Engineering
EW Partners With Chicago Build, “Biggest Festival of Construction in the Midwest”
ELEVATOR WORLD is partnering with Chicago Build, an event planned on October 22-23 at McCormick Place convention center in Chicago that promises to bring together more than 30,000 architecture, engineering...
ASME Appoints Managing Director of Publishing
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has appointed Christine Reilley managing director of publishing, reporting to Chief Operating Officer Jeff Patterson. One of the largest technical publishing operations in...
IAEE Issues Call for Elevcon Papers
The International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) has issued a call for papers for Elevcon 2025, the 24th international congress on vertical-transportation technologies. The three-day congress and exhibition will be...
CTBUH Announces 2024 Award of Excellence Winners
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recently announced its 2024 Award of Excellence winners, more than 100 of the most exemplary projects in the architecture, engineering and...
LCD and Suppliers Provide Elevator for Bronx Residential Building
Richie Clark, owner of Mineola, New York-based LCD Elevator Repair, Inc., tells ELEVATOR WORLD LCD and its suppliers provided an elevator system for 2183 Morris Avenue, a new nine-story residential...
LECS UK Launches LECS UAE in Dubai
LECS UK, a leading independent lift and escalator engineering consultancy, has announced its expansion into the Middle East with the official launch of LECS UAE, based in Dubai. LECS CEO...
ATIS Welcomes Industry Veterans Robertson and Tragash
St. Louis-headquartered vertical-transportation (VT) consulting firm ATIS has announced the addition of industry veterans Steve Robertson and Eric Tragash. Robertson spent 38 years in all facets of the VT industry,...
Sweco Lands Eur6-Million Design Contract for Finland Tramway
Stockholm, Sweden-headquartered Sweco, a leading European engineering and architecture consultancy, announced on April 17 it has been awarded a EUR6-million (US$6.4 million) contract to design the first tramway in the...
Ontario To Bring Mass-Timber Construction up to 18 Stories
In a move aimed at building homes faster and reducing costs over time, the Canadian province of Ontario plans to increase the allowed height of mass-timber buildings from 12 to...
WSP Taps Yaghobi To Lead VT Department
WSP USA, part of WSP, a global provider of engineering, environment and professional services, has tapped Sean Yaghobi as vertical-transportation (VT) department manager. Based at WSP USA's NYC office, Yaghobi...
