Washington, D.C
H.I.G. Capital Completes Acquisition of Action Elevator
H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm, announces that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Action Elevator, a leading independent provider of elevator services. As part...
VT Companies Exhibit at AIA2024 in Washington, D.C.
Vertical-transportation (VT) companies that exhibited at the 2024 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA24) on June 5-8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in...
ATIS Welcomes Industry Veterans Robertson and Tragash
St. Louis-headquartered vertical-transportation (VT) consulting firm ATIS has announced the addition of industry veterans Steve Robertson and Eric Tragash. Robertson spent 38 years in all facets of the VT industry,...
Action Elevator Names Bona Compliance Manager Supporting Mid-Atlantic Region
Action Elevator Co., with offices in Baltimore and Delmarva-Ocean City, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and northern Virginia, recently named Lisa Bona compliance manager supporting the Mid-Atlantic region. Bona has 23 years...
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...
Otis Again Named a DiversityInc Noteworthy Company
Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered global OEM Otis has been named to the DiversityInc list of Noteworthy Companies for the third straight year. Washington, D.C.-based DiversityInc, a for-profit organization that promotes gender and...
ASME Applauds First-Ever National CET Standards Strategy at White House Summit
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) joined U.S. Government agencies, Congress, industry and academia at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 4 to provide input on a...
WMATA Station Reopens With New KONE Escalators
The north entrance of the Silver Spring Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) and Maryland Area Regional Commuter train station in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, reopened on...
Training Tool Helps Responders Unlock Elevator Doors
A new training tool is helping firefighters and other emergency responders in Washington, D.C., quickly unlock elevator doors to rescue entrapped passengers, DC News Now reports. Recently ordered by District...
Three Escalators at WMATA Station Being Replaced, More on the Way
Three escalators at the entrance to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) L'Enfant Plaza station ceased operation on May 9 so custom-built units could be installed to replace ones...
