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The Elevator Show Dubai 2024 Coming in September

The Elevator Show (TES) Dubai 2024 will be held on September 16-18 to the iconic Dubai World Trade Centre. Registration is now open for visitors to the inaugural tradeshow, which...

CTBUH Announces 2024 Award of Excellence Winners

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recently announced its 2024 Award of Excellence winners, more than 100 of the most exemplary projects in the architecture, engineering and...

Izmir, Türkiye, Establishes VT Maintenance/Repair Team

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in Türkiye has established a special 38-person team to maintain and repair 170 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 57 elevators and 113 escalators — on 127 overpasses throughout...

Wittur India Achieves Level 3 Certification Under Otis Q+ Program

Wittur India shared via a LinkedIn post that it has achieved Level 3 certification under the Otis Quality Plus (Q+) Program. This significant milestone was the result of a comprehensive...

Canadian Senior Society Celebrates New Elevator

The Surrey-Delta Indo Canadian Seniors Society recently celebrated the installment of a new elevator funded by the provincial government, the Indo-Canadian Voice reports. The elevator was inoperable for close to...

Hyundai Elevator Developing Vertiport for UAM

Hyundai Elevator has announced it will start developing “Vertiport,” one of its key projects for the commercialization of urban air traffic (UAM), BusinessKorea reports. Vertiport is a takeoff and landing...

Architect’s Cheongdoam Tower Design Chosen in Competition

J. Mayer H. Architects has won the Seoul City Urban/Architecture Creation/Innovation Design Project contest for its “Cheongdoam Tower” design in Seoul, South Korea, Arch Daily reports. The design was chosen...

Planned Toronto Supertalls Spur Concerns About Elevator Wait Times

Buildings taller than 300 m, also known as supertalls, are set to multiply in Toronto, and some observers are concerned they will be under-elevatored, since neither the province of Ontario...

Johnson Lifts Inaugurates Third CEC in Hyderabad

Johnson Lifts recently unveiled its third Customer Experience Center (CEC) in Hyderabad, India. Sharing the news in a LinkedIn post, the company said, “In today's digital age, while online presence...

CTBUH UK Future Leaders To Host Tour of Timber Landmark

On June 12, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) U.K. Future Leaders Committee plans to host a free tour of London’s Mossbourne Community Academy, which, at the...

LATEST KARACHI ELEVATOR ACCIDENT POINTS TO LARGER ISSUE

Latest Karachi Elevator Accident Points to Larger Issue

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NAESA Announces 2025 Scholarship Winners

OTIS KOREA TO ACQUIRE SCHINDLER’S BUSINESS IN SOUTH KOREA

Otis Korea To Acquire Schindler’s Business in South Korea

Rendering of the Hilton Hawaiian Village addition; image courtesy of Hilton

36-Story Addition To Hilton Hawaiian Village Greenlit in Waikiki