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Industry veterans appointed, retire.
Rasmussen Joins SnapCab Rasmussen SnapCab has hired industry veteran Sherri Rasmussen as an interior specialist for the company’s Central Sales Region. In an October announcement, it noted Rasmussen has more...
Plans for big work in the Israeli metropolis
Schindler Israel Awarded Mass-Transit Contract Schindler Israel has been awarded a contract to provide 106 escalators, 61 elevators and 24/7 maintenance to the Red Line, the first main line of...
Dubai Creek Harbour Update
Several sources, including the Khaleej Times, reported that Emaar Properties’ Dubai Creek Harbour will start welcoming its first residents early next year, with the first homes to be delivered in...
Africa to Build Tall
Record-setting Cairo building, coastal Kenya skyscraper are in the works. Hadid-Designed Nile Tower in Cairo Would Be Continent’s Tallest Developer Living in Interiors wants to build Nile Tower, a 70-story...
thyssenkrupp Tapped for “Unprecedented” Sydney Metro Project
thyssenkrupp has been selected for what a New South Wales government official is calling an unprecedented accessibility project that involves designing, suppling, installing and maintaining 70 elevators and 130 escalators...
Canadian Tower Plans
Microsoft and National Bank are among those involved in upcoming Toronto and Montreal towers. Microsoft to Set Up Shop in Toronto Skyscraper Microsoft will occupy 132,000 sq. ft. over four...
Progress made on supertall buildings in Noida, Colombo.
One of India’s Tallest Towers Looks Toward Completion At 300 m tall and 80 stories, Spira will become one of the tallest towers in India, and developer Supertech Ltd. expects...
Contract landed for Indonesia developments; Frankfurt’s Omniturm is wrapping up.
Schindler to Provide 207 Units in Indonesia Building on its relationship with PT Trans Property and PT Trans Retail Indonesia, PT Berca Schindler Lifts has been selected to provide 207...
Metro line contract let; potential for new installations in Shanghai.
KONE Wins 239-Escalator Order for Wuxi Metro Line 3 KONE is the latest OEM to win significant work providing the 28.5-km-long Wuxi Metro Line 3 with vertical-transportation equipment. Following a...
An acquisition and a height variance
Liberty Elevator Experts Acquires D.C. Company Liberty Elevator Experts, based in Newark, Delaware, has acquired Technical Elevator Inspections of Washington, D.C. Technical Elevator Inspections performs compliance inspections throughout the District...
