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LESA General Meeting

Australia The Lift Engineering Society of Australia (LESA) will hold its General Meeting on August 17. The event will take place at North Sydney Rugby League Club, Abbot Street in...

EESF Silent Auction

The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) held its Silent Auction fundraiser on May 10 during the Opening Night reception of the IAEC Annual Forum. As part of the evening’s activities,...

Elevators For a Social Project in Rio De Janeiro

Brazil The picturesque morros (low, rounded hills) covered by vegetation, so common in Brazil’s eastern geography, provide cities like Río de Janeiro with an undulated landscape and imposing vistas. But...

“Building A” Details Emerge

Magellan Development has chosen Brininstool Kerwin & Lynch to design a new rental high-rise fronting Chicago’s Wacker Drive. Currently known as “Building A,” an official name has yet to be...

Nato Headquarters

Belgium The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) new headquarters has been under construction since December 2010, and completion is scheduled for 2015. The new 100-acre site in Brussels is designed...

Suffolk University Receives Preservation Award

Preservation Massachusetts has presented Suffolk University with a Paul E. Tsongas Award in recognition of its restoration of the Modern Theatre in Boston’s Historic Theater District, which reopened in November...

HITACHI ELEVATOR TO FOCUS ON SMART BUILDING IN CHINA

Hitachi Elevator to Focus on Smart Building in China

(l-r) Todd Christensen and Craig Clabaugh

Metro Elevator Opens in Office in Iowa

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Passion for Acting Leads to VT Career

The extension will include three new stations; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Taiwan to Supply 65 VT Units for MRT Extension

Different views of the proposed tower; images courtesy of RSHP

54-Story City of London Tower Approved