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In Memoriam: Briane Hartley
Briane Hartley, who founded elevator supplier Door Guard Inc. in Pittsburgh in 2005, passed away peacefully in April at age 73. Hartley lived in Sun City Center, Florida. Survivors include...
Basel Miami to Serve Multiple Purposes
Bly’s Plank Inc. has tapped Jo Palma of renowned architectural firm PALMA, the designer behind Dubai’s twisting Cayan Tower, to design a 36-story mixed-use glass skyscraper called The Basel at...
United Cabs Restructures, Expands and Taps a Leader
A new entity, United Vertical Group, has been formed to represent United Cabs Inc.'s elevator cab products and United Metals Corp.'s hoistway entrance products, United Cabs announced this month. At...
Pair of Pink Residential Towers Envisioned in Moscow
A pair of 25- and 27-story pink residential towers is envisioned as part of the first stage of development of the ZIL-Yug territory in Moscow, ArchSovet reports. Designed by Buromoscow, EtalonProekt, the...
US$2-Billion Mega-Project Could Reshape L.A.’s Arts District
Pandemic-related shutdowns have hurt Los Angeles’ downtown streets and indicate long-term changes to office life, but builders are pressing ahead with major projects in the belief that the city still...
NYC Commission Approves Seaport District Plan
The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved a plan to replace a 50-year-old parking lot between Water and Pearl streets in downtown Manhattan with a brick-and-stone tower, pushing forward a...
In Memoriam: Keith Jenkins
Keith Jenkins, a resident of Montreal and founder of Canadian elevator consultancy KJA Consultants Inc., passed away in February at age 83. Widely regarded as a pioneer in the elevator...
Birmingham, U.K., Project “to Create 1,000 Jobs”
The Woodbourne Group, developer of the £360-million (US$500-million) Curzon Wharf project that would include Birmingham’s tallest building, says the development would create about 1,000 jobs, BBC News reported in March. The...
Research Paper on Elevator Arrival Times Published
Elevator transport capability is the focus of a research paper titled “When will an elevator arrive?” published in April in the Journal of Statistical Mechanics, Eurekalert reported on May 3. Physicist Zhijie Feng,...
KONE Americas taps Coleman as DE&I Director
KONE Americas has tapped Renia Coleman director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), the OEM announced on May 4. She will be based at KONE Americas' headquarters in Lisle, Illinois,...
