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CTBUH Announces Renovation, Interior Design Award Winners

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced Award of Excellence winners in the renovation and interior design categories on May 3, following announcements of winners in various...

Hitachi Takes Total Holding of Elevator Company Yungtay

Tokyo-based Hitachi has all of the remaining holdings of Yungtay Engineering Co., Ltd., meaning the Taiwan-led company will engage in the manufacture, sale and service of elevators and escalators in...

CTBUH Announces 2022 Best Tall Building Innovation Winners

Since announcing an initial round of 2022 Best Tall Building Award of Excellence winners in various building height and other categories, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)...

CTBUH Announces Additional Award of Excellence Winners

Since announcing an initial round of 2022 Best Tall Building Award of Excellence winners in various building height and other categories, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has...

Macau Government Nixes VT Maintenance Insurance Requirement

Just two days after implementing a requirement that those maintaining vertical transportation (VT) buy civil liability insurance, a parliamentary committee of the Government of Macau removed it from the proposed...

Closing the Distance Between Europe and China

Lift associations ELA and CEA align on interpretation of standards. by Christian de Mas Latrie In September 2020, an information note about international standards for the safety rules for the...

KONE Equipping 236 VT Units For Zhengzhou Line

KONE has won an order to supply 236 vertical-transportation (VT) units operating on the Zhengzhou metro line between the Zhengzhou airport and the city of Xuchang, China, the company announces. Referring...

TKE Provides Nearly 200 Units For Asia-Pacific Sites

TK Elevator (TKE) is handling two major vertical-transportation projects in Asia-Pacific countries, the OEM reports. In China, the company is the source for 97 meta200 elevators and two escalators at the Zhong'an...

The National Ski Jumping Center of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Inclined LiftsZhangjiakou, China submitted by Jiang Liming, Suzhou Rhine Lift Manufacture Co., Ltd. Project Overview The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are planned to be jointly held in Beijing and Zhangjiakou,...

Taiyuan Botanical Garden

Moving WalksTaiyuan, Shanxi, China submitted by Birgitta Van den Driessche, TKE Occupying the site of a former coal mine, the Taiyuan Botanical Garden was transformed into a modern landscape park...