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Royal Crescent Steps Close Again for New Elevator Shaft Pit Preparations

A set of The Royal Crescent steps in Madeira Terrace in Brighton, England, U.K., have closed for a third time as the next phase of building work and elevator installation...

India’s Techno Industries Secures Major MRVC Contract

Techno Industries Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Lloyds Engineering Works Lt., a company that focuses on industrial products including vertical-transportation equipment, secured a ₹19.50 crore (US$2.2 million) escalator contract with...

VM Elevators Secures London Stadium VT Maintenance Contract

VM Elevators Ltd., a London, U.K.-based premium and independent lift and escalator services provider, tells ELEVATOR WORLD that it has been awarded the lift and escalator maintenance contract at the...

PALM Lift Day

Association hosts conference with a full agenda.  by Tadeusz Popielas The Polish Association of Lift Manufacturers (PALM) hosted Lift Day on May 23 at the Warsaw Presidential Hotel in Warsaw,...

LML Lift Consultants Appoints NSW Senior Consultant

LML Lift Consultants, headquartered in Victoria, Australia, in July announced the appointment of Shayne Puckering as New South Wales (NSW) senior consultant. Puckering has more than 30 years' vertical-transportation (VT)...

In Memoriam: Michael J. Walsh

Michael J. Walsh of Weymouth, Massachusetts, who enjoyed a nearly 60-year elevator industry career and owned his own company, United Elevator, passed away on July 22 at the age of...

KONE Escalators for MTA VT Upgrades in Manhattan and Queens

The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD KONE manufactured six new escalators delivered under an escalator replacement project designed by North American engineering firm Entuitive at the West...

ECNY Celebrates 2025 Scholarship Recipients

Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) celebrated 13 winners of the annual ECNY scholarships on July 9 at Villa Barone Manor in the Bronx, NY. Including the scholars’ families, the...

State Report Shows MARTA Escalator in Beyoncé Concert Accident Missing Several Parts

A new state report shows that the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) escalator involved in the post-Beyoncé concert accident in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 14 was missing several parts, WSB-TV 2 reports....

Squamish Nation Vancouver Development To Open by End of Year

The Squamish Nation-led work site Sen̓áḵw at Kits Point adjacent to Vanier Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is set to open its first units to residents by the end of...

CECA OFFERS UPDATE ON COLLEGIATE ELEVATOR PROGRAMS

CECA Offers Update on Collegiate Elevator Programs

205 Cabrini Boulevard in Washington Heights, Manhattan; image courtesy of NYC Housing Connect

KONE Elevator For New Manhattan Residential Building

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Greece Minister Urges Citizens To Complete Elevator Registry

Shorts announced a partnership with Metron; image courtesy of Shorts.

Shorts Announces Partnership With Metron

Looking up at 432 Park Avenue; photo by GrissJr for Wikipedia

Problems Mount for Pencil-Thin Supertall 432 Park Avenue