University Facilities and Projects
Effective efforts in Chicago, Detroit
Students’ App Alerts CTA Riders to Broken Elevators A class project undertaken by two Loyola University Chicago graduate students has resulted in a smartphone app that alerts Chicago Transit Authority...
NEIS Goes to School
Inspection service finds the complexities of working on UC Berkeley campus provides a learning experience. The campus environment presents a challenging situation for elevator service and inspection companies. With numerous...
University Cab Interiors from Eklund’s
Unique installations from the company can be found at Yale, Kansas State and North Carolina State. Over the past 34 years, Eklund’s has had the opportunity to work on several...
UNCC Elevator Renovation
Fifteen elevators across campus are given much-needed restoration. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), North Carolina, undertook a US$3.5-million renovation project between January 5, 2016, and February 14,...
University of Virginia Emergency Room Expansion
Growing hospital department gets much-needed new wing and tower. The expansion of the hospital emergency department, operating rooms and inpatient beds at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia,...
“Making It Work”
University systems managers throughout the U.S. agree: aging equipment (and, often, a whole lot of it), higher rates of vandalism and heavy use mean that taking proper care of their...
Marquette University’s Schroeder Hall
College life can be hectic. Between mountains of homework, impossible class schedules and part-time jobs, many students are lucky if they can find even a few spare minutes each day....
Quiet, Dignified Lifts to the Second Floor for Schools and Universities
Compact wheelchair lifts allow mezzanine and second-floor access for those with mobility challenges. One challenge for K-12 and university facility managers tasked to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...
Upholding Honor
Handi-Lift supplies accessibility solution for Air Force Academy’s Polaris Hall. For centuries, mariners and travelers have used Polaris – the North Star – as a guiding light, a navigation beacon...
