Washington, D.C

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...

NEII Names Director of Safey and Director of Government Affairs

National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) recently named Trent Behr director of safety and Billy Taylor director of government affairs. Prior to joining NEII, Behr served as a project manager for...

Ad Rail USA Escalator Handrail Media For GAC Conference

Ad Rail USATM announced it provided its patented escalator handrail media for the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) 2022 Governmental Affairs Conference on February 27-March 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention...

A major transit contract and a new suburban apartment tower

130 WMATA Metro Escalators to Be Modernized by KONE KONE has won an order to modernize 130 escalators at 32 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro stations in the...

Eklund’s Moves Northeast Facilities

Eklund’s has relocated its Baltimore/Washington, D.C., premises to nearby 4404 Lottsford Vista Road, Lanham, Maryland 20706. It serves as the Northeast office and elevator cab manufacturing facility for the company....

Seattle Transit Officials Replacing Inadequate Escalators

“Do it right the first time” is likely the old saying going through the minds of authorities at Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) in Seattle, as they...

thyssenkrupp’s MULTI Honored by Alliance to Save Energy

thyssenkrupp received the Innovative Star of Energy Efficiency Award in the Built Environment category from the Alliance to Save Energy coalition during a gala dinner in Washington, D.C., on September...

Washington Monument to Reopen with New Elevator in 2019

The elevator system in the 555-ft.-tall Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2014), which operates year-round for eight hours a day when open, is being replaced as part...

Multiple High-Rise Plan Includes Washington Area’s Tallest

A development in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Tysons Corner, Virginia, would include several high-rise buildings, including a 48-story tower that, at 615 ft., would rise higher than the region’s...

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BOD PLAN TO REPLACE ESCALATORS

New Jersey Transit BoD Plan to Replace Escalators

WEEF HOLDS SECOND IN-PERSON MEETING IN FRANKFURT

WEEF Holds Second In-Person Meeting in Frankfurt

The Torch at 640 Eighth Avenue takes its place on the Midtown Manhattan skyline; rendering courtesy of ODA and SLCE Architects

TEI Group Awarded Major 30-Unit Contract at The Torch

TKE CONSIDERING US$22.7-BILLION IPO IN U.S. IN 2026

TKE Considering US$22.7-Billion IPO in U.S. in 2026

Hiyaa Towers; image courtesy of Architecture Association Maldives

Progress Made on Elevator Installation in Maldive Towers