Florida

One Brickell City Centre Greenlit by Miami Officials

The 80-story, 1,038-ft-tall supertall office building One Brickell City Centre in Miami's Brickell Financial District has been unanimously approved by Miami City Commissioners, Florida YIMBY reports. Designed by Arquitectonica and...

Florida 47-Story Mixed-Use Tower Design Revealed

New York-based architecture studio ODA has revealed the design of a new 47-story mixed-use tower in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Arch Daily reports. The project comprises 830 residential units, while also...

Major U.S. Independent EFS Appoints Biskaduros CEO

Elevated Facility Services Group (EFS), headquartered in Tampa and providing elevator repair, maintenance and modernization in 58 markets across 24 states, has appointed Matt Biskaduros as CEO. Biskaduros follows interim...

NY/NJ Elevator Names Frangias CEO

NY/NJ Elevator Co., a woman-owned, International Union of Elevator Contractors Local 1 company, has announced Michael Frangias as CEO. With locations in NYC and Parlin, New Jersey, NY/NJ Elevator has...

Elevator Shaft Fall Fatal for Man in the Florida Panhandle

A fall down an elevator shaft at an under-construction home on Highway 30a in Walton County on the Florida Panhandle was fatal for a man on July 20, WEAR-TV reports....

Right Way Elevator Opens Office in Bonita Springs

Right Way Elevator Maintenance, Inc., an American Elevator Group (AEG) company that specializes in the maintenance, modernization and repair of elevator equipment, announced the expansion of its service footprint with...

In Memoriam: William Wayne Smith

William Wayne Smith, a longtime Otis executive who retired as director of service, North America, passed away on June 4 at age 95 in Naples, Florida. A native of Montgomery,...

Florida A17.3-2015 Code to Include Elevator Door Lock Monitoring

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently updated Florida A17.3-2015 building code to retroactively include requirement 3.10.12, which states that the condition and position of elevator cab door locks...

NYC Developer and Architect Plan Towers in Fort Lauderdale

Manhattan, NYC-based architect ODA designed a pair of 43-story tapering residential towers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for developer Dependable Equities, headquartered in Brooklyn, NYC, The Architect’s Newspaper reports. Incorporating a...

Panel Gives OK to Construction on Miami Supertall Project

Developers saw a project in Miami move forward after an oversight panel approved permits for construction of a 100-story tower, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported in May....

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir