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NEII, IUEC, EIWPF Sign Updated Model Elevator Law
National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) Executive Director Amy Blankenbiller and Vice President of Government Affairs Philip Grone met with International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) General President Frank Christensen, IUEC...
Nigerian Officials Focus on Elevator Safety Standards
Stakeholders in the building industry have resolved that elevator safety standards must be strictly followed to prevent negative occurrences in the industry, the Nigerian Tribune reports. This resolution was part...
Wago Names Stevens VP of Marketing and Digitalization, Americas
Wisconsin-headquartered WAGO, which offers products including connection components, electronics and automation technology for elevators, recently named Sy Stevens as vice president (VP) of marketing and digitalization for the Americas. Stevens...
Foster + Partners Behind Plans for World’s Tallest Building
Architects’ Journal has announced that Foster + Partners is working on a multibillion-dollar project to build the world’s tallest building — a 2-km-high skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, twice the...
Otis Formally Announces Burj Khalifa Modernization and Service Contract
On the heels of Otis Chair, President and CEO Judy Marks stating during a recent earnings call that Otis had won the modernization and service contract at Burj Khalifa, the...
“Cities in the Sky: The Quest To Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers” To Publish in May
Rutgers University Professor Jason M. Barr tells ELEVATOR WORLD his new book, “Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers,” will be published by Scribner Books...
Second Lift Expo Kazakhstan To Take Place in Almaty
The second international exhibition of elevator and escalator equipment, Lift Expo Kazakhstan, is planned for April 3-5 at the Baluan Sholak Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan. More than 80 exhibitors will...
UK Lift & Escalator Announces New Hires
UK Lift & Escalator Co. Ltd., headquartered in Gateshead, U.K., recently announced the addition of two new employees: Les Bloor as operations director and Seana Cuthbert as operations administrator. Bloor's...
CEDES Announces Partnership With Langer & Laumann
CEDES, a global leader in elevator door safeguarding, has announced a new partnership with Langer & Laumann. Langer & Laumann offers the most frequently used modernization solution for elevator door...
London’s Historic BT Tower To Become Hotel
Heatherwick Studio will work with the new American owner of the BT (British Telecommunications) Tower in central London, U.K., to transform it into a hotel, Building Design reports. Opened in...
