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Industry Veterans Launch NYC-Based VT Consultancy

Industry veterans Lucas Kairdolf and Danny Girgis have launched NYC-based vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy Clarkson + Varick, for which they serve as CEO/president and managing partner, respectively. Located in the northern...

NY Elevator Upgrade Projects Takes Next Step

Legislators in Cortland County, New York, unanimously approved in June an approximate US$97,500 elevator project at the Cortland County Office Building, allowing the county’s Buildings and Grounds Department to pursue...

Innovation Industries Names Director of Field Support, Engineering

Frank D'Angelo was recently named director of field support and project engineering at Innovation Industries, Inc., responsible for providing technical support to the customers of Innovation and its subsidiaries, Monitor...

Two ADA-Compliant Elevators Welcomed at NYC Station

NYC subway riders welcomed two new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant elevators at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA)  Livonia Avenue station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, earlier this month, WWLP is among...

AEG Names Dlugolecki Chief Transformation Officer

Chris Dlugolecki has moved into the newly created role of chief transformation officer at American Elevator Group (AEG), having previously served as AEG's vice president of service operations, AEG announced...

Date Set for 47th Annual “Pop/Joe” Golf Fundraiser

September 26 is the date set for the 47th annual “Pop” Frohlinger/Joe Marchese Memorial Invitational Golf Tournament, organizer Joel Frohlinger tells ELEVATOR WORLD. The fundraiser for the Elevator Escalator Safety...

Liberty Elevator Promotes Kilimnik to Director of Engineering

Liberty Elevator Corp., headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey, and performing work throughout the NYC metropolitan area, has promoted Elan Kilimnik from project engineer to director of engineering. Kilimnik began his...

2nd Annual Elevator Champions For Charity Coming Up

The 2nd annual Elevator Champions for Charity (ECC) golf outing is planned on July 18 at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, New York. Registration, including brunch, starts at 10...

Deep Subway In NYC Forces Riders To Climb Long Stairs

Subway riders in Manhattan, NYC, are having difficulty getting around if their path forces them to enter the station at Fort Washington and 181st Street, because the escalators have broken down, forcing...

Elevator by Mid-American for New Times Square Subway Entrance

Developer Jamestown LP contributed US$10 million and the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) added US$40 million for a new entrance to the Times Square subway station — the system's busiest...

The machine is transported to the site; image courtesy of Champion Elevator.

Challenging Hudson Valley Modernization a “Testament to Teamwork”

Oakland, California, Councilmember Carroll Fife; image courtesy of City of Oakland

Oakland Passes Residential Elevator Maintenance Ordinance

NEW ESCALATORS AT TWO BENGALURU, INDIA RAILWAY STATIONS

New Escalators at Two Bengaluru, India Railway Stations

18-YEAR-OLD WORKER DIES AFTER FALLING DOWN ESCALATOR SHAFT

18-Year-Old Worker Dies After Falling Down Escalator Shaft

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way