Massachusetts
MassPort Accepting Bids for VT Maintenance Contract
The Massachusetts Port Authority (MassPort) is accepting bids electronically through August 21 for a three-year vertical-transportation (VT) maintenance contract that includes elevator, escalator and moving walk maintenance at all MassPort...
MESA Meeting Packs the House for Lively Roundtable
More than 40 attendees packed Jake n Joes Sports Grille in Norwood, Massachusetts, on May 14 for the monthly meeting of the Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA). A roundtable format...
Massachusetts FD Shares Elevator-Rescue Tips and Information
The Cambridge Fire Department in Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently shared information and tips about elevator rescues, observing that the department responds to approximately 200 elevator-rescue calls per year. Illustrated with several...
MESA Scholarship Application Open
The Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association, Inc. (MESA) is accepting applications for the 2024 G. Gahr Finney Memorial Scholarship program. Finney’s devotion of time and effort to the vertical-transportation industry is...
3Phase Lands Elevator Maintenance Contract for Boston Office Property
3Phase Elevator Corp. recently announced Clarendon Group awarded it the vertical-transportation (VT) maintenance contract for 265 Franklin Street in Boston. Built in 1984, the 21-story, Class A office property in...
Buckley Named Northeast Area Director at SafeRise
David Buckley has been named SafeRise, LLC, Northeast area director, covering NYC, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Boston. SafeRise provides an elevator hoistway protection solution that was developed with input from...
In Memoriam: James F. “Jim” Driscoll
James F. "Jim" Driscoll, founder, owner and past-president of Atlantic Elevator Service, based in Avon, Massachusetts, passed away surrounded by his family on January 24 at the age of 80...
MESA Elects New Leaders at Holiday Party
Forty-five members of the Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA) gathered at the Hilton Boston Dedham in Dedham, Massachusetts, on December 14, 2023, for the annual holiday party/meeting. Due to term...
Office-to-Residential Conversions Gain Momentum in Boston
A tax break program announced by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in summer 2023 and backed by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) could see 104,000 ft2 of office space...
Boston Escalator Outage Causing Issues
Since October 2023, T riders in East Boston have been using a tight stairwell to board the trains at Maverick Station because the escalator in the station has not been...
