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In Memoriam: William B. “Bill” Payton
William B. "Bill" Payton, a well-known elevator engineer, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on September 21 after a battle with bulbar onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)....
ISEE Pushed Back to December 2022
Organizers of the International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators & Escalators (ISEE) have announced that the event has been pushed back to December 1-3, 2022. The expo was scheduled for December...
NYC Billionaires Row Condo Board Sues for US$125 Million
The condo board of the pencil-thin, Rafael Viñoly-designed NYC Billionaires Row supertall 432 Park Avenue sued the tower's developers on September 23 for US$125 million, citing a litany of issues...
Owner Installing Ion Air Cleaners in Building Elevators
Coretrust Capital Partners, an owner of multiple large office buildings, is pioneering the installation of air-cleaning bi-polar ionization generators in its elevators, the company announced via Yahoo Finance in September. The company...
NYC Elevator Veteran Launches Ascend Consulting Group
Kenneth Seiferth III, a third-generation elevator man based in NYC, has announced the launch of Ascend Consulting Group (ACG). With clients including property developers, owners and managers; real estate investment...
Tallest Residential Development on Singapore River Revealed
CapitaLand Ltd. and City Developments Ltd. (CDL) have unveiled the design of their latest joint residential development, CanningHill Piers, according to a press release. The residence is part of an integrated development...
Chicago’s Thompson Center Winning Designs Announced
A pool, a school and a mixed-use facility are the ideas of the three winners of the Chicago Architecture Center’s and Chicago Architectural Club’s 2021 Chicago Prize: James R. Thompson...
New Denver Skyscraper Features TKE Agile Mobile
Tenants and visitors at Block 162, a new, high-rise office tower in the Denver CBD, can call an elevator with their personal devices, thanks to TK Elevator’s (TKE) AGILE mobile,...
Otis Launches ZWTL Program at South Carolina Facility
The Otis manufacturing facility in Florence, South Carolina, has begun a pilot “Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL)” program that will help reduce the plant’s carbon footprint and be scaled up...
CTBUH Accepting Submissions for 2022 Awards Program
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is accepting submissions through September 30 for its 2022 CTBUH Awards Program. Projects and individuals that have “made extraordinary contributions to the advancement...
