Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com TKE PROVIDES 15 ACCESSIBILITY UNITS TO IRISH RETAILER IN SPAIN TK Elevator (TKE) provided six evolution elevators and nine velino escalators to the new, four-story Primark shopping center in Bilbao, Spain. At 4,550 m2, the store, in the heart of Biscays capital, is one of the largest operated by the Irish retailer in Europe. Manufactured at the TKE factory in Mieres, As...
Oct 08, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com URBAN ELEVATOR ANNOUNCES THREE NEW PRESIDENTS Urban Elevator has named Thomas E. Cook, Justin Richards and Edward J. Pleban as regional presidents, the company recently announced. Cook will lead the U.S. South/East region; Richards is taking on the U.S. Central area; and Pleban is in charge of the U.S. West. Cook has been at Urban Elevator for approximately 10 years, pr...
Oct 05, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com TILTING SAN FRANCISCO TOWER FACES NEW PROBLEM San Franciscos Millennium Tower, a 58-story residential high rise that has been the target of numerous lawsuits over its sinking, tilting foundation, is facing new problems: the buildings lean is changing the angle of some of its sewer lines, causing sewage backups, NBC CT reports. The sewer lines must slope at least 1/8 in....
Oct 04, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com TKE ESCALATOR, ELEVATOR SOLUTIONS SERVE EXPO 2020 DUBAI "Smart and future-oriented" elevator and escalator systems from TK Elevator (TKE) are serving several national pavilions at Expo 2020 Dubai through March 31, 2022. The main site of the global event, set to begin on October 1, is a 438-ha area near Dubai's southern border with Abu Dhabi, where more than 190 nations ...
Oct 01, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com 2021 ELLIES WINNERS ANNOUNCED Elevator World, Inc. President T. Bruce MacKinnon announced the 2021 Ellies Awards winners during a live Zoom event on September 23. MacKinnon and the EW staff thank all for their participation in a fun and exciting program that has only grown during each of its four years. Ellies are 100% voted on and chosen by the industry, and provide an...
Sep 29, 2021•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com TKE JOINS PROGRAM TO REDUCE EMBODIED CARBON IN PROJECTS TK Elevator (TKE) announced in a press release it has joined materialsCAN, a program committed to acting on the smart, sustainable prioritization of embodied carbon in building materials as well as driving better understanding of the carbon footprint of projects across the industry. Established in 2018 by non-profi...
Sep 28, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com KONE SUPPLYING 106 VT UNITS FOR SHENZHEN PROJECT KONE has won a contract to deliver 106 vertical-transportation (VT) units to the Dayan and Huang Mugang transportation hub in Shenzhen, China, the company announced on September 23. The hub, located in the Futian Central District, will serve the existing line 7, the new line 14 and a planned line 24, and is designed to gi...
Sep 23, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS NAMES HEAD OF ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE IN APAC REGION Mekhla Basu, director and corporate counsel for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region at the U.S.-headquartered software firm Splunk, Inc. is set to join Otis as senior director and head of Ethics and Legal Compliance for the APAC region, The Economic Times reports. After graduating from ILS Law College in Pune in 2005, s...
Sep 22, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS LAUNCHES ZWTL PROGRAM AT SOUTH CAROLINA FACILITY The Otis manufacturing facility in Florence, South Carolina, has begun a pilot Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL) program that will help reduce the plants carbon footprint and be scaled up to other Otis plants next year, the company has announced. Metal, cardboard and packaging make up most of the waste at the Florence pl...
Sep 21, 2021•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com FEAR OF COVID LEADS TO ESCALATOR FALLS IN LONDON Officials with the London Underground report that passengers are falling down Tube station escalators because fear of catching COVID-19 is making them reluctant to hold onto the handrail, Evening Standard reports. London Underground chiefs say a spike in accidents is also being blamed on intoxicated passengers celebrating...
Sep 20, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast is presented by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts. Visit www.Matot.com to learn more REGISTRATION OPEN FOR E2 FORUM INDIA 2021 Potential presenters and guests are invited to attend the third edition of Elevator & Escalator (E2) Forum India 2021, which is scheduled for October 1 at the Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi, organizer Messe Frankfurt has announced. E2 Forum will once again bring together industry leaders and professionals across...
Sep 17, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast is presented by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts. Visit www.Matot.com to learn more TICKETS ON SALE FOR SUMMIT ONE VANDERBILT OBSERVATORY EXPERIENCE Tickets are now on sale for SUMMIT One Vanderbilt (ELENET 891), a 65,000-ft2 entertainment center in NYC, SL Green Realty Corp. announced in a press release on September 14. The building includes a story-driven, immersive experience, according to the press release. The exhibit, called Ai...
Sep 16, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast is presented by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts. Visit www.Matot.com to learn more ORGANIZERS PLAN BUILDINGSNY 2021 SHOW FOR OCTOBER BuildingsNY is planning its 2021 trade show for October 20-21 at Pier 36, 299 South Street in NYC, the organization has announced. For 35 years the BuildingsNY show has been a leading event for NYC building professionals, including owners, property managers, facility engineers, managing agents, energy ...
Sep 15, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast is presented by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts. Visit www.Matot.com to learn more YACHT DESIGN INCLUDES SKY ELEVATOR U.S.-based Norwegian designer Kurt Strand has revealed a concept for a 161-m Viking-inspired sailing superyacht named Norway with a sky elevator hidden inside the middle mast and capable of whisking guests 340 ft above the water, BOAT International and others report. Norway features 96-m-high carbon fiber Falcon rig ...
Sep 14, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast is presented by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts. Visit www.Matot.com to learn more HITACHI ELEVATOR PHILIPPINES AWARDED FIRST RAILWAY PROJECT Hitachi Elevator Philippines Corp., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has received an order for 67 units of elevators and escalators in the Philippines for the development of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Phase 1 project as its first railway system project, MarketScreener reports. The N...
Sep 13, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast is presented by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts. Visit www.Matot.com to learn more CTBUH STUDY FINDS 84% OF TALL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AFTER 9/11 CTBUH released its latest study, The Global Impact of 9/11 on Tall Buildings, as part of the Tall Buildings in Numbers series, the company announced in a press release. The study reveals that 84% of buildings 200 m or taller were built after 2001. The study also finds that 86 of ...
Sep 10, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast is presented by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts. Visit www.Matot.com to learn more 3PHASE ELEVATOR AND HADFIELD ELEVATOR MERGE 3Phase Elevator, an independent elevator and escalator services provider, announced that it has merged with Pittsburgh-based Hadfield Elevator, Business Wire reports. The merger allows 3Phase to provide geographically contiguous service to customers across Pennsylvania. The Hadfield brand and its team will r...
Sep 09, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com NEEA WELCOMES ADDITIONS TO ITS LEADERSHIP TEAM The National Elevator and Escalator Association (NEEA), a voice for Canadas vertical-transportation industry, has named two new members to the leadership team as part of an expansion and modernization aimed at meeting growing demands, the association announced on September 7. Christian von Donat has been appointed executive...
Sep 08, 2021•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com FIRST OF 41 NEW SCHINDLER ESCALATORS WELCOMED BY BART Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and City of San Francisco authorities welcomed the first of 41 new Schindler escalators during a ribbon-cutting at the Powell Street station on August 31. Happening in conjunction with the Market Street Canopy Project that will provide protection for the units and revitalized station ent...
Sep 07, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com TKE PROVIDING 20 VT UNITS TO NEW HMGIC IN SINGAPORE TK Elevator (TKE) is providing 20 vertical-transportation (VT) units 16 elevators and four escalators to the new Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center (HMGIC) in Jurong Innovation District in Singapore, TKE Senior Sales Consultant Nazeer Ahamed said on LinkedIn. Ground was broken virtually in October 2020 on what will ...
Sep 06, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com NAEC SHARES POSITIVE NEWS FROM EVENT HOST CITY NEW ORLEANS The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) shared positive news from New Orleans, host city of the 2021 NAEC Convention & Exposition on October 4-7 and where Hurricane Ida struck on August 29. Event venue the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center did not sustain significant damage and has electricity; ...
Sep 02, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com NAEC PROVIDES COVID, IDA UPDATES AHEAD OF NEW ORLEANS EVENT In response to questions and concerns about COVID-19 cases in New Orleans, the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) believes it can safely hold its planned, in-person 72nd Annual Convention and Exposition, David Smarte, the associations Global Education & Safety Officer, said recently. We wanted ...
Sep 01, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com ZANZIBAR LOOKS TO GET AFRICAS SECOND-TALLEST SKYSCRAPER Developers AICL Group and Edinburgh Crowland Management Ltd. hired NYC- and Dubai-based architecture firm xCassia to design the 70-story Zanzibar Domino, a glittering, swirl-shaped structure set to take shape on a man-made island in the semi-autonomous Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar over the next four years, ...
Aug 31, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com SCHINDLER TO PROVIDE 180 ESCALATORS FOR INDIAN METRO Schindler has been selected to deliver 180 escalators for stations on two new routes that are part of Bangalore Metro Rail Corp.'s Phase 2 project in southern India, which will integrate Bengaluru's (also known as Bangalore) metro network with other transport systems and eventually connect Kempegowda International Air...
Aug 30, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com CHAMPION ELEVATOR NAMES HOLTZMAN SAFETY MANAGER Champion Elevator Corp., with corporate offices in NYC, named Gary Holtzman safety manager in August. He joins President Don Gelestino and Executive Vice President Joseph Corrado in striving "to create an industry-leading health, safety and environmental program." Holtzman is an experienced business executive with a divers...
Aug 27, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com DEMOLITION COMPLETE TO MAKE WAY FOR BILLIONAIRES ROW SUPERTALL Demolition of structures at 41-47 West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan to make way for a 1,100-ft-tall, mixed-use supertall designed by OMA and developed by Sedesco is complete, New York YIMBY reports. In exchange for rezoning to allow greater density and height, the developer agreed to provide two new Amer...
Aug 26, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS SOUTH KOREA FACTORY ACHIEVES ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION On the heels of announcing its factory in So Bernardo Do Campo, Brazil, achieved ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems, Otis announced on August 19 that its Incheon, South Korea, facility has done the same. The milestone brings Otis closer to its ESG (environmental, social and governance) g...
Aug 25, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com KONE NAMES BECKLEY TO LEAD AMERICAS FINANCE KONE has named Anthony Beckley senior vice president-finance for KONE Americas, the company announced on August 20. Beckley brings more than 20 years of financial experience, including responsibilities over profit and loss and general management. He also has held roles in financial transformation leadership. He has worked in c...
Aug 24, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com GIANT LIFTS FOR UPSCALE APARTMENT TOWER IN DHAKA A pair of machine-room-less lifts was supplied by Giant Lifts Ltd. for Ventura Properties' Eden Roc, an upscale apartment tower on Road 82 in the Prime Diplomatic Zone of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Giant Managing Director and CEO Saiful Islam said. Manufactured by China's Sword Elevator Co., Ltd., the 13-stop, 680-kg-capacity ele...
Aug 23, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com ONLINE 2021 LIFT & ESCALATOR SYMPOSIUM PLANNED IN SEPTEMBER Organizers of the 2021 Lift & Escalator Symposium recently announced that, due to the ongoing pandemic situation, the event will be held online on September 22-23. The symposium has scheduled speakers from Hong Kong, Australia, the U.S., the Middle East and the U.K. There will also be two panel discu...
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