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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.
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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.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Kaija Wilkinson |Dot Mynahan |Lee Gray |Common Escalator Configurations
Beltways®, a first-of-its-kind modular accelerating walkway, is being developed by brothers Matine and John Yuksel in Hebron, Kentucky. The Yuksel brothers relocated the company, Beltways, near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) to develop an accelerating walkway originally conceived by their father, Edip Yuksel, in his native Türkiye. As a freshman at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Edip Yuksel conceptualized a modular, pit-less accelerating walkway.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Al Griffin |Kaija Wilkinson |Lee Gray |Dot Mynahan
In the blockbuster movie, What Women Want, Mel Gibson discovers he can hear women’s thoughts, especially at work. Interestingly enough, the many leaders I speak with often ask me, “What is it that employees want?” While we can’t hear our employees’ thoughts like Mel Gibson, this article will provide the top three things employees want from their employers and leaders. Armed with this knowledge, leaders will be better prepared to attract and retain the best talent for their company.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Kaija Wilkinson |Lee Gray |Michael Davies |John W. Koshak
by Dot Mynahan“The bigger the dream, the more important the team.” This quote from Canadian author Robin Sharma perfectly captures the driving force behind the working group preparing the 2025 update of the Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook. The dream: a workplace free of all accidents, where all employees return home from work safely every day.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Michael Davies |Lee Gray |Lakshmanan Raja |Dot Mynahan
This is the third time your author has been able to experience the generosity of NAESA International and be warmly welcomed to attend the annual Wisconsin Elevator Symposium. Everyone from NAESA staff to those in attendance and the staff at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa are friendly each year, often putting what your author knows as “Southern hospitality” to shame. I look forward to the trek to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, each year now, and this year did not disappoint.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Colin Craney |Bülent Yılmaz |Lee Gray |IoT’s Role
photo courtesy of Paris 2024On 7 August, Day 12 of the Paris 2024 summer Olympics, Great Britain reached a milestone of 1,000 medals in Olympic modern games history, according to the official stats. According to UK Sport, British and Northern Irish athletes have competed at every single Olympic Games since 1896, when the modern Olympic Games first took place in Athens, and the country’s first Olympic champion in 1896 was Launceston Elliott, who won the one-handed lift in weightlifting.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Lindsay Fletcher |Access BDD |Lee Gray |Kathleen Farrell
submitted by MaintenyAs the lift industry evolves, 2024 brings both significant challenges and exciting opportunities. While companies face a shortage of skilled labour, high energy costs and increased bureaucracy, those willing to embrace new technologies and innovative strategies can turn these obstacles into opportunities for success. For decades, the lift industry has thrived on low labor costs, high demand and substantial margins. This success, however, often masked underlying inefficiencies.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Thomas Salter |Lindsay Fletcher |Jason Halligan |Lee Gray
Samu Salmelin, KONE’s Head of Major Projects in Great Britain, joined the company in Finland 26 years ago after writing his master’s thesis in industrial management, combining environmental management and industrial R&D. He started his career as a design environment engineer and has since held many different roles in R&D and sales, conceptual development, digital R&D and business development, both for the Finnish market and globally. Samu has been based in London since August 2023.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Lee Gray |Thomas Salter |Angie Baldwin |IoT’s Role
Someone once said something along the lines of “Leadership isn’t about having all the answers; it’s about having the best questions.” So, pondering on this a bit recently, I decided to carve up a company into different silos and think about what good (and tough) questions might be for each of the silos. There are some great models available around which to build my question set, one of the best to my mind being the old (not current) Business Excellence Model.
