Vertical Transportation
11- and 24-Story Towers Approved for South London
Two major office schemes — 24- and 11-story blocks — designed by architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and HWKN at a Canada Water site in South London have been given...
Lifts in the New Millennium
This paper was presented at the 2022 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Barcelona, Spain. 1. Abstract Many aspects of our life and approach to doing things have been radically...
Syska Hennessy Group Head of VT Retires After 35 Years
John Moran III, senior principal and head of the vertical transportation (VT) practice at Syska Hennessy Group, is retiring from the firm after a 35-year tenure. Under his leadership, the...
3Phase Elevator Merges With KOCH Elevator
3Phase Elevator, headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts, has merged with KOCH Elevator, a provider of maintenance, repair, modernization and testing services for all types and brands of vertical-transportation equipment in the...
Delays for FoB Project Served by Six VT Units in India
A redesign and the pandemic are among factors delaying completion of a Foot Overbridge (FoB) served by six vertical-transportation (VT) units — four escalators and two lifts — near the...
India’s Western Railway Commissions Five VT Units in July
Western Railway's (WR) Mumbai Division in India commissioned five vertical-transportation (VT) units — three lifts and two escalators — in July, The Free Press Journal reports. The new units bring...
E2 Forum to Focus on Integrating VT, Architecture and More
E2 Forum Frankfurt organizer Messe Frankfurt says the event, scheduled on September 21-22 at Congress Center of Messe Frankfurt (CMF), in Frankfurt, Germany, will offer a wealth of education and...
Otis Sells Russia Business Unit to Russian Company
As the war in Ukraine continues, Otis announced in July on the company website that it sold its operations in Russia to Ice Development, a company based in Russia, CT...
Schindler and TÜV SÜD in Singapore Sign MoU
Schindler and TÜV SÜD PSB Ptd. Ltd. in Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on TÜV SÜD's elevator predictive maintenance solution, TÜV SÜD Lift Manager, as well...
3Phase and Next Level Elevator Announce Merger
3Phase Elevator and Next Level Elevator, an independent provider of vertical-transportation system maintenance, repair, modernization and testing in the Los Angeles market, announced a merger on July 28, strengthening 3Phase's...
