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Vertical Transportation Issues at Pensacola Airport
Travelers at Pensacola International Airport in Florida are irritated over the lack of transportation to and from the second floor of the terminal, WEAR News reports. Aging escalators and elevators...
KONE to Modernize Illinois City Hall Elevator
The Edwardsville Illinois Administrative and Community Service (ACS) has approved a sole source resolution to authorize KONE to modernize the City Hall elevator and a second such resolution for related...
Parts Ordered for VT Maintenance at Malaysia Transit Stations
Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd, operator of the rapid transit system serving Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley area in Malaysia, announced that it has ordered the spare parts needed to...
U.K.-Based Insurer HSB Taps Business Development Managers
HSB, a provider of specialty insurance and inspection/risk-management services to industries including vertical transportation, has appointed Sharon Evans and Ross Tyler as business development managers, HSB announced on October 11....
CTBUH’s “Sustainable High-Rise Buildings” Book Now Available
The book “Sustainable High-Rise Buildings: Design, Technology, and Innovation,” a collaboration between the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and longtime collaborators Kheir Al-Kodmany, Peng Du and Mir...
59 Otis Units for Massive Montreal Mixed-Use Development
Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it received an order to supply 59 vertical-transportation units — including 35 Gen3TM elevators with sustainable ReGenTM drives — for the Royalmount mixed-use project being developed...
LEEA Award Winners Announced
The fourth annual Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Awards winners were announced October 5 at the Awards Ceremony held at P&J Live in Aberdeen, Scotland. LEEA CEO Ross Moloney was...
Two-Tower, Mixed-Use Plan for Miami Suburb
If developer Ocean Dadeland, LLC, receives approval from Miami Dade County, an approximately 1 acre site on South Dixie Highway in Dadeland, a neighborhood in the Miami suburb of Kendall,...
Taoping Sees High Engagement With Elevator Program in China
Taoping Inc. recently announced the company has achieved a record high user engagement level with its smart elevator program in Tianjin, China: The program now covers more than 8,000 elevators,...
Five New Escalators for Busy Vancouver SkyTrain Station
Replacement of all five escalators serving the Burrard SkyTrain station in downtown Vancouver, Canada, is set to begin this month, with anticipated completion by spring 2024, regional transportation authority TransLink...
