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Stannah Lifts Taps Two to Support Network Rail Contract
Stannah Lifts, headquartered in Andover, U.K., announced on March 3 it appointed two vertical-transportation (VT) professionals to support a new five-year lift maintenance contract with Network Rail. The contract includes,...
Redesign Plans for London’s 70 Gracechurch Approved
The City of London has approved Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)’s proposals for a 32-story tower – a redesign of consented proposals from 2021, Architects’ Journal reports. The 132-m-tall scheme includes the part-retrofit...
EW Announces 2025 Project of the Year Winners
ELEVATOR WORLD proudly announces the 2025 Project of the Year winners. Expert teams from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and the U.K. emerged victorious by successfully completing...
Vertical Building Extension Method Launches in the U.K.
U.K. cities could soon be sprouting upward with new “timber canopies” following the launch of Optoppen – a viability tool intended to spread the practice of extending existing buildings vertically, Architects’...
MP Lifts Hosts MP Open Days For U.K. And Ireland Professionals
MP Lifts organized the MP Open Days event for consultants, construction project managers and lift companies from the U.K. and Ireland. These seminars, held in Seville, Spain, in October, were...
LEIA Looks at Industry Implications of Grenfell Phase 2 Report
The Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report published in early September was the culmination of more than seven years of work by the inquiry and followed publication of the Phase 1...
New Project Team Appointed for 24-Story Camden Tower
Cartwright Pickard has replaced Grid Architects on long-delayed plans to build a 24-story block of flats in Camden in London, U.K., Building reports. The 100 Avenue Road site was purchased by residential...
UKCW London 2024
Famous faces and big brands come together as the U.K.’s largest built environment event makes welcome return to capital. The U.K.’s largest event for the built environment, UK Construction Week...
A VT Conversation in London
KONE’s Head of Major Projects in Great Britain talks VT trends and sustainability Samu Salmelin Samu Salmelin, KONE’s Head of Major Projects in Great Britain, joined the company in Finland...
Brent Cross West
Stannah supplies seven passenger lifts to London’s newest mainline station in more than a decade. submitted by Stannahimages courtesy of Thameslink London’s newest mainline station in more than 10 years,...
