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Industry Action
New hires, acquisitions, expansions and foreign investment among recent goings on. ATIS Makes Key Acquisitions ATIS Elevator Inspections, a subsidiary of American Testing & Inspection Services in St. Louis, made...
New Hires
Companies bring in leaders to guide regional business. FS2 Opens Seattle Office, Names Mikkelsen Principal Fortune Shepler Saling (FS2) has opened a Seattle office, headed by Steve Mikkelsen. With the...
Schindler Opens Hanover Facility
Schindler announced the grand opening of its new manufacturing facility in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in February. The factory earned what the company calls “North America’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental...
New York Leads U.S. Jobs
The Big Apple sees a surge in planned and under-construction projects and elevator contracts. 47-Floor Mixed-Use Tower for NYC In January, the 47-floor, 595-ft.-tall mixed-use building 5 Beekman Street was...
Corporate Activity
Company relocations and personnel changes complement the founding of a new company and an important milestone in a busy start to the new year. Serapid Moves to Larger Nearby Premises...
Bialy Retires from Otis, Launches Consultancy
Louis Bialy, P.E., whose name is synonymous with elevator codes and standards, has retired from Otis and launched a consulting business, Louis Bialy & Associates LLC. For the past 33...
WTC Site Formally Opens
Recent completions give NYC skyline a new look. 4 WTC Formally Joins NYC Skyline The 977-ft.-tall, US$2-billion 4 World Trade Center (WTC) office tower formally joined the New York City...
Milwaukee Office Tower Design Unveiled.
In September, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. unveiled plans for its US$450-million, 32-story office tower in downtown Milwaukee near Lake Michigan, The Wall Street Journal reports. Boasting a curved-glass fa-çade,...
D.C. Metro Escalator Availability Hits Five-Year Peak
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) 588 escalators are in better working order than they have been in five years, authority officials said, at-tributing the changes to the “Metro...
One WTC Will Feature Intelligent Elevators
An insight into the project’s elevator features, particularly the Destination Dispatch system. Reprinted from ThyssenKrupp’s yearbookINGENIEURKUNST Buildings like One World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City (NYC) would not...
