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Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing

Scot Matteson of Matteson Capital, developer of the mixed-use Boardwalk at Bricktown in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which includes what would be the tallest tower in the U.S. at 1,907 ft.,...

Clarkson + Varick Names Kirles Girgis Director of Engineering

National vertical-transportation consultancy Clarkson + Varick recently named Kirles Girgis director of engineering. With more than 10 years' experience in national leadership roles at Schindler and consulting firm Lerch Bates,...

Largest Independent VT Company in NYC, TEI Group, Takes on Southeast

TEI Group, the largest independent vertical-transportation (VT) company in the NYC metropolitan area, in March announced its expansion into the U.S. Southeast with the opening of Florida headquarters in Tampa....

NAEC, CECA, Elevator U and IAEC To Host United in Atlantic City

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) in collaboration with the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA), Elevator U and the International Association of Elevator Consultants (IAEC), officially announces the United...

Chicago Elevator Assocation To Meet in April

The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) will meet April 4 at Alter Brewery in Oakbrook, Illinois. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m., and public parking is available. Matt McGregor of Rath/Janus...

Carlo Named VP of Service Operations at NYC-Based Centennial Elevator Industries

Anthony Carlo, who boasts a nearly 40-year career in the elevator industry, was recently named vice president (VP) of service operations at Queens, NYC-based Centennial Elevator Industries, Inc. He joined...

3Phase Lands Elevator Maintenance Contract for Boston Office Property

3Phase Elevator Corp. recently announced Clarendon Group awarded it the vertical-transportation (VT) maintenance contract for 265 Franklin Street in Boston. Built in 1984, the 21-story, Class A office property in...

Otis Elevator System for Google’s New NYC HQ

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided an elevator system for Google's new 12-story headquarters at St. John's Terminal, Manhattan, NYC, that includes 24 SkyRise® passenger elevators (four banks of six),...

Ziehl-Abegg Invites Entries in Inaugural AI Communication Award 2024

Künzelsau, Germany-based Ziehl-Abegg SE invites AI innovators to submit their projects to the inaugural AI Communication Award 2024 through April 19. A July 2 ceremony hosted by Ziehl-Abegg in Kupferzell,...

NYC Industry Veteran Joins Start Elevator in New Business Development

NYC elevator industry veteran Christine Lypen joined Bronx, NY-based Start Elevator in March in new business development in the NYC and New Jersey areas. Lypen comes to Start from a...

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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In Memoriam: Milton Thomas Sybert

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings