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2 weeks ago | elevatorworld.com | Matt Jackson |Lee Gray |Lindsay Fletcher |Hongliang Liang

submitted by StannahOcean House, once a high-rise office building, has been converted into a luxury residential complex, redefining urban living within a repurposed commercial space. This transformation included a full interior refurbishment, the addition of two extra floors and the installation of two new Stannah lifts, one of which is a firefighter lift. Located in Saint Leonards-on-Sea, U.K., the building now features 84 high-quality self-contained apartments with a mix of one and two bedrooms.

1 month ago | elevatorworld.com | Hongliang Liang |Vong Keovongsa |Shem Oirere |Lee Gray

Commercial construction is predicted to grow beginning in mid-2025. That prediction came in the fourth quarter of 2024. We are now looking at two things that could change that prediction: tariffs and labor. According to Associated Builders and Contractors, the construction industry will need 454,000 new workers in 2025. But the industry could lose 14% of the workforce due to mass deportations.

Feb 1, 2024 | elevatorworld.com | Kathleen Farrell |Hongliang Liang |Lindsay Fletcher |Matthew Jackson

“Shrinkflation” has become a common term of woe, ringing alarms about an inevitable global recession. But few might know that Singapore has actually managed to sidestep it, if not avoid it entirely. Apart from the recovery of tourism, one of the major contributors is actually the construction sector, which added SG$16.8 billion (US$12.49 billion) to the country’s GDP in 2022 alone, and saw a 6.6% year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2023.

Dec 5, 2023 | elevatorworld.com | Undine Stricker-Berghoff |Hongliang Liang |Albert So |TK Elevator

As we come to the end of our year, war rages in several places on Earth. Even Earth itself seems to be upset that humans are not paying enough attention to its needs. It can be hard to be hopeful, but all around there are signals of change for the better, at least in the building industry. Europe’s construction industry will see real growth of 1.5% year-on-year during 2023 (underperforming the global construction industry), and has forecast a “modest” decline of 1% in 2024 for construction volumes.

Dec 1, 2023 | elevatorworld.com | TK Elevator |Hongliang Liang |Albert So |Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick

Editor’s note: This article was written prior to Hamas’ attack on Israel. Known as the “Start-up Nation,” Israel has been at the forefront of technological advancement, boasting a vibrant entrepreneurial environment with innovations cutting across numerous fields such as construction, computers, material science and energy conservation. Yet, a perplexing gap emerges in the elevator sector.