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WAGO Promotes Cox to New Position

Germantown, Wisconsin-headquartered WAGO, which offers products including connection components, electronics and automation technology for elevators, has announced the promotion of Jesse Cox to director of automation sales engineering and development....

16 Escalators, Seven Lifts for Indian Holy Site Skywalk

Sixteen escalators and seven lifts are part of a 460-m skywalk planned outside Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib in Amritsar in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, The Tribune reports. Amritsar Smart...

Knowsley Delivers Platform Lift to Liverpool Dock Office

Knowsley Lift Services Ltd., headquartered in Liverpool, recently installed a platform lift at the Port of Liverpool Building (commonly known as the Dock Office) for client property manager CRBE. Providing...

Contractor Appointed for Dubai’s Skyz Tower

Danube Properties has announced the appointment of Naresco Contracting LLC as the main contractor for the construction of Dubai’s Skyz Tower, a high-rise residential tower containing affordable homes, Construction Week...

Plans Filed for Project Include Australia’s Tallest Tower

Amidst escalating construction costs and a crippling labor shortage, a Melbourne consortium has filed plans for Australia’s tallest tower on the Gold Coast, The Urban Developer reports. The AUD$400-million proposal...

Draper Elevator Interiors Welcomes Project Manager

Holbrook, Massachusetts-based Draper Elevator Interiors, providing design, fabrication and installation of custom elevator cabs and cab interiors since 1996, recently named Lauren Howe project manager. Draper observed that Howe's more...

KONE CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth Visits Indian Counterparts

KONE President and CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth spent a week in India recently, visiting with KONE team members including Managing Director (MD) Amit Gossain and customers at various sites, Ehrnrooth said...

CTBUH 2022 International Conference in Three Chinese Cities

In addition to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) full slate of speakers and activities at the “Tall Excellence: Seeking the Ideal in Vertical Urbanism” conference in...

Ontario TSSA: Safety Remains Priority During Strike

Ontario, Canada’s non-for-profit regulator Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) recently issued a press release emphasizing it remains focused on safety despite contract negotiations with Ontario Public Service Employees Union...

Women in Motion Meeting Planned for NAEC Convention

The Women in Motion group will host a meeting during the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) 73rd Annual Convention & 2022 Exposition at the Kentucky International Convention Center in...

The meeting of the newly christened Elevate-HER is planned at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre; image courtesy of niagarafallstourism.com.

CECA’s Women’s Group Introduces New Name: Elevate-HER

4TH VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL ELEVATORS EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED

4th Vietnam International Elevators Exhibition Announced

The Pembroke Pines team; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Announces Team From Florida as Global Winners of Made to Move Communities Challenge

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In Memoriam: Milton Thomas Sybert

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings