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Another Tower Proposed Near New Toronto Transit Station
Trollybus Urban Development Inc. is the latest developer to propose a residential tower near the new Mount Dennis Station, part of the Crosstown Line 5 light rail line at 9...
West Virginia First Responders Undergo Elevator Entrapment Training
Firefighters and county Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel in Elkins, West Virginia, underwent training on how to respond to elevator entrapments during a recent weekend in June, The Inter-Mountain...
Two High-Speed Elevators for Historic Theater in Buffalo
Two high-speed, six-stop elevators are coming to the historic Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Rising reports. Aimed at improving accessibility, the units will be part of...
Six New Escalators Part of US$4.2 Million N.C. Airport Investment
Six new escalators to replace units that are approximately 40 years old are part of millions of U.S. dollars in upgrades underway at the Piedmont International Airport in Guilford County,...
Wisconsin Governor Appoints TKE Branch Manager to Code Council
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers recently appointed Mark Uy, branch manager at TK Elevator (TKE) in Madison, Wisconsin, as the Elevator Servicing Business representative on the state Conveyance Safety Code Council,...
Four Workers Killed in Elevator Collapse in India
Four elevator workers were killed and two severely injured when an elevator on the 14th floor of the under-construction Taloja Phase 2 housing development in Navi Mumbai, India, fell on...
Belgian Train Station Passengers Deal With VT Malfunctions
Malfunctioning vertical-transportation (VT) equipment including lifts and escalators at Belgian train stations create issues for those with mobility issues, with 1,119 malfunctions reported in 2021, The Brussels Times reports. It...
VT Industry at BOMA International in Nashville
The vertical-transportation (VT) industry had strong representation at the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International 2022 Conference & Expo at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on June...
TKE Elevator Modernization at Historic Texas Tower
TK Elevator (TKE) is modernizing six elevators at the historic ALICO office building in Waco, Texas, a 111-year-old, 282-ft-tall structure that was once the tallest U.S. building west of the...
Fujitec Completes Elevator Plant Expansion in Taiwan
Fujitec Taiwan Co., Ltd. has completed an expansion of its Hsinchu Plant, which began production in 1981 in the Hsinchu Industrial Park in Taiwan and manufactures elevators primarily for the...
