Elevators in Penn's three high rises have been stopping, bouncing, opening inches below the floor and even failing altogether, leaving residents frustrated and questioning when the faulty system will ...

Tulsa firefighters are gearing up for high-rise rescues and they’re adding a new tool to their arsenal. News on 6 anchor Terry Hood says until now, elevators have been off-limits during fires.

As the number of challenges associated with high-rise buildings continue to increase, so too does the responsibility of the fire department to know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, ...

A tip about elevator breakdowns at a high-rise residential building in Lower Manhattan proved to be more than just griping. By Sarah Bahr Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers ...

Lift Energy Storage Technology is a proposed long-term storage solution that relies on elevators to bring solid masses to the tops of buildings in charging mode. It then lowers the same mass to ...

Hundreds of elderly and disabled residents at a Harrisburg high-rise apartment building were trapped inside their homes, forced to use the stairway, or stuck outdoors after a second elevator stopped ...

NEW YORK — When it was completed in 1931, the City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building towered over the financial district as one of the tallest buildings in New York City. It was, in fact, the ...

As devastating high-rise fires continue to highlight the terrifying limitations of traditional emergency exits in high-density societies.