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Utah’s Tallest Building Tops Out in Salt Lake City
Construction crews placed the final beam atop the 41-floor Astra Tower residential high-rise in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in October. Standing at 450 ft, the state's tallest building has...
Otis Sponsors Student Robotics STEM Program in Connecticut
Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered Otis Elevator Co. is sponsoring the FIRST® LEGO® League robotics science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program in nearby Bristol, Connecticut, where the company tests elevator technology at...
ASME Chooses Digital Platform To Host Conference Videos
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has signed an agreement with Underline Science, Inc., to host its complete catalog of 10,000-plus conference lecture videos. Underline Science is the premier...
Griffenkranz Passes NECD Operations Role To Mendoza
After a successful 35 years at Brooklyn, NY-headquartered National Elevator Cab and Door Corp. (NECD), Rosemarie Griffenkranz has retired, passing the NECD Operations role to Rudy Mendoza. Griffenkranz began her...
Elevator Work Almost Complete at South Dakota Museum
The Codington County Heritage Museum in downtown Watertown, South Dakota, is on its way to becoming more accessible with the installation of an outdoor, glass elevator, KXLG reports. Since 1975,...
Pollock Lifts Signs Distribution Agreement for U.S. Growth
U.K.-based Pollock Lifts announced it has secured a distribution agreement with market leader Bruno Independent Living Aids in the U.S. The newly inaugurated dealership with Bruno, located in Ocanomowac, Wisconsin,...
Allsafe Elevator Inspection Join VDA, Inc.
VDA, headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, announced on November 6 it has purchased Allsafe Elevator Inspections, an Allsafe Dominion Company with West Coast headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and East...
Miami High-Rise Office Receives Unanimous Approval
New York-headquartered architectural practice Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has announced the approval of Tower 36, a 635-ft luxury office adjacent to Miami, Florida’s Design District. The tallest in the neighborhood,...
AXXIOM Elevator Launches West Coast Operation Through Investment in AES
Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Axxiom Elevator, a provider of elevator maintenance, repair and modernization services, recently completed an investment in Arizona Elevator Services (AES), the largest independent elevator service provider in...
Modern Elevator Installs Three New Elevators at Brooklyn MTA Station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD Modern Elevator installed three new elevators at the Flushing Avenue subway station in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. The units replaced...
