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TKE Sustainability Expert to Participate in Conference Roundtable

TK Elevator (TKE) Senior Sustainability Manager Monica Miller Brown plans to participate in a roundtable discussion on embodied carbon in steel on November 3 at the Greenbuild International Conference +...

BART Greenlights Two-Tower TOD in Downtown Oakland

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors approved developers’ plans for a transit-oriented development (TOD) that includes 28- and 19-story towers at the new Lake Merritt BART station...

83% of San Francisco’s Elevators Have Expired Permits

Out of the approximate 10,800 elevators in the city of San Francisco, around 9,000 — or 83% — have expired permits, many of which are multiple years old, SFGATE reports....

Tallest Bay Area Tower Outside of San Francisco Clears Hurdle

Plans for the tallest tower in the San Francisco Bay Area outside of San Francisco cleared a hurdle recently with permits filed to demolish a midrise structure at 415 20th...

36-Story, 524-Unit Residential Tower Proposed in San Francisco

Developer Strada has filed a request with City of San Francisco to review its proposed 36-story, 524-unit residential tower at 395 3rd Street in the SoMa area of San Francisco,...

BART Creates Elevator Dimension Guide for Bike Enthusiasts

As bike enthusiasts have started to organize monthly East Bay Bike Parties that start at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations in the San Francisco Bay Area of California on...

In Memoriam: David N. Walton

David N. Walton, a Riverside, California, native who was passionate about elevators, vintage cars and Democratic politics, passed away peacefully on April 1. Born in 1942, Walton was a journeyman...

Foster To Retrofit San Francisco’s Transamerica Tower

Designer Foster + Partners is set to take in San Francisco a record overhaul project for the historic, 50-year-old Transamerica Tower, Architects’ Journal reported in March. The US$250-million plan, led...

Millennium Tower Parking Building Elevators Affected By Sliding

At downtown San Francisco's 58-story residential Millennium Tower, which has been the target of lawsuits over its sinking, tilting foundation, another problem has emerged — sliding — and it is...

Otis provides VT, Westbank Campus adds residential tower

Construction on San Francisco Tower Wrapping Up Construction is wrapping up on 30 Otis Street, SoMa, in San Francisco as the tower is preparing for move-ins later this summer, San...

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KONE Launches High-Rise MiniSpace DX Elevator in India

One High Line; image courtesy of BIG

Record Sale Marks Turnaround for Striking Manhattan Towers

Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co. Residences; image courtesy of KONE

KONE Wins Order for New World’s Tallest Residential Building

(l-r) Paolo Compagna and Silvio Napoli

Schindler CEO Role to Transition From Napoli to Compagna

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Canada Post Workers Return as Negotiations Continue