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NEEA Welcomes Additions to Its Leadership Team
The National Elevator and Escalator Association (NEEA), a voice for Canada’s vertical-transportation industry, has named two new members to the leadership team as part of an expansion and modernization aimed...
NYC Supertall by Prolific Architect KPF Set to Rise
Demolition preparations at the 105-year-old, 15-story former Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters are ramping up at 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, NYC, to make way for a 1,050-ft-tall commercial...
First of 41 New Schindler Escalators Welcomed by BART
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and City of San Francisco authorities welcomed the first of 41 new Schindler escalators during a ribbon-cutting at the Powell Street station on August 31....
Macau VT Industry Concerned Over Standard Proposal
A Chinese government proposal to adopt EU vertical-transportation (VT) standards worries some people in the elevator industry, who fear the standards would be unworkable in Macau, the Macau Daily Times reported in...
Elevator World Offices to close for Holiday
The offices of Elevator World, Inc. will be closed on Monday, September 6, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Student Athlete Killed in Elevator Collapse in Atlanta
A student athlete died on August 31 when he was crushed by an apartment elevator in Atlanta, CBS46 reports. He and two other football players boarded the elevator on an upper...
Abell Elevator, Part Of AEG, Names Miller GM
Abell Elevator, a Raleigh, North Carolina, division of American Elevator Group (AEG) named Brent Miller general manager (GM) in August. Prior to that, Miller worked more than seven years at...
ATIS Obtains NYC DoB License
American Testing and Inspection Services (ATIS), a conveyance management company headquartered in St. Louis, has obtained a Department of Building (DoB) license for NYC, allowing ATIS to perform all required...
NAEC Shares Positive News from Event Host City New Orleans
The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) shared positive news from New Orleans, host city of the 2021 NAEC Convention & Exposition on October 4-7 and where Hurricane Ida struck...
“Slender, Gritty, Robust” Tower For Southwest London
A super-thin, 20-story residential tower known as Pencil is planned on Garrett Street along the River Thames in Wandsworth, Southwest London, Architects' Journal reports. The 13-m-wide block on which Pencil is set...
