London

City of London’s Skyscraper Appetite Remains “Fierce”

A growing amount of empty office space and a push toward carbon neutrality have thus far failed to quell the City of London's "fierce" appetite for tall-building construction, with six...

KONE Providing Lifts, Escalators for London High Rise

KONE has won an order to supply 15 custom-made elevators and escalators for the new “Arbor” office building at Western Yards, phase one of the Bankside Yards mixed-use development in...

LIFTEX 2022 Set for October 12-13 in London

LIFTEX organizer the Lift & Escalator Industry Association announced the event will take place on October 12-13 at ExCeL in London. Originally planned for May 2022 but postponed due to...

Battersea Station’s Glass Elevator to Open Next Year

A glass elevator that will run up the inside of one of Battersea Power Station’s chimneys in London before popping up out of the top for a view will open...

East London Railway System Inks VT Monitoring Deal

Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has inked a deal with vertical-transportation (VT) equipment monitoring company WeMaintain to provide predictive maintenance for 86 lifts and 30 escalators, the East London Advertiser reports. Observing it...

Twice as Nice

Modernization project retrofits double-deck elevators with destination control at 1960s-era Westminster City Hall in London. Consulting firm MovvéO Ltd. was engaged for a challenging modernization project that would require creative...