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KONE | August 06, 2021

KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, today announced it has acquired the service and repair business of Ross Elevator Inc. in Eastlake, Ohio, including its operations throughout the greater Cleveland metropolitan area and stretching south to Akron. Ross Elevator was founded in 1969 and has built a strong reputation performing high quality service, modernization and repair work. This acquisition strengthens KONE's local operations and brings additional ...

PBC Today | July 28, 2020

Many are concerned about the impact Covid-19 will have on education. It is therefore even more important that school building programmes get back on track as soon as possible to ensure teachers and students have the best possible environments as they make up for lost time. Here, MPBA chief executive Jackie Maginnis considers how Modern Methods of Construction can assist. Back in January, the Department for Education (DfE) revealed the offsite schools framework “to cultivate ...

PBC Today | March 24, 2020

ISG, Bovis Homes and Barratt Developments are amongst the latest contractors to close down their construction sites to help ensure people are protected against Covid-19. The latest announcements come just after Galliard Homes announced it would close down all of its construction sites in London. In a statement, Paul Cossell, CEO of ISG, said: “Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our people, our customers, supply chain partners and the people in the communities whe...

Autodesk | January 22, 2020

Autodesk Innovator of the Year Amr Raafat has teamed with a robot software company to develop an autonomous laser scanning and layout planning robot that is being used on Windover Construction work sites. The robot is able to move around on uneven surfaces to predetermined locations to scan indoor and outdoor spaces, as well as to measure and draw plans for walls and spaces that would need to be meticulously measured by a human, according to Raafat, Windover Construction’s vice president o...