Elise King

Mar 1, 2023 | elevatorworld.com | Andy Bierer |Elise King |Robert Dean |John C. Linsley

We start off this year reporting on several key events that happened at the end of 2022. We traveled to Barcelona, Spain, in December to attend the International Elevator & Escalator Symposium (IEES).

Feb 27, 2023 | elevatorworld.com | Lee Gray |John C. Linsley |Lindsay Fletcher |Elise King

As we step into this new year, the job market is recovering from the pandemic, but cities are just not the same. Many people are not going back to the office full time. Hybrid working schedules mean less floor space needed for offices and continuing commercial vacancies bear this out – still 50% or more in many major cities worldwide. Empty or unfinished buildings are ripe for conversions. Maybe we need to be thinking ahead in the design phase.

Feb 27, 2023 | elevatorworld.com | Elise King |Lindsay Fletcher |Emre Köroğlu |Ali Kiliç

A look at William C. Sturgeon’s visit to London in September 1964. On 28 August 1964, ELEVATOR WORLD founder William C. Sturgeon departed Mobile, Alabama, on a five-week vertical-transportation (VT) industry tour of Europe. His tour began in Vienna, Austria, followed by stops in Italy, Switzerland, West Germany, Denmark, and — his last stop — the U.K. He arrived in London on 24 September.

Feb 21, 2023 | elevatorworld.com | Elise King |John C. Linsley |Andy Bierer |Sheetal Patil

From the 2nd Quarter 2020 issue onward through to the 4th Quarter 2021, the content of ELEVATOR WORLD India magazine examined the likely impact of COVID-19 on the vertical-transportation (VT) industry, along with the survival and revival strategies adopted to cope with the same. The impact was initially absorbed and, thereafter, to some extent, also deflected.