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Frightening Hospital Elevator Mishap Captured on Video
A video posted on December 26 that has gone viral shows a hospital elevator descending with its doors open just as a man on a stretcher was wheeled inside, various...
Lifts, Escalators Part of Plan for New Indian Rail Stations
As construction continues approximately 20 m underground to prepare for tunnel boring machines (TBM) to clear a path for a new metro rail corridor in Patna, India, lifts and escalators...
TKE Hosts Elevator Pitch Competition at North American HQ
Kennesaw State University sales students learned the true meaning of “elevator pitch,” when they were given 60 s to sell their personal brands while traveling 420 ft in the air...
Montreal’s STM Makes Another Station Accessible With Elevators
On December 22, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) inaugurated elevators at the Jolicoeur metro station — the fourth STM station to be made accessible in the past six weeks...
Fujitec Deploying Smart Glasses for Elevators in Japan
Vuzix Corp. has announced that elevator manufacturer Fujitec is deploying the Vuzix M400 smart glasses in support of elevator maintenance and training for engineers in Japan, Mugglehead magazine reports. According...
Elevator World Holiday Closings
The offices of Elevator World, Inc. will be closed on December 26, 2022, and January 2, 2023, in observance of Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year’s Day, respectively. We wish...
Tallest Mass Timber Building in Denver to Break Ground in 2023
Denver-based architecture office Tres Birds has announced that Denver’s tallest mass timber building is planned to break ground in July 2023, Arch Daily reports. The 12-story building is named Return...
CTBUH Invites Abstracts for “Humanizing High Density” Conference
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) issues an invitation to and invites abstracts for the international conference, “Humanizing High Density — People, Nature & the Urban Realm,”...
Shorts Announces New Business Development Manager
Shorts, which provides products and services across all aspects of lift installation, modernization and maintenance in the U.K., recently announced that Andy Emsley has joined its team as Business Development...
Otis’ Florence Factory Achieves Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Certification
Otis' Florence, South Carolina, factory achieved Gold-level Total Resource and Use Efficiency (TRUE) certification for its zero waste efforts, the company announced on December 21. The plant is the first...
