North Carolina

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,...

Transformational Skyscraper for Downtown Durham to Break Ground

General contractor SAMET Corp. is set to break ground later this summer on the 27-story The Novus, designed by LS3P and developed by Austin Lawrence Partners on the former site...

Metro Elevator Establishes Raleigh-Durham Location

Metro Elevator, a certified veteran-owned business specializing in maintenance, repair, modernization and new installation of hydraulic elevators, traction elevators and escalators, has announced the opening of a Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina,...

North Carolina Elevator Safety Bill Advancing

In response to the death of a 7-year-old child last summer at a rental home, legislation is advancing in the North Carolina Senate that would require elevators inside vacation cottages...

ATIS Adds Senior Elevator Consultant, Elevator Management Advisor

St. Louis-headquartered ATIS Elevator recently announced it hired Cory Hunter as a senior elevator consultant based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Natalie Nordstrom as an elevator management advisor working remotely....

NEII Provides Code Development Updates, Recent Adoptions

National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) provided code development updates and announced recent code adoptions in West Virginia and North Carolina in its latest NEII Insider newsletter. Group B Committee action...

Metro Elevator Names VP of Operations, Charlotte Division

Metro Elevator, a disabled-veteran owned business with a presence in nearly 40 states, has named Chris Wuelfing vice president of operations, Charlotte (North Carolina) Division. Wuelfing is a U.S. Navy...

North Carolina Elevator Project Approved Over Budget

When bids came in for the New Bern, North Carolina, City Hall elevator project, the lowest one came in at more than US$1 million over budget, the Sun Journal reports....

The meeting of the newly christened Elevate-HER is planned at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre; image courtesy of niagarafallstourism.com.

CECA’s Women’s Group Introduces New Name: Elevate-HER

4TH VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL ELEVATORS EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED

4th Vietnam International Elevators Exhibition Announced

The Pembroke Pines team; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Announces Team From Florida as Global Winners of Made to Move Communities Challenge

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In Memoriam: Milton Thomas Sybert

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings