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Noble VT System for New LIC, NY, Residential Tower
Bohemia, NY-headquartered Noble Elevator Vice President Thomas Dutton tells ELEVATOR WORLD Noble provided a five-unit elevator system for 25-01 Queens Plaza North, a new 28-story residential tower in Long Island...
Izmir, Türkiye, Establishes VT Maintenance/Repair Team
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in Türkiye has established a special 38-person team to maintain and repair 170 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 57 elevators and 113 escalators — on 127 overpasses throughout...
Canadian Senior Society Celebrates New Elevator
The Surrey-Delta Indo Canadian Seniors Society recently celebrated the installment of a new elevator funded by the provincial government, the Indo-Canadian Voice reports. The elevator was inoperable for close to...
Architect’s Cheongdoam Tower Design Chosen in Competition
J. Mayer H. Architects has won the Seoul City Urban/Architecture Creation/Innovation Design Project contest for its “Cheongdoam Tower” design in Seoul, South Korea, Arch Daily reports. The design was chosen...
Planned Toronto Supertalls Spur Concerns About Elevator Wait Times
Buildings taller than 300 m, also known as supertalls, are set to multiply in Toronto, and some observers are concerned they will be under-elevatored, since neither the province of Ontario...
India’s NF Railway Sanctions 120 VT Units Under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
India’s Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway has sanctioned the installation of 120 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 94 lifts at 46 stations and 26 escalators at 13 stations — under the Amrit...
36 New VT Units Part of US$700-Milllion Beaver Stadium Renovation in Pennsylvania
Thirty-six new vertical-transportation (VT) units — 24 elevators and 12 escalators — are part of a US$700-million renovation of Penn State University's Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania, according to...
Elevator Production Facility Planned in Turkmenistan
The Ministry of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan, in collaboration with Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan (UIET) members is set to establish an enterprise dedicated to the...
VT Outages at FoBs in Hyderabad, India, Hinder Accessibility
Many of the more than 50 foot overbridges (FoBs) in Hyderabad, India, have been outfitted with vertical-transportation (VT) equipment that no longer works, hindering accessibility and forcing some pedestrians to...
London Tube Station Getting New Entrance With Escalators
Transport for London and the Battersea Power Station Development Co. are working to open a new entrance with two escalators at the Battersea Power Station (BPS) Tube station, in Battersea,...
