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...

Pulse Wadi; image courtesy of LWK + PARTNERS

Multi-Billion Dollar Tech District Unveiled in Saudi Arabia

TKE rendering shows the appearance of the boarding bridge.

TKE To Supply Boarding Bridge to Port of Dover

Elevators are a key part of the station accessibility upgrade; photo by Marc A. Hermann for NYC MTA.

Two Modernized Elevators Open on NYC’s Upper West Side

POHLE HESS TAKE ON NEW ROLES AT SCHINDLER

Pohle, Hess Take On New Roles at Schindler

The Cairo Training Center; image courtesy of KONE

KONE Opens First Training Center in Egypt