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“15-Minute City” Master Plan Approved in NYC Borough
The NYC Council recently approved architecture firm ODA’s masterplan for a “15-minute city” called Innovation QNS in Queens’ Astoria neighborhood, dezeen reports. Formulated by scientist Carlos Moreno, the 15-minute city...
CTBUH Research Seed Funding Proposal Deadline Approaching
The submission deadline for the 2022 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) International Research Seed Funding initiative is January 15. The initiative is sponsored by AECOM and offers...
Aquarium With Panoramic Elevator Bursts in Berlin
The giant aquarium in the lobby of the Radisson Collection Hotel in Berlin, containing 1 million liters of water and 1500 tropical fish, burst for an unknown reason on December...
Investment Fund Calls for Shareholder Meeting for Fujitec
Japanese elevator maker Fujitec will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting in February after a Hong Kong investment fund called for a vote to replace all of the company's outside directors,...
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...
