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Excavation Begins on Kennedy Boulevard in Philadelphia
Excavation for a multi-use tower at 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard has begun, reports Philadelphia YIMBY. The building, known as Schuylkill Yards West, will be 361 ft and 28 stories tall...
Wildeck Welcomes New CFO
Wildeck, Inc., headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with additional manufacturing facilities in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and Goodyear, Arizona, has named Jon Mueller chief financial officer (CFO). Mueller has more than 20 years'...
KONE Providing Lifts, Escalators for London High Rise
KONE has won an order to supply 15 custom-made elevators and escalators for the new “Arbor” office building at Western Yards, phase one of the Bankside Yards mixed-use development in...
EW 2021 Photo Contest Open for Submissions
ELEVATOR WORLD’S 2021 Photo Contest is now open for submissions. The ninth-annual contest features nine categories, including a new category, Projects in Action. This category invites entrants to showcase their teams...
Hotel/Residential Tower Planned in Greengate, Salford
U.K. architects BDP have put forth a proposal for a 36-story red tower in Greengate, Salford, Architects’ Journal reported on April 20. Bringing co-living spaces and a hotel, the tower’s planning application...
TKE Brings First North American EV Service Vehicle Online
TKE, in an event marking Earth Day 2022, has brought into service its first North American electric vehicle (EV) fleet car, the company announced on April 22. The Los Angeles-based...
Draka Elevator, EHC Global to Rebrand as Draka EHC
Draka Elevator and EHC Global, a brand of the Prysmian Group, announced in April plans to rebrand as “Draka EHC.” Draka EHC provides a comprehensive portfolio of value-added products, services...
South Korean Tower with Mitsubishi Electric Lift Completes
The 27-story Bundang Doosan Tower, with a design by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) featuring stacked, skybridge-connected masses forming a grand, square portal, is complete in Seongnam, South Korea, KPF announced...
Kenya Architects Create Green-Building Certification
The Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) has developed a national green building certification tool aimed at assessing projects regarding their environmental performance, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported on...
Excavation Underway for Oakland High Rise
Excavation for the Stak Site, a 36-story tower under development by Lincoln Property and Behring Co. at 1900 Broadway in Downtown Oakland, California, is well underway, San Francisco YIMBY reported on April...
