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Quality Elevators Partners With Axxiom Elevator
Washington, D.C.-based Quality Elevator has announced a partnership with Axxiom Elevator, an independent elevator services company doing business across Florida, Arizona and the Washington, D.C. area. Jeremy Metzger, CEO of...
Amazon Pauses Construction on Four-Tower HQ2 Project
Amazon is pausing construction on the large HQ2 campus it has planned for Arlington, Virginia, the company recently confirmed to News4. The first phase of HQ2 construction, Metropolitan Park, is...
U.S. Senate Handicap Accessibility Lifts
Custom lift specialist fine-tunes an innovative system serving top lawmakers. Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts - Washington, D.C. submitted by John C. Linsley,Gillespie Corp. Introduction Twelve years ago, Gillespie Corp....
28-Story “Green” Tower in Amsterdam to Start Construction
The 28-story, mixed-use Brink Tower in north Amsterdam is set to start construction this month, with city officials giving the Meccanoo-designed plan formal approval, Archinect reports. Named for the Dutch...
NEII Names Director of Safey and Director of Government Affairs
National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) recently named Trent Behr director of safety and Billy Taylor director of government affairs. Prior to joining NEII, Behr served as a project manager for...
Amazon HQ2 Gets OK For Construction To Start In Virginia
One of Amazon’s HQ2 buildings, a spiral-shaped glass structure called The Helix in Arlington, Virginia, is ready for construction to begin, dezeen reports. The tower, designed by architecture studio NBBJ, will become Amazon's second headquarters...
CTBUH Announces 2022 Best Tall Building Innovation Winners
Since announcing an initial round of 2022 Best Tall Building Award of Excellence winners in various building height and other categories, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)...
Historic Otis Elevator Turns 100
Many things in the 1920s were made to last. The three-stop elevator in The Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C., is testament to this, turning 100 years old in 2021....
Three Passengers Rescued From Stalled Elevator In D.C.
Three adult passengers were rescued by District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DC Fire and EMS) personnel from an elevator that had stalled in a blind shaft...
Demand for Elevators Increases in Georgetown Market
In the wake of COVID-19, housing demand in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., has risen, and the biggest selling point in these homes is elevators, reported The Georgetowner on May 24....
