CEO Judy Marks announced during a third quarter 2023 earnings call on October 25 that the company has been contracted to provide seven SkyRise® and eight Gen3TM...
