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Elevator U Issues Call for Papers, Releases Event Details

Elevator U, a volunteer organization that supports and encourages the exchange of ideas and information relative to vertical transportation (VT) in academic facilities, has issued a call for papers and...

Draka EHC to Host 38th Annual Golf Classic to Benefit EESF

Draka EHC, a division of Prysmian Group, plans to host its 38th Annual Golf Classic on May 18 at the Benvenue Country Club in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to benefit...

WAGO Introduces New Team Member

Germantown, Wisconsin-headquartered WAGO, which offers products including connection components, electronics and automation technology for elevators, recently announced the hire of Robert Via as senior sales and applications engineer for energy....

Elevator U Conference Planned at UNC Charlotte in June

Elevator U, an association that promotes excellence in design, construction and maintenance of all forms of vertical transportation, plans to hold its 23rd annual conference on June 26-29 at the...

Metro Elevator Opens NorCal Division in San Francisco

Metro Elevator recently announced the opening of its NorCal division, headquartered in San Francisco. The division is being led by President Michael Blaszczyk and Vice President Kevin Wright. Blaszczyk has...

CPSC Recalls Approximately 1,700 Home Elevators

On September 29, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled approximately 1,700 home elevators produced by Ontario-based Cambridge Elevator and Custom Elevator, based in Pennsylvania, The News & Observer...

Charlotte High-Rise Plan Refined, Gets Taller

Chicago’s Riverside Investment and Development has refined its plan for Queensbridge Collective, a trio of towers — two residential and one office — at 1111 South Tryon Street in the...

North Carolina Elevator Project Ahead of Schedule

A new addition on the side of the 125-year-old New Bern City Hall building in North Carolina will house an elevator, and the US$3.9 million project is ahead of schedule,...

Cottage Elevator Safety Bills Becomes Law in North Carolina

Weston's Law, named for the young boy who died when he became trapped between the elevator car and shaft at a vacation rental on North Carolina's Outer Banks in July...

Six New Escalators Part of US$4.2 Million N.C. Airport Investment

Six new escalators to replace units that are approximately 40 years old are part of millions of U.S. dollars in upgrades underway at the Piedmont International Airport in Guilford County,...

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Tower Aims to Put Asunción on Par With Other South American Capitals

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Cost, Practicality Concerns Plague D.C. Area Transit Project

MONGOLIA SCHOOL TO GET ELEVATOR DUE TO GRANT

Mongolia School To Get Elevator Thanks to Grant

SeaTac Airport Station; photo by SounderBruce for Wikipedia

Elevator To Enhance Accessibility at SeaTac Airport

Gorny Institute subway station; photo by Dinamilk for Wikipedia

Petersburg Subway Grand Opening Ends in VT Malfunction