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Planning Permission Granted for 15-Story Hotel in the U.K.
London’s Latitude Architects has secured detailed planning permission for a 15-story hotel on a street in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, U.K., Building Design reports. The 89-room proposal...
“Substandard Construction” May Have Played Role in Earthquake Devastation
Several reports reveal “old structures and substandard construction practices” may have played a role in the high number of casualties — including approximately 2,000 in Türkiye — resulting from three...
Türkiye-Based SOLUTIONS Engineering Opens Dubai Office
SOLUTIONS Engineering Ltd., a vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy based in Ataşehir, Istanbul, Türkiye, has opened a new office in Dubai, bringing it closer to its Middle East customers, SOLUTIONS Engineering Managing...
CloudMonitoring Taps Business Development Manager
CloudMonitoring, owned and operated by Rems Plus, recently announced that Dominic Beni has joined the company as business development manager. Prior to joining CloudMonitoring, Beni worked for Integrated Display Systems,...
Faulty Escalators at Pakistani Metro Bus Stations Will Soon Be Functional
In response to concerns voiced by the minister for interior on behalf of passengers, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi has assured the National Assembly of Pakistan that non-functional...
Escalators Reopen at One of Manhattan’s Deepest Subway Stations
On April 6, subway riders applauded the reopening of escalators serving one of NYC’s deepest subway stations: the 181st Street A train station in Upper Manhattan, PIX 11 is among...
Elevator Work Begins at Temple in Southern India
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin formally launched construction of a pair of elevators at Arulmigu Subramaniyaswami Temple in India’s southern Tamil Nadu province on April 6, The Hindu is...
Otis Publishes 2022 ESG Report
On April 6, Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered Otis published its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, highlighting alignment with the global OEM's strategic operating imperatives of sustaining new equipment growth, accelerating...
Glenn Howells Reveals Replacement for Never-Realized Birmingham Tower
U.K.-based Glenn Howells Architects unveiled plans for a 32-story tower containing 294 build-to-rent flats at 100 Broad Street in Birmingham, U.K., Architects' Journal reports. In 2019, Birmingham City Council approved...
International Research Seed Funding & Student Research Competition Winners Announced
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced winners of the 2022 international research seed funding grant and student research competition. Dr. Rahman Azari, associate professor at Pennsylvania State...
