Union graft and needlessly stringent safety standards have inflated construction costs in the U.S. and Canada.

If you want to look out over Birmingham from its most famous overlook, the Vulcan statue at Vulcan Park, be ready to climb the stairs. Visitors had been prohibited from going up the elevator or ...

That's when I decided to try stair climbing, a form of cardio I'd rarely given much thought. Little did I know, this change would give my fitness a total overhaul. Stair climbing quickly proved to be ...

A single-stair residential building. Image by Mark E. McClure/Sightline licensed under Creative Commons. As of January 2025, around seventeen single-stair bills have been filed or passed in state ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: January 15, 2025 DC apartment residents say broken building elevators are putting their lives at risk. Trump to create task force ...

DAN STARK A pneumatic elevator in a home in Westhampton. DAN STARK Dan Stark on Jun 27, 2024 Getting around the house can be a hard thing as people age, especially when it comes to using stairs.

A crane lowers a motor from the service elevator in The Parker to the ground in late August. The generator was removed through the building roof to be transported to a Mandan repair shop.

Marjorie in Minnesota was quoted $9,600 for a three-story stair lift with rails that extended about three feet to turn a corner. “The other stairlift that I looked at was $2,000 cheaper ...

On Wednesday, the billionaire health evangelist announced the latest in a long series of public wellness initiatives — encouraging people to swear off elevators and take the stairs. "I have five ...