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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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Nov 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Al Griffin |Kaija Wilkinson |Angie Baldwin |Vong Keovongsa
In 1923, the Haughton Elevator & Machine Co. of Toledo, Ohio, published a 32-page illustrated catalog designed to introduce prospective customers to their product line. Woven into this introduction was a clear rationale regarding why prospective customers should engage directly with the company:“Your medical specialist cannot prescribe for you until he makes a diagnosis of your case.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Kaija Wilkinson |Vong Keovongsa |Sean Madden |Peng Jie
by Neil Bullockimages courtesy of NessumBuilding owners and managers have recognized the role that elevators play in the quality of experience in a building. In response to the increasing comfort and security requirements of building tenants, elevator systems are undergoing a transformation from being a basic utility to becoming a centerpiece.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Vong Keovongsa |Kathleen Farrell |Philip Hofer |Urs Püntener
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Eugene Gerden |Jason Halligan |Lee Gray |Vong Keovongsa
reported by T. Bruce MacKinnonWith more than 40 years of experience in circuit board repairs, Hytec is confident they know just about everything they need to know about circuit boards. What the company leaders knew less about was elevators. But after extensive research and partnering with the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC), the company is making waves in the vertical-transportation (VT) industry.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Jason Halligan |Vong Keovongsa |Bülent Yılmaz |Lindsay Fletcher
by Rick PiovanoWhen the world shut down in 2020, building managers quickly found new ways to keep tenants safe amidst the unknown, from social distancing and sanitized handrails to an influx of air purifiers. Now, in 2024, with many companies shifting to hybrid or remote work, a new challenge has emerged: How can vacant office space be repurposed? The solve: bringing everything someone needs under one roof. Enter vertical villages.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
elevatorworld.com | Kaija Wilkinson |TK Elevator |Vong Keovongsa |Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick
by Muharrem Bilge ÇakirerOften, we can only appreciate the importance of it when it’s missing or out of service. I mean the elevator, of course. An elevator is a technological product that makes people feel prosperous, facilitates life and offers comfort. There are also some elevators that, due to their extraordinary harmony with the environment in which they are located, are much more than a machine. These elevators seem to be the final touch of Van Gogh, completing a perfect painting.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
elevatorworld.com | Vong Keovongsa |Shem Oirere |Kaija Wilkinson
by Kaija WilkinsonA native of Iraq, Eng. Mohammed Al Qaisi (MA) got his start in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry as a sales engineer. He eventually moved into leadership positions with United Technologies Corp. (UTC), becoming managing director (MD) of both Carrier — UTC’s HVAC division — and Otis — its VT division — in Qatar. The more he learned about the vertical-transportation (VT) industry, the more he realized he loved it.
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Sep 2, 2023 | 
elevatorworld.com | Kathleen Farrell |Angie Baldwin |Vong Keovongsa |David Griffin
by Amy Blankenbiller and Dave MorganLast year, the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) expanded its efforts related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by attending events that could be a key to unlocking one of the elevator industry’s biggest challenges: diversifying its field employee workforce.
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Sep 2, 2023 | 
elevatorworld.com | Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick |Kaija Wilkinson |Vong Keovongsa |Angie Baldwin
by Sherry WardCelebrating its 60th year of operation, Gorman Co., Inc. (GCI) proudly remains a premier manufacturer of quality, low-friction hydraulic seals and worm gear sealing products for the vertical-transportation (VT) industry. Gerald W. Gorman organized the company in 1963 after 18 years of extensive experience in the industry and securing several patents for his innovative designs.
