Vertical Transportation
15 Otis Units for 10 World Trade in Boston’s Seaport District
Otis provided 15 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 13 Gen3TM elevators and two LinkTM escalators — for the LEED Gold-certified 10 World Trade building in Boston's Seaport District. The OEM was...
Belgian Train Station Passengers Deal With VT Malfunctions
Malfunctioning vertical-transportation (VT) equipment including lifts and escalators at Belgian train stations create issues for those with mobility issues, with 1,119 malfunctions reported in 2021, The Brussels Times reports. It...
EW Product of the Year 2022 Program Accepting Submissions
ELEVATOR WORLD’s second annual Product of the Year 2022 Award program is accepting submissions through July 27. The award recognizes outstanding vertical-transportation product development by manufacturers whose products are considered...
Russell Transitions From Lerch Bates to Buro Happold
Timothy Russell has transitioned from architectural design manager at Lerch Bates Inc. (LB) to associate principal, vertical transportation (VT), at Buro Happold, Russell announced recently. He is based in the...
Lerch Bates Names Rupe Internal Executive Board Director
Lerch Bates Inc., a consultancy headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, that provides vertical-transportation (VT) services and more, recently named company President Eric Rupe an internal executive board member. The board consists...
Industry Veterans Launch NYC-Based VT Consultancy
Industry veterans Lucas Kairdolf and Danny Girgis have launched NYC-based vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy Clarkson + Varick, for which they serve as CEO/president and managing partner, respectively. Located in the northern...
Western Sydney University Offering Graduate Certificate in VT
Australia's Western Sydney University is taking applications for its new Graduate Certificate in Vertical Transportation (VT) post-graduate program, Lift Engineering Society of Australia reported recently. The program covers design best...
ATIS Adds Senior Elevator Consultant, Elevator Management Advisor
St. Louis-headquartered ATIS Elevator recently announced it hired Cory Hunter as a senior elevator consultant based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Natalie Nordstrom as an elevator management advisor working remotely....
KONE to Equip London’s One Leadenhall With 27 VT Units
KONE has been selected to equip the new high-end commercial tower One Leadenhall next to the historic Leadenhall Market in London with a vertical-transportation (VT) system that includes 25 elevators...
VT Repair for Malaysia LRT Impacted by China Lockdown
Repair and maintenance of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment serving Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd’s light rail transit (LRT) and other stations in Malaysia are being impacted by the lockdown in China, since...
