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Australia’s LML Lift Consultants Gains Senior Consultant

Australia-based LML Lift Consultants recently announced the hire of Marty Jenkins as a senior consultant. Jenkins brings more than 43 years of vertical-transportation industry experience to his new role. In...

2023 Ellies Award Winners and Runners-Up Announced

Congratulations to the 2023 Ellies Award winners and runners-up. Each was announced live on stage Wednesday, September 13 at the education pavilion during the NAEC Fall Convention & Exposition. Winners...

First Escalators Installed at Brisbane CRR Underground Station

The first two of almost 100 escalators to be installed in the Cross River Rail’s (CRR) underground stations have been placed at the Brisbane, Australia, project’s Woolloongabba site, Rail Express...

AXXIOM Elevator Partners With Florida Companies

 Axxiom Elevator, a newly established, fast-growing provider of elevator maintenance, repair and modernization services in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announces the completion of a partnership with Florida-based Motion Elevator and the...

CECA Western Region Meeting Planned for October 13

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) is hosting a Western Region Meeting on October 13 at 9 a.m. PST at the Italian Cultural Centre at 3075 Slocan Street in Vancouver,...

ATIS Acquires Arundel Elevator Inspections

ATIS Ascenda Partners, LLC, North America’s largest provider of elevator and escalator management, inspection and consulting services, announces it has acquired Arundel Elevator Inspections, Inc. Founded in 2009 by Tim...

U.K. FC To Increase Height of Tower Next to Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (FC) has submitted plans to increase the height of a consented but unbuilt hotel tower next to its north London, U.K. stadium, Building reports. The changes...

Workers Killed as a Result of India Elevator Fall

At least six workers were killed when the shaft of an elevator broke on the 16th floor of a 40-story building under construction in Balkum, Thane West, India, the Hindustan...

NEII Recognizes Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day

National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) was among those to recognize the “detail-oriented people who take charge of maintaining building and code standards” on Building Code Staff Appreciation Day on September...

Liftinstituut Offering Cybersecurity Training During interlift Week

Liftinstituut is offering a full day of cybersecurity training for the lift and escalator industry at the Hilton Munich Airport Hotel in Munich, Germany, on October 16 — the same...

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