News
England-wide tall plans and business deals
SOM-Designed Tower for London Tall-Building Hotspot Investor London & Oriental wants to build a 56-story office tower designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) in London’s bustling eastern skyscraper cluster,...
Landmark projects in Toronto and Vancouver; update on Ontario legislation
Five Towers Make Up Toronto Urban-Renewal Project Hariri Pontarini Architects and Michael de Cotiis, president and CEO of Pinnacle International of Canada, have teamed up on Pinnacle One Yonge, an...
Big contracts in Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam
thyssenkrupp Installs Modern Technology Above Ancient Aqueduct thyssenkrupp recently completed a challenging installation in Rome: 16 escalators and 10 elevators at the Rinascente department store, where the company worked “day...
Expansion, partnerships and more from around the world
Mitsubishi Electric Building New Training Center in Japan Mitsubishi Electric is significantly ramping up training for installation technicians by building a new, 2,182-m2 training center at its main factory in...
Otis Providing Nearly 70 Units for San Francisco’s Chase Center
Mortensen/Clark has hired Otis to provide nearly 70 units to the Chase Center in San Francisco, new home of the National Basketball Association’s Golden State Warriors for the 2019-2020 season....
Office, residential development throughout the boroughs and beyond
Evolving Plans at Hudson Yards Plans for two Hudson Yards buildings have evolved, with both getting larger and one tripling its floor count, sources reported. 3 Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD,...
International and regional players win honors.
thyssenkrupp’s Sustainability Efforts Praised thyssenkrupp Elevator was presented with the Top Products for 2018 award by BuildingGreen, Inc., at BuildingGreen’s “Top 10 Products for LEED v4 and Beyond” session in...
US$8.5-Million Elevator Upgrade for Ohio Government Building
The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission is administering a US$8.5-million upgrade of 19 elevators at the Verne Riffe State Office Tower in the state capital of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Business First...
Mixed use is the name of the game: news from The Architect’s Newspaper.
Planners Approve 41-Story Tower The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved the Lake on Wilshire project, a 41-story mixed-use housing tower complex. The project, proposed by Archeon Group and...
NEII Field Safety Committee Meets in Florida
thyssenkrupp hosted the winter meeting of the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee in Coral Springs, Florida, in early November 2017. In Larry Leadingham’s absence, Austin Bacack was...
