News

Tower construction across New Jersey city generates work for OEMs and continues to transform skyline.

Residential Tower Served by Otis System Tops Out Construction on 180 Morgan Street, a 41-story, 482-unit residential tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2019), topped out in November 2020, New York YIMBY...

Otis provides VT for one of city’s tallest, and towers are in various stages of planning and construction.

Otis VT System for Renamed Tower Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it installed 22 vertical-transportation (VT) units at the recently opened — and recently renamed — St. Regis Chicago, which, at...

Mergers, acquisitions and investments

Premier Merges With Oracle to Create Service Giant Premier Elevator, an Atlanta-based company that bills itself as a leading independent alternative to the large OEMs, has agreed to merge with...

High-Rise Tower to Anchor Newpark Dallas “Smart District”

A development partnership of Hoque Global and Lanoha Real Estate Co. plans to begin construction in 2021 on One Newpark, a 38-story tower that will be the tallest building on...

VDA Describes VT System Serving 11 Hoyt Street

Vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy VDA recently provided ELEVATOR WORLD with a detailed description of the elevator system serving the 51-story 11 Hoyt Street, architect Jeanne Gang’s first NYC skyscraper and one...

Transitions

Leaders tapped on the East Coast and in the Midwest Borwey Appointed NAESA International Executive Director Borwey James L. “Jim” Borwey, most recently manager of the...

Evaluation of Elevator Systems in Seismic Zones

Abstract The geography of Turkey bears the traces of several earthquakes that have occurred in history. The importance of structural measures against earthquakes, after the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that took place...

Prosperity and Poverty… Is it Fate?

“According to Aristoteles, everyone is moral. In fact, everyone is smart. So, we should know how to seek the truth and virtue within ourselves. Then, we do not insist on...

AKE Employs Young Engineers After MEP Trainings

AKE Elevator & Escalator opened its doors to newly graduated engineers, adding 16 young engineers to its staff last month within the scope of the Vocational Training Project (AKE-MEP), which...

What Shapes Our Future Cities?

A webinar organized by CTBUH Turkey (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) titled ‘What Shapes Our Future Cities?’ was presented to its audience on November 5, 2020, offering a...

Deyaar's Downtown Residences; image courtesy of Deyaar

Deyaar Unveils Dubai Downtown Residences Project

The wooden escalator; image © TfL

Last Wooden Escalator in London Underground to be Replaced by Elevator

North America, which requires larger elevators, has some of the most expensive elevator costs in the world, according to the Saanich Council; photo by Martin Pechy via Wikimedia Commons.

Saanich Calls for British Columbia to Allow Smaller Elevators

3rd Avenue-149th street Station; image courtesy of LiftComm

LiftComm Enhances NYC MTA Station Elevator Safety, Security

CEO of EngineeringUK Dr. Hilary Leevers

EngineeringUK CEO Reacts To U.K. 2025 Spending Review