International News
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mississauga-based company has grown to have a strong global presence in only 15 years. by Anupa Simon MAD stands for “Mainline And DMG,” a partnership that started between the Italian...
Keeping up With the Code
The adoption of B44-16 affects elevating equipment owners and contractors in B.C. by Nav Chahal Technical Safety BC oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across...
Fast-Tracked Pipeline
Mohawk College looks to supply the industry with skilled technicians through its new program and advanced elevator training facility. by Lee Freeland Hamilton, Ontario’s Mohawk College has a new diploma...
John Fensom, Industrial Pioneer
An examination of the industry exploits of “the pioneer of the elevator business in Canada” by Dr. Lee Gray, EW Correspondent The history of the recent past occasionally has an...
A Unifying Vision
Exploring the grand hotels of the great Canadian railway and the crucial part elevators played in making them possible by Joshua Nelson By the end of the 19th century, Canada...
Close-Knit Canadians
CECA members communicate well, work hard on association projects and know how to party. by Catharine Bothwell The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has a long history that started in...
Building and Growing
Urbanization, infrastructure expansion among factors driving Canadian VT industry. by Kaija Wilkinson Residential, commercial and retail construction in Canada’s three largest cities — Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal — is fueling...
CTBUH Tall Buildings Book Gets Third Edition
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) released Tall Buildings + Urban Habitat: Volume 3 in June. The third edition in three years (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2019), it...
Philippines DoT: Almost All MRT3 Equipment Operational
The Philippines Department of Transportation (DoT) says all 34 elevators and 44 of 46 escalators serving Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT3) are operational, GMA News reported in June. Prior...
Super-Skinny Supertall Planned for “Iconic Toronto Block”
An 87-story, 1,063-ft-tall mixed-use skyscraper designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron — its first in Toronto — is planned for what developer Kroonenberg Groep called “an iconic block”...
