North Carolina

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,...

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...

BOY DIES IN “OLD AND POORLY MAINTAINED” ELEVATOR IN INDIA

Boy Dies in “Old and Poorly Maintained” Elevator in India

Cho Jae-cheon, CEO of Hyundai Elevator, left, and Yoon Jeong-il, head of Hyundai E&C's purchasing division, sign an MoU at Hyundai E&C's headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul; image courtesy of Hyundai Elevator

Hyundai Elevator Signs Modular Elevator Commercialization MoU

The circa-1985 elevators on SkyTrain’s Expo Line are being replaced with new KONE units; image courtesy of TransLink via X.

40-Year-Old SkyTrain Elevators Being Replaced in Canada

TKE OWNERS SELECT FINANCIAL ADVISORS FOR PLANNED IPO

TKE Owners Select Financial Advisors for Planned IPO

CIA TO SHOWCASE CANOPEN LIFT AT INTERLIFT

CIA To Showcase CANopen Lift at Interlift