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Event: A Look Back at Building the Empire State Book
On May 1 from 6-7 p.m. EST, NYC’s The Skyscraper Museum will host an online event featuring the authors of the historical essays that provided the framework for Building the...
India’s WR Adds VT Equipment and More in “Mission Zero Death” Effort
India’s Western Railway (WR) has commissioned new vertical-transportation (VT) equipment including 13 foot overbridges (FoBs), 18 escalators and 15 lifts in an effort to ease passenger flow and prevent trespassing...
EW Türkiye Moving into New Office
ELEVATOR WORLD Türkiye’s office is moving into a new Istanbul office on the fourth floor of the 16-story Canan Business Tower in Ataşehir, Istanbul. Also boasting a large meeting room...
KONE Elevators India Expands East India Presence with New Office
KONE Elevators India expanded its presence in East India with the inauguration of a new Kolkata office on April 19, outlets including pune-news.com report. Located on the fifth floor of...
CECA Announces Scholarship Opportunities for 2023
Online applications are open for the eighth annual Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) scholarship. This year, there will be four CAN$2,500 (US$1,845.50) awards: two toward the pursuit of a career...
U.K. Lift Industry Mental Health Charter Cup Set for May
The Lift Industry Mental Health Charter Cup will be played on May 20 — during the U.K.’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 — at Dartford Football Club in Dartford, Kent,...
Schindler’s 1Q 2023 Profit Beats Analysts’ Estimates
Swiss OEM Schindler reported net profit of CHF212 million (US$237.4 million) for the 1st quarter of 2023 ending on March 31, beating analysts' estimates of CHF166.5 million (US$186.4 million), Today...
Plans Submitted for London Building Transformation
Kohn Pedersen Fox’s Old Street roundabout tower has been submitted for planning, Building Design reports. The City fringe scheme would transform the 1990s Inmarsat building at 99 City Road in...
Elevator Shaft Collapse Leads to Parking Garage Collapse in NYC
At least one person has been killed and five others injured after a parking garage collapsed in Manhattan, NY, leaving cars piled up in crumbled concrete, the Daily Mail reports....
Ontario Civic Center to Get Upgrades, Including External Elevator
The front entrance plaza of the Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada, will receive upgrades that include replacing the downtown landmark's dangerously compromised concrete stairs,...