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“Healthy Return” of Users Fuels Elevator Use Across Europe

London, Paris and Brussels lead the way in a resurgence of elevator use across Europe, CoStarTM reports. On average, European cities are at nearly 80% of pre-pandemic levels, with tourists...

Total of TRY33.8-Million in Penalty Fines for Lift Companies

The Ministry of Industry and Trade recently announced the 2022 Market Surveillance and Inspection results. According to the report, 39,042 products were inspected last year, and a total of TRY47.4...

Turkey’s Problems

O, human!Make less excuses for fate.As if you planted wheat but reaped barley. Fuzûlî Education System Equal citizenship rights and equality of opportunity in education are the most important problems....

Yasemin Bulut is the New President of TASIAD

All Elevator and Industrialists Business People Association held its 30th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting on 17 March 2023 at İBB Beykoz Koru Social Facilities. by Ayşegül Üstündağ Yasemin Bulut The...

TASFED Publishes Report on KahramanmaraÅŸ Earthquakes

The region impacted by earthquakes with magnitudes 7.7 and 7.6 that occurred in Pazarcık and Elbistan districts of Kahramanmaraş on 6 February 2023 was visited by the Board of Directors...

In Memoriam: Ben Abbaspour

Ben Abbaspour, a prolific ELEVATOR WORLD author, engineer, consultant and entrepreneur, passed away in his native Tehran, Iran, on April 4. Abbaspour had been a senior engineer at ABBA Engineering...

German Station Elevator Renovation To Soon End, More Expected

After months of renovation, Deutsche Bahn, the national railway company of Germany, says that its station elevator in Erfurt on platforms 9 and 10 will be operational again by the...

Two-Tower Scheme Approved in West London

Volumetric modular housebuilder Tide Construction, working with contractor Vision, has been given full planning permission by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to build a 32-story, 462 home co-living scheme in...

Boy Dies in Elevator Shaft Fall in India

A 13-year-old boy died in early May after trying to exit a stalled elevator in a Kalyan, India, building and falling into the lift shaft, the Hindustan Times reports. The...

MAD’s First South American Building To Be Tallest in Quito

Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed visuals of Qondesa, a skyscraper for Ecuador’s capital Quito, reports dezeen. The mixed-use tower would be taller than Danish studio BIG’s nearby 133-m-tall IQON...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

Armas

Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus