elevator

Canada Musuem To Get Elevator

The Revelstoke City Council voted unanimously to award Gibraltar Holdings Ltd. US$583,879 to improve accessibility to the Revelstoke Museum & Archives in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, with an elevator, the...

CTBUH President Announces 90 Global Conference Sponsors

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) President Dr. Antony Wood announced on LinkedIn 90 global sponsors for the CTBUH 2024 London and Paris Conference, “New or Renew: Addressing...

Thea Bowman House Breaks Ground on Elevator Construction

Thea Bowman House in Utica, NY, held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 3 to kick off the installation of a new elevator at its DeSales Center, The Central New York...

Cambridge Elevating Announces Change in Ownership

Canada-based provider of residential elevator solutions Cambridge Elevating announced in April that its senior leadership team, including Jamie Hamilton, president; Josh Bruce, vice president (VP) of Operations; and Richard Wright,...

Fatality Reported at Mexico Construction Site

The body of a man believed dead for four days was located at the bottom of an under-construction elevator shaft of an apartment building in central Playa del Carmen, Mexico,...

Uttar Pradesh Government Introduces Elevator Bill

India’s Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was set to introduce a bill on February 6 making it mandatory to obtain permission from the Energy Department before installing any lifts and will...

Hyprlift Inc. Closes First Private Funding Round

Silicon Valley-based tech startup Hyprlift Inc. closed its first private funding round for an undisclosed amount in December 2023. The largest investment came from Johnson Lifts, Pvt. Ltd., India’s largest...

Bids for Maryland Renovation Project Come in Over Budget

Bids for an elevator and escalator reconstruction project at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Maryland, came in over the US$1.74-million budget, OC Today reported in January....

Jay Zamal Retires from Unitec

UNITEC recently announced on LinkedIn the retirement of Jay Zamal in February. Zamal has more than 34 years of Otis experience and parts knowledge having worked in warehouse operations, electro-mechanical...

New Jersey Town Hall Building Elevator Work To Begin

The Bernards Township Committee in New Jersey recently hired contractor West End-KB of Oceanport, New Jersey, to construct a US$1.6 million elevator for the five levels of the 1912 Bernards...