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Otis Sponsors Special Olympics World Games in Berlin

Continuing a more than 30-year tradition of giving back by partnering with the Special Olympics, Otis sponsored the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany, on June 17-25. More than...

Developer Secures US$86 Million Loan for Manhattan Skyscraper

Grubb Properties will receive a US$86 million loan to build a residential skyscraper at 111 Washington Street in Manhattan's Financial District, New York YIMBY reports. Plans show a 64-story tower...

Durham College Elevating Devices Apprenticeship Training Dates Announced

Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, has announced upcoming dates for its Elevating Devices 636E apprenticeship in-school training program. The program is designed to complement mechanics’ on-the-job work experience by...

104-Story Mixed-Use Supertall Proposed for Downtown Miami

Miami-Dade County planners have received a pre-application meeting request to review preliminary plans for a new 1,049-ft mixed-used development in downtown Miami, Florida YIMBY reports. The 2.15-acre property contains three...

Schindler Elevators For New Mixed-Use Building in Manhattan

Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing two Schindler 5500 machine-room-less traction elevators at 1 Park Row, a 23-story mixed-use building in the Financial District of Manhattan, NYC. Designed by...

Hines Discontinues Plans for Downtown Oakland Development

Houston, Texas-based developer Hines has halted plans for a 39-story office tower at 415 20th Street in downtown Oakland, California, due to the struggling commercial real estate market, SF YIMBY...

ZHA Announced as Architect for Sustainable Daxia Tower in China

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) announced it was recently named architect for the 210-m, 127,220-m2 Daxia Tower in the high-tech zone of Xi’an, China, by client Daxia Group. With a gently...

Terry Lifts Supports Disability Awareness Day 2023

Members of the Terry Lifts team participated in Disability Awareness Day – DAD 2023 as an event sponsor. Now in its 32nd year, this year’s event was held on July...

TEI Awarded Contract for HALO Development in New Jersey

TEI Group has won a contract to furnish, install and maintain three gearless traction elevators at the HALO development, a three-tower, high-rise residential project on Washington Street in Newark, New...

Residents Narrowly Escape Elevator Fall in India

A woman and a boy had a narrow escape when an elevator fell into the duct pit from the 10th floor of a building in Pune, India, right after they...

CEO of EngineeringUK Dr. Hilary Leevers

EngineeringUK CEO Reacts To U.K. 2025 Spending Review

(l-r) Lukas Lesko, Resco's head of support, and Jonathan Taub

FIELDBOSS Receives Top Resco Award at Spain Event

Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Brazil To Modernize Elevators at Christ the Redeemer

(l-r) Berndt and Davis

ATIS Taps Executives To Accelerate Growth

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Otis Receives Sustainability Awards