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KONE To Provide 22 Units For Signia By Hilton Atlanta
KONE has won an order to provide 16 elevators and six escalators to the Signia by Hilton Hotel Atlanta, connected to the Georgia World Congress Center and overlooking the Mercedes-Benz...
8 Rescued From Stuck Elevator In Downtown Atlanta
Firefighters rescued eight people from an elevator stuck in a blind shaft on the 27th floor of the Westin Peachtree Hotel in downtown Atlanta on January 2, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is among outlets...
Wittur Brazil Plant Achieves Two Years Without Accidents
Wittur Group recently announced that, at the beginning of December 2021, its 10,000-m2 plant in Londrina, Brazil, achieved two years without accidents. The company noted that this is the first time...
TKE Provides Nearly 200 Units For Asia-Pacific Sites
TK Elevator (TKE) is handling two major vertical-transportation projects in Asia-Pacific countries, the OEM reports. In China, the company is the source for 97 meta200 elevators and two escalators at the Zhong'an...
Element Elevators Names Niculae VP Of Engineering
Element Elevators Inc., headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada, named Dan Niculae vice president of engineering. With 27 years of engineering experience, including 16 in the elevator industry, Niculae has assumed...
FAA Approves Design Of Tampa Residential Tower
Developers of a high-rise residential building in Tampa have won approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Florida YIMBY reported in late December. Altura Bayshore, a 22-story condominium tower at 2910 West Barcelona Street in Bayshore...
Philadelphia Designers Aim To Build Project
Developers are working on a construction project called Cathedral Square in Philadelphia, Philadelphia YIMBY reports. The project, set to stand 470 ft with 34 floors, will offer mixed residential and commercial space....
Central Railway Plans 2022 Improvements In India
With 2021 including the addition of 86 elevators and 125 escalators at Central Railway stations in and around Mumbai, India, the organization plans several initiatives to strengthen infrastructure and execute...
NYC MTA Completes Subway Elevator Upgrade Ahead Of Time
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on December 26 it completed an elevator replacement project at the Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College subway station in Flatbush, Brooklyn, ahead of time, Shorefront News is among...
Permits Issued For 40-Story Tower At Miami Worldcenter
Work is moving ahead on a new, 413-ft-tall mixed-use building planned in Downtown Miami, Florida YIMBY reports, known as 697 North Miami Avenue, and developer CIM Group has received construction permits from...
