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Elevators Not Part of LIRR Accessibility Project

Contrary to what many community members had long believed, elevators are not part of accessibility upgrades at the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Forest Hills station in Queens, NY, the...

Dayton International Airport Plans US$2.2 Million Escalator Modernization

Officials from Dayton International Airport (DAY) have announced plans to undertake a US$2.2 million renovation effort, Dayton 24/7 Now is among outlets to report. The project will modernize two pairs...

Colley Celebrates Successful Modernization of 1952 Elevator System

Bensenville, Illinois-headquartered Colley Elevator Co. recently celebrated the successful completion of full modernization of an elevator system consisting of two 1952 Otis elevators at a property in Evanston, Illinois. Colley...

European Union Updates Machinery Standards With the New Machinery Regulation

submitted by Liftinstituut In a significant move to standardize machinery regulations across Europe, the European Union (EU) announced the publication of a new Machinery Regulation (MR) in the Official Journal...

Export Disaster, Import Boom!

Hello to everyone, We are about to be excommunicated from many countries due to faulty and incomplete elevator deliveries abroad. And nobody really seems to care about why this is...

Türkiye Maintained Its Second Place in ENR 250 with 40 Companies

Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine, an international construction industry publication, published the 2023 results of the "Top 250 International Contractors," which is based on the revenues generated by contractors from...

TASİS Football Field Carpet Tournament

Akkaya Lift was the champion at the football tournament organized by TASİS in Istanbul.  All-Elevator Industry Employers' Union (TASİS), founded last year as the one and only union for the...

TASFED Southeast Anatolia Meetings

The Turkish Elevator Industrialists Federation (TASFED) visited TASFED member associations in Gaziantep and Diyarbakır on August 4-6 and met with regional companies. The first meeting was between the Board of...

UNStudio Design Selected for Düsseldorf Mixed-Use Development

Dutch architectural practice UNStudio was unanimously selected as the first-prize winner of a competition to design a mixed-use development in Düsseldorf, Germany. The decision followed a two-phase contest and public...

CTBUH Announces Key Leadership Transition

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) on September 21 announced a key leadership transition: Board Chairman Steve Watts will be succeeded by Shonn Mills, a board member...

2601 Elliott Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood; image courtesy of Google Maps

Vanbarton Looks Beyond NYC To Seattle for Potential Conversion

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CECA Calls For Votes For Supplier Director

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LIFTEX 2025 To Showcase Latest Innovations in Lift Technology

The 106-story Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower in Dubai Marina; image courtesy of KONE

KONE To Equip Dubai Residential Supertall With 38 VT Units

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