Accessibility
KONE Modular Lift Installed at Network Rail Testing Site
Laing O’Rourke and KONE have manufactured and installed the first offsite-constructed lift at the Network Rail test track in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, U.K., Construction Management reports. The modular lift is...
Last Wooden Escalator in London Underground to be Replaced by Elevator
Alperton Tube station in London, England, which has the last wooden escalator on the London Underground, is set to receive two new elevators, making the station fully step-free and accessible...
BC District Pushing for European-Style Elevators
The District of Saanich in Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC), Canada, recently voted unanimously to send a resolution to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), calling on the province to...
LiftComm Enhances NYC MTA Station Elevator Safety, Security
LiftComm, a provider of communication solutions for the transportation industry, recently completed jobs in Midtown Manhattan and the Bronx, NY. As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) modernization of...
Otis Brazil To Modernize Elevators at Christ the Redeemer
Twenty-two years after installation, three Otis Gen2® elevators at the iconic Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be modernized by Otis Brazil, Otis announced on June...
Seoul Metropolitan Government Begins Accessibility Project
The Seoul Metropolitan Government of Seoul, South Korea, has begun planning for the installation of accessibility facilities for the mobility impaired in five places in the highlands of Seoul, Maeil...
TEI Providing Three Elevators For Bronx Hip Hop Museum
TEI Group told ELEVATOR WORLD it is installing three elevators for The Hip Hop Museum, a project at 585 Exterior Street that will anchor Bronx Point, a 585,000-ft2 mixed-used complex...
Pune Metro Station Opens New Gate
The Mandai Metro Station in Pune, India, opened gate No. 3 on June 9, the Hindustan Times reports. Pune Metro also announced that new escalator facilities will become operational at Ramwadi and...
G-Tech Provides Elevators for New Brooklyn Tower
G-Tech Elevator Associates tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided four elevators for 499 President Street, a 10-story, 350-unit residential tower designed by SLCE Architects and developed by the Brodsky Organization and...
JMG Provides Elevators and Escalator Cultural Center
JMG Limited, Nigeria’s trusted partner in integrated power and mobility solutions, has completed a vertical-transportation renovation at the J.K. Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos, Nigeria, Realnews Magazine reports. The Centre...
