California
Total Access Expands L.A. Area Footprint Through Acquisition
Total Access Elevator, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California, and backed by private-equity firm Century Park Capital Partners, announced the acquisition of Simi Valley-based Vertical Elevator Solutions on March 13,...
Elevator Hobbyist Expands Elevator Database To Cover 10% of The U.S.
Logan Ober, a Petaluma, California, resident and systems engineer for the Novato Unified School District, announced earlier this year that he expanded his U.S. elevator database, The Elevator Database, to include...
Castro Station Escalator Down for Two and a Half Weeks
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced that starting the week of February 17 the south escalator at the Castro Muni Station will be out of service for two and...
Maintenance Worker Rescued From Elevator in California
California fire department crews rescued a person stuck in an elevator at a cement plant in the Lebec area on Monday while performing maintenance on it, Bakersfield Now reports. On January 21,...
Costs For San Diego Government Tower Elevator Repairs Soar
San Diego City Council members approved a contract extension with Otis that adds US$1 million to the original US$3 million budget for emergency repairs to the elevators serving the Civic...
BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates
In a recent press release, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) shared its top accomplishments from this year in enhancing customer experience, improving safety and cleanliness, and investing in the future,...
Liftech Elevator Partners With Axxiom Elevator
Liftech Elevator has partnered with Axxiom Elevator, a rapidly expanding independent elevator services company doing business across Arizona, California, Florida and the Washington D.C. area. Liftech Elevator Service was founded in...
Oakland Passes Residential Elevator Maintenance Ordinance
In July, Oakland, California, Councilmember Carroll Fife co-sponsored an ordinance requiring operators of residential properties with elevators to maintain elevators in an operable condition, according to the City of Oakland. The...
California Park Gets Elevator For Accessibility
School Park Preserve in downtown Auburn, California, is receiving some updates, including an elevator, which will be used to help people reach the top of the park where the pickleball...
AES Introduces U.S. Regional Sales Managers
Alliance Elevator Solutions (AES), headquartered in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, announced sales managers for three U.S. regions. Adam Engman has been promoted to Southeast regional sales manager. Engman joined AES approximately two...
