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The London Tube, towers and a controversial plan

Avire Light Curtains for Tube’s First Inclined Lift The first inclined lift in the London Tube has been outfitted with Memco Panachrome light curtains from Avire. The company also supplied...

Toronto, Montreal among tall-building hotspots.

Plan for Trio of Toronto Towers Advances Lanterra Developments’ scaled-back plan for a trio of towers in downtown Toronto between St. Patrick and Simcoe streets has, for the most part,...

More Towers on the Way

Other tall buildings proposed/underway in big cities around the nation. Redevelopment of L.A. Times Complex Plans for redevelopment of the L.A. Times headquarters in downtown Los Angeles includes building multiple...

High rises proposed at the Loop, riverfront, Greektown.

Dueling Plans for Replacing Chicago’s Thompson Center There are dueling plans in Chicago to replace the state-owned, Helmut Jahn-designed James R. Thompson Center at the Loop, one of which involves...

ECS, TEI make important personnel moves.

ECS Hires Two Key Managers ECS Corp., headquartered in Broadview, Illinois, has hired Tony DiLegge as Operations manager and Cathy Hayat as Marketing manager. DiLegge joins ECS with experience including...

Final Two Skyscrapers for Moscow City

Renaissance Development aims to complete Neva Towers, the final two skyscrapers in Moscow’s International Business Center (Moscow City), by 2019, ArchDaily reported. Designed by a team consisting of HOK and...

Two high rises each are intended for Perth, Brisbane.

Trade Center Would Include Perth’s Tallest Skyscraper Private developers backed by the Australian government plan to build a World Trade Center that includes towers of 75 and 36 stories in...

Eiffel Elevators Part of US$320-Million Overhaul

A US$320-million, 15-year overhaul of the Eiffel Tower in Paris will include its elevator system, part of which includes original 1880s components, ArchDaily reported. Otis elevators were used on the...

Safety, vandalism addressed in China, India.

Weifang Rolls Out Its First Vertical-Transportation Safety Law Weifang, China, has enacted its first elevator/escalator safety law as units, and accidents, multiply, China Radio International reported. The number of units...

Finnish OEM lands orders in Bahrain, Helsinki.

145 Units to New BIA Terminal KONE has been selected to supply 145 units to the new passenger terminal being built at Bahrain International Airport (BIA), TradeArabia reported. The order...

Hiyaa Towers; image courtesy of Architecture Association Maldives

Progress Made on Elevator Installation in Maldive Towers

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR TSSA SAFETY AWARDS 2025

Nominations Open for TSSA Safety Awards 2025

Hyundai Elevator’s “Smart Hall Button”; image courtesy of Hyundai Elevator

Hyundai Elevator Smart Hall Button Product Wins Red Dot Design Award

AXXIOM ELEVATOR COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF EVOLUTION ELEVATOR

Axxiom Elevator Completes Acquisition of Evolution Elevator

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77-Year-Old Dies After Falling on Escalator in India