Project of the Year 2014

Residential Elevator Installation, Orange County, California

Category 8: Private-Residence Elevators submitted by Farid Waleh, Custom Cabs, Inc. Installed in 2012, the elevator in this beach house on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean promises to be...

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia

Category 5: Moving Walks submitted by Kellie Lindquist, KONE Inc. Driven by code, safety and reliability factors, Atlanta Airlines Terminal Corp. (AATC) contracted with KONE in September 2009 for Phase...

Makkah Clock Tower Chairlift Project, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

submitted by Dr. Peter Klaus Kirner, ThyssenKrupp Access Solutions GmbHphotos courtesy of SL Rasch, ThyssenKrupp Access and Beyt Almeraj In 2012, ThyssenKrupp Access Solutions GmbH installed what is probably the...

Ford Motor Co., Building One, Dearborn, Michigan

Category 4: Escalators, Modernization submitted by Begoña Flores Canseco and Juan Fernandez Fidalgo, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Southern Europe, Africa & Middle East By replacing a 1953 Westinghouse escalator in Ford Motor...

Torrassa Station, Barcelona Metro Line 9, Barcelona, Spain

Category 3: Escalators, New Construction submitted by Begoña Flores Canseco, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Southern Europe, Africa and Middle East Barcelona Metro’s Line 9 weds form and function, and that goes for...

The Statue of Liberty – Life and Safety Upgrades, Liberty Island, New York

Category 1: Elevators, New Construction submitted by Douglas J. Muttart and TinaMarie Cortina, Liberty Elevator Corp. The Statue of Liberty is synonymous with American freedom. When the terrorist attacks of...

Project of the Year 2014

ELEVATOR WORLD is pleased to present the 2014 Project of the Year contest winners in this issue. This year, EW received 21 entries in six categories. Our highly regarded panel...

image by OvidiuTepes for Pixabay

Canada Post Workers Return as Negotiations Continue

A worker polishes the handrail inside one of the new elevators; image courtesy of MTA

Modern Elevator Provides Two New Elevators at Queensboro Plaza Station

Egypt Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel El-Wazir; image by channel1eg for Wikipedia

VT Among 23 High-Profile Industries Egypt Aims to Localize

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Schindler MetaCore: Possible Solution to Office Vacancies

222 Broadway; photo © John W. Cahill for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

TEI Group Repositions Elevators for Major NYC Conversion