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Michigan Senators Introduce Bills in Response to Elevator Outages
Michigan Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) and Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) have announced legislation to address elevator outages at apartment buildings in Michigan to help ensure building safety and accessibility for tenants,...
TÃœV SÃœD Opens New U.K. EMC and Radio Frequency Test Facility
TÜV SÜD recently welcomed more than 100 customers and colleagues from around the world for the grand opening of its new £2.88-million (US$3.28-million) state-of-the-art U.K. EMC (electromagnetic compatibility testing) and...
Vantage Provides New HW Machines for L.A. Project
Vantage Elevator Solutions West provided five new Hollister-Whitney (HW) GLV-40D1 gearless machines for Total Access Elevator, a large independent serving the greater Los Angeles area, for a major modernization project...
Plans for 22-Story Tower Near London Bridge Approved
Foster + Partners’ plans to build a 22-storey office on stilts at the southern end of London Bridge have been given the green light by Southwark Council, Building reports. The...
CPSC, thyssenkrupp Access Settle Home Elevator Lawsuit
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and thyssenkrupp Access Corp., (TKA) based in Grandview, Missouri, have settled an administrative lawsuit CPSC filed in July 2021 involving home elevators sold...
KONE to Equip Suzhou Metro Line S1 With 171 VT Units
KONE will equip Metro Line S1, the first urban rail line in Suzhou, China, with 171 vertical-transportation (VT) units including 30 MonoSpace® elevators and 141 TransitMasterTM escalators, KONE announced on...
Standard Elevator Systems Renamed Hyperion Solutions
Standard Elevator Systems (SES) announced on September 16 it has been renamed Hyperion Solutions, introduced a new logo and motto — "Prepare to Elevate Expectations" — and launched a new...
3 Lifts Inaugurated at Sitafalmandi Railway Station
Three passenger lifts were added to the Sitafalmandi Railway Station in Secunderabad, India, on September 13, the Hans India was among outlets to report. G Kishan Reddy, union minister of...
Florida 47-Story Mixed-Use Tower Design Revealed
New York-based architecture studio ODA has revealed the design of a new 47-story mixed-use tower in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Arch Daily reports. The project comprises 830 residential units, while also...
Ground Broken on Texas’ Tallest Building
Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed a 311-m mixed-use tower in downtown Austin that will become Texas’ tallest building when it opens in late 2026, Arch Daily reports. Targeting LEED Gold...
