Elevators
Fatality Reported in India Hotel Elevator Incident
A 24-year-old housekeeping employee was crushed to death after his legs were trapped outside a service lift at a hotel in Chennai, India, TIMES NOW reports. Following the accident, three...
Alabama University Club Renovation To Include Elevators
The University Club on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is undergoing renovations and is set to reopen in 2024, The Tuscaloosa News reports. The US$17.4...
14 Injured in Mumbai Elevator Fall
At least 14 people were injured after an elevator collapsed from the fourth floor to the ground floor in the Trade World Tower C in Mumbai, India, on the morning...
GT Providing Five MRL Elevators to Kelowna Development
Global Tardif (GT), headquartered in St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec, Canada, tells ELEVATOR WORLD it has been tapped by Elpro Elevators to provide four duplex machine-room-less (MRL) elevators making 13 and 17 stops and a...
TKE Global CEO Uday Yadav Visits Cleveland Jobsite
TK Elevator (TKE) global CEO Uday Yadav recently visited the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute jobsite in Cleveland, Ohio, speaking with representatives of general contractor Turner Construction and members of the...
Dueitt Celebrates 25 Years as EESF Program Director
Laurie Dueitt celebrated her 25th anniversary as Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) program director in May. A native of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Dueitt moved to Mobile, Alabama, where EESF is based,...
Bangladesh FY24 Budget Proposes Duties on VT
Bangladesh businesses urged the government to withdraw additional duties for vertical transportation (VT) proposed in the FY24 budget and integrate them into the list of capital machinery to help the...
NYC MTA Plans To Reassign Elevator Operators at Deep Manhattan Stations
NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) plans to reassign two dozen operators of elevators at five of the subway’s deepest stations in upper Manhattan, a move met by outrage from the...
Cooper Named VP of CIBSE
David Cooper, CEO of London-headquartered vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy LECS UK, has been named vice president (VP) of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), LECS UK recently announced. A...
Hyundai Elevator Announces 314-Unit, US$33.9 Million Order
South Korea's Hyundai Elevator has announced its largest-ever order, both in terms of number of units and dollar amount, The Korea Herald reports. The KRW43.4 billion (US$33.9 million) contract involves...
