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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...

ELC Offers Certification Support for NYC DOB SST Cards

The Elevator Learning Center (ELC), headquartered in Long Island City, NY, is offering training and certification support for anyone affected by revocation of Site Safety Training (SST) card provider Valor...

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...

India’s NF Railway Sanctions 120 VT Units Under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

India’s Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway has sanctioned the installation of 120 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 94 lifts at 46 stations and 26 escalators at 13 stations — under the Amrit...

36 New VT Units Part of US$700-Milllion Beaver Stadium Renovation in Pennsylvania

Thirty-six new vertical-transportation (VT) units — 24 elevators and 12 escalators — are part of a US$700-million renovation of Penn State University's Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania, according to...

CECA To Host Montreal Student Meet and Greet

The Canadian Elevator Contractor’s Association (CECA) will host a student meet and greet at the Auberge Royal Versailles in Montreal on May 30 from 5-7 p.m. Employers, elevator mechanic students...

Southwest Elevator Welcomes Stavropoulos as Orlando/Daytona/Central Florida GM

Southwest Elevator Co., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, welcomes Bryan Stavropoulos as general manager (GM) of the Orlando/Daytona/Central Florida market. Stavropoulos has more than 21 years' vertical-transportation industry experience, including...

The meeting of the newly christened Elevate-HER is planned at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre; image courtesy of niagarafallstourism.com.

CECA’s Women’s Group Introduces New Name: Elevate-HER

4TH VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL ELEVATORS EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED

4th Vietnam International Elevators Exhibition Announced

The Pembroke Pines team; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Announces Team From Florida as Global Winners of Made to Move Communities Challenge

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SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings