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Escalator Stops Plague Western Railway Station in India
Each escalator at stations on the Western Railway (WR) in India stops working an average of five times a day, according to officials, the Hindustan Times reports. Data from 2023...
Nippon Otis Digitally Connected Elevators for New Tokyo Landmark
Nippon Otis Elevator Co. provided 14 digitally connected, smart elevators to the new Azabudai Hills mixed-use complex in Tokyo, Nippon Otis announced on March 21. The order includes four Gen2®...
Registration Open for Lift Expo Poland
The inaugural Lift Expo Poland international lift, components and vertical-transportation technology trade fair will be held October 1-3 at Expo XXI Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland. The theme of the event...
Hybon Completes Pitless Installation for Statue in Five Days
Hybon Elevators and Escalators has announced the groundbreaking achievement of installing a pitless lift within the statue of Bir Lachit Borphukan at Lahdoigarh in India. Realty+ reports. The installation happened...
University, NYC MTA Disagree About Who Should Pay for ADA-Compliant Elevator
Columbia University and the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) disagree about who should pay for an American with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant elevator at the 125th Street subway station next to...
Hilltop Escalators Inaugurated at Temple in Northern India
The state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India welcomed its first outdoor escalators on March 14, with state Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu inaugurating the four units installed by Schindler India...
Delaware Elevator, Otis Awarded Roland E. Powell CC VT Contracts
The City Council in Ocean City, Maryland, unanimously approved three bid awards — including two related to vertical transportation (VT) — totaling nearly US$2 million at the Roland E. Powell...
Otis Elevator System for Google’s New NYC HQ
Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided an elevator system for Google's new 12-story headquarters at St. John's Terminal, Manhattan, NYC, that includes 24 SkyRise® passenger elevators (four banks of six),...
Two Elevators in the Works at Temple in South India
Preliminary work has begun to make way for a pair of elevators to enhance accessibility at Swamimalai temple near Kumbakonam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, The Hindu...
Façade Work Moves Toward Completion at the Foglia Residences
Façade work is nearing completion at The Foglia Residences at Chicago Lighthouse, a nine-story mixed-use development in the Illinois Medical District, Chicago YIMBY reported in January. A collaboration between Brinshore...
