Washington
Space Needle Begins Four-Year Modernization Project
Seattle, Washington's Space Needle has begun a four-year effort to modernize its three iconic golden elevators, KIRO 7 was among outlets to report. Following a year-long building modification process, which...
Metro Elevator Establishes Pacific Northwest HQ in Seattle
Metro Elevator recently announced its new Pacific Northwest headquarters (HQ) in Seattle. The location joins ones serving the NYC metropolitan area, the Carolinas and the Triangle/Triad area of North Carolina....
Schindler Looks To Get US$23-Million Sound Transit Contract Bump
Schindler, the vertical-transportation (VT) service provider for Seattle's Sound Transit light rail system, will likely see a five-year, US$30-million contract with the agency upped by US$23 million, The Urbanist reports....
CTBUH Announces Keynote Speakers for Americas Conference
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced that David Gottfried, chief global impact officer at Blue Planet Systems, and Kate Simonen, founding director of the Carbon Leadership...
UW Elevator Vandalism Causes Issues
Throughout January, the elevators connecting Odegaard Undergraduate Library to the underground parking garage at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle were repeatedly vandalized, causing them to close for extended...
Broken Escalators and Elevators Plague Seattle Light Rail Stations
In downtown Seattle, out-of-service elevators and escalators are causing issues for riders, Kiro 7 News reports. The latest outage inventory records three broken elevators and seven inoperable escalators across at...
Hospital Robots Launched in Washington State
MultiCare Health Systems has deployed four Moxi robotic units at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington, as errand-runners, The Spokesman-Review reports. The ānurse robotsā wonāt interact with patients or go into...
Space Needle Testing Far-UVC Device in Elevator
The Space Needle is testing the technology of Population, a San Francisco-based startup selling a far-UVC device for businesses that can be installed on ceilings or walls to help eliminate...
Otis to Modernize Seattle Space Needle Elevators
Otis President and CEO Judy Marks announced during Otis' recent third quarter 2022 earnings call that the OEM has been selected to modernize the three elevators serving the iconic Space...
Seattle Sound Transit: Some Escalator Failures Due to Misuse
Passenger misuse is at the root of a large portion of escalator malfunctions within the Sound Transit (ST) light rail system in Seattle, MyNorthwest reports, citing a presentation ST Vertical...
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