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CTBUH Announces Major Leaderships’ New Roles
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named Javier Quintana de Uña as the new CEO, the board announces. The organization also said that previous CEO Antony...
Resident Dies In Elevator Shaft Fall In India
An older man died in January after being hurt in the shaft of an elevator at an apartment building in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar, Pragativadi reports. According to news about the...
Planned Building To Be Salt Lake City’s Tallest High Rise
Astra Tower, a 40-story luxury residential high-rise that will become Salt Lake City’s tallest tower, has officially broken ground, Building Design + Construction reports. The project, designed by architect firm HKS and...
Liberty Elevator Experts Names Newest Team Member
Liberty Elevator Experts LLC, headquartered in Newark, Delaware, has named Jessica Gross its newest team member. She will be focused on solidifying Liberty's presence in the Midwest and growing sales....
Lerch Bates Unveils New Brand Identity In 75th Year
Lerch Bates Inc. President Eric Rupe, CEO Bart Stephan and Chief Financial Officer John Arthur gathered with fellow Lerch Bates owners/employees at company headquarters near Denver on January 13 to unveil...
Malaysia Construction Worker Hurt In Elevator Shaft Fall
A construction worker in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, was injured but survived a fall from a building’s sixth floor to its basement while he was working on an elevator shaft, The Star reports....
Work Begins On Fifteen Fifteen Construction In Vancouver
Fifteen Fifteen, a residential apartment tower planned in Vancouver, Canada, is now under construction, New Atlas reports. Unveiled in 2017, the blocky high-rise tower, at 1515 Alberni Street and designed by Büro...
Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Elevators Plants 1,000 Trees
Colombo, Sri Lanka, vertical-transportation company Aitken Spence Elevators (Pvt.) Ltd. recently planted approximately 1,000 trees, Sunday Observer reports. The plantings, along the area’s Southern Expressway, included 760 kumbuk plants, 200 mee plants,...
TKE Wins U.K. Project For Close To 300 Units
German-based TK Elevator (TKE) has been selected to build and install nearly 300 lifts and escalators for the four major HS2 stations, Construction Enquirer is among outlets to report. TKE has signed...
Proposed Vancouver Tower Gets New Design
Heatherwick Studio has unveiled a new design for its 1700 Alberni Towers residential project in Vancouver, Canada, ArchDaily reports. The update comes after the design team saw a need to improve...
