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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...

Industry Veteran Milefchik Named COO at Two Companies

Industry veteran Rick Milefchik has been named chief operating officer (COO) for both Access Elevator & Electric Supply in Emeryville, California, and Quality Elevator Products, Inc., in Niles, Illinois, Milefchik...

ECS Welcomes Alcott as Senior Business Consultant

ECS Corporation, headquartered in Broadview, Illinois, welcomed Michael Alcott as senior business consultant to ECS Chairman and CEO Ray Allen and Vice President Julie Allen in May. Alcott has nearly...

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...

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...

Panel Gives OK to Construction on Miami Supertall Project

Developers saw a project in Miami move forward after an oversight panel approved permits for construction of a 100-story tower, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported in May....

AEG Acquires Pennsylvania-Based Port Elevator

American Elevator Group (AEG) announced on June 1 the acquisition of Port Elevator, expanding AEG's central Pennsylvania footprint. The acquisition brings the number of AEG business units to 18 nationwide....

OSHA Among Those Investigating Boston Elevator Shaft Fall

OHSA is among those investigating a May 27 incident in which a construction worker fell three stories down an elevator shaft in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Boston 25 News...

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...

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