San Francisco

3Phase Elevator Announces Merger with Elevator Industries

3Phase Elevator, a leading independent elevator and escalator services provider, recently announced that it has merged with Elevator Industries, a market leader in the Sacramento, California, area that provides maintenance,...

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...

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