Bronx

A New Start

Immigrant who arrived from Ireland in 1984 with US$200 grows Bronx-based Start Elevator into major employer. When the Bronx Chamber of Commerce honored Start Elevator founder and President Jack O’Shea...

North American Elevator Wrapping Up Major Bronx Industrial Install

North American Elevator, headquartered in Linden, New Jersey, and celebrating its 20th anniversary in April, is wrapping up a US$6.5-million elevator install at the 1.3 million-ft2 Bronx Logistics Center, a...

NAEC Announces Upcoming Women in Motion Events

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) announces upcoming events planned by its Women In Motion (WIM) group. First, NAEC invites interested parties attending the Elevator Conference of New York...

NYC Industry Veteran Joins Start Elevator in New Business Development

NYC elevator industry veteran Christine Lypen joined Bronx, NY-based Start Elevator in March in new business development in the NYC and New Jersey areas. Lypen comes to Start from a...

Mid-American Provides Three Elevators for MTA Bronx Subway Station

Family-owned and operated Mid-American Elevator, Chicago's largest independent elevator company, provided three new elevators to the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to enhance accessibility at the Bronx's Tremont Avenue subway...

NYC MTA Marks Accessibility Milestone: New Elevator at Harlem Line Station

Paterson, New Jersey-headquartered Liberty Elevator Corp., working with Paul J. Scariano, Inc., provided a new elevator that makes the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Purdy's Station the third Metro-North station...

Champion Elevator Secures US$6-Million Modernization Contract in Bronx, NY

Champion Elevator Corp. announced it has been awarded a US$6-million, 22-week modernization job for the garage elevators at Co-Op City in Bronx, New York. Led by Robert Masterson, Frank Feniello...

NAEC Women in Motion Events Planned for April

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) invites members of its Women in Motion group to attend two upcoming meetings. On April 10, the morning of the Elevator Conference of...

The Skyscraper Museum Presents Free Webinar on Residential High-Rises in NYC

The Skyscraper Museum, a nonprofit educational entity devoted to studying the past, present and future of high-rise buildings, plans to resume its “semester” series on The Modern Concrete Skyscraper on...

VDA Hires Associate Consultant

VDA, Inc. (VDA) recently hired Tim Hind in the role of associate consultant. Hind has more than 20 years of experience in the vertical-transportation industry. Most recently, he was branch...