News
Pandemic Hospital Modernized Duringthe Pandemic
The Marmara University Başıbüyük Additional Service Building was opened as a “pandemic” hospital on April 7, 2020. Maintenance, repair and modernization services of the 24 elevators in the Başıbüyük Pandemic...
To VE or Not to VE: That is the Question!
Considerations are weighed on choosing not to install an elevator as part of a cost-savings proposal. During a value engineering (VE) workshop for an upcoming mixed-use hotel and apartment building...
Market Surveilance Directive Has Been Published
The new “Elevator Market Surveillance Directive” has been published in the Official Gazette No. 31276 on October 16, 2020, by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The new directive which...
Pera Mühendislik Provides Freight and Car Lifts for Arter
A subsidiary of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, Arter was active in its building on Istiklal Street from 2010-2018 and moved to its new building in Dolapdere on September 13, 2019....
Turkey ASFED’s Efforts in Kayseri
The Turkey Elevator Industrialists Federation (Turkey ASFED), which adjourned its regular bimonthly board meetings due to the pandemic, met in Kayseri on September 4, 2020. The Federation also met with...
Business acquisition and upgrade join tall-building news from around the Great White North
LATTA Elevators Acquires Escalator Company LEE ATTA Elevators Corp., based in Concord, has acquired Leading Edge Escalators Inc. (LEE), based in Oshawa, ATTA CEO Mark Attanasio announced in October. LEE...
Acquisitions, partnerships and expansion
Titan to Build New Building in LIC Titan Machine Corp.’s plan for a 21-story mixed-used building has been approved for commercial zoning at Titan’s current location at 42-11 Ninth Street...
KONE and Hitachi help lead the industry with contracts, event
KONE Wins 95-Unit Order for Mixed-Use Project in Xi’an KONE has won a contract to supply 95 elevators and escalators for Nanfeihong Plaza, a mixed-use development in Xi’an, the capital...
News from Chicago YIMBY: residential and mixed-use towers proliferate
One Chicago Square’s Mixed-Used Skyscrapers Pass Halfway Mark Construction on the 74- and 49-story mixed-use towers comprising One Chicago Square (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2020) at 1 West Chicago Avenue reached...
News from San Francisco YIMBY: towers being planned and taking shape
Permits Filed for San Francisco Residential High Rise Developers have filed permits to build a 42-story residential building in San Francisco’s SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood, the source reported in...
