The globalhardwood flooring marketsize is expected to reach USD 61.78 Billion in 2028 and register a revenue CAGR of 4.3% over the forecast period, according to the latest report by Reports and Data. Steady global hardwood flooring market revenue growth can be attributed to rising demand for better aesthetics, robust durability in flooring options and materials, as well as cost-effectiveness. Hardwood flooring is widely deployed in residential, commercial, and industrial settings due to characteristics to enhance visual appeal and make the space appear more spacious (particularly, wide plank hardwood flooring). A primary advantage of hardwood flooring is its flexibility and versatility to adapt to nearly all kinds of themes for interior home design. Also, high durability and better wear and tear resistance of both engineered and solid product types are factors resulting in increasing preference, which is also driving increasing deployment in various end-use applications, and this is driving revenue growth of hardwood flooring market.

Rapid industrialization and urbanization in developing countries such as China and India and rising demand for wood flooring with better value addition are factors contributing significantly to market revenue growth. As per hardwood flooring industry statistics, in 2018, engineered hardwood flooring accounted for 28.8% share of the total flooring market revenue in China, owing to improving living standards and presence of branded flooring products. According to a recently conducted research, there are around 3,000 wood flooring producers in China, with over 1,200 producers capable of manufacturing both engineered hardwood and laminate wood flooring products.

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Major players in the market include Mohawk Industries, AHF Products, Somerset Hardwood Flooring, Mannington Mills Inc., BerryAlloc, Home Legend LLC, Beaulieu International Group, Formica, Provenza Floors Inc., and Egger Group.

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Carla Eslava, Manager of the Recofloor commercial waste vinyl flooring collection scheme, discusses the issues and offers some solutions.

In the construction sector, what happens to many products at end-of-life is typically not considered due to their longer lifespans and the need for them to meet strict technical performance criteria.

The construction industry is the UKs biggest consumer of natural resources. According to DEFRA, an estimated 120 million tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation (CD&E) waste was produced in 2016. While their statistics indicate that 92% of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste was recovered in some form (55 million tonnes) in 2016, nearly 5 million tonnes (8%) of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste was landfilled.

Waste is generated during the construction and installation phases and when products reach the end of their life. While many materials, such as PVC and metals, are recyclable, the construction sector is a challenging diverse environment for waste management and requires a heavy reliance on engaging with contractors to collect these recoverable resources.

Capturing waste at the installation phase should always be done where possible as the material is clean, we know what exactly is in it and this improves the chances it can successfully be turned back into new products. End of life waste is more challenging, and more work will be needed in the future to establish effective recycling techniques and end markets for the recyclates.

For installation waste, a great example of circular construction is the Recofloor scheme that offers a sustainable collection service for commercial waste vinyl flooring generated from refurbishment and new build projects, including live project sites. The scheme accepts both installation offcuts and uplifted smooth and loose lay vinyl, as well as Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVTs) and safety offcuts and roll-ends.

Since its 2009 inception, the scheme has diverted more than 6,000 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring from landfill for use in new vinyl flooring or other useful products. The scheme continues to expand as more flooring companies recognise the environmental value and reduced disposal costs of up to 70% of recovering recyclable resources.

By capturing more waste at the installation phase and developing a viable recycling route, it is more likely in the future we will be able to develop more solutions for end-of-life construction waste.

Moving towards circular construction principles still presents many challenges, such as the collection of materials on a busy site with lots of different contractors, transportation, a lack of sorting infrastructure and limited end markets.

For example, Recofloor relies on the efforts of individual contractors to help return the vinyl flooring for recycling. Without effective communication and their willingness to participate, it would not be possible.

But as a successful and growing scheme, Recofloor shows it can be done, with a focus on installation offcuts versus end-of-life/uplifted material. The latter is still a challenge that needs to be addressed in the future.

Richard McKinlay, Head of Consulting at resource recovery specialist Axion says: If we can tackle installation waste, that is where we really need to focus our efforts initially to get the material coming back. If you build up that system, then you start to build infrastructure which could then allow end-of-life material to enter it eventually.

Typically, the development of recycling infrastructure starts with reusing production waste first as this is the purest material to put back into the manufacturing process. Attention then turns to clean scrap materials, followed by the more difficult post-consumer waste as recycling techniques become more advanced.

For the construction sector to move towards more circular sustainability, we will need to see more and more solutions like Recofloor in the coming years.

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You cant blame everything on potash mining.

In pre-historic, pre-human, and pre-Bonneville Speed Week times, there was a body of water in western Utah known as Lake Bonneville. It was huge. If you look up at the mountains surrounding what are now the Bonneville Salt Flats, home of the greatest land speed racing the world has ever known, you can still see ancient shorelines hundreds of feet above the burning white flatness. Then, 16,800 years agogeologists are very precise on thissomething let loose and almost all of Lake Bonneville drained out into what is now southern Idaho.

This was both good and bad. Bad if you were an ancient dino-shark eating as many fish as you felt like eating all day long only to find yourself in what would become an Idaho potato field (oh, how the mighty always fall!), but good if you were a land speed racer.

Since the great draining of Lake Bonneville those tens of thousands of years ago, the remnants of the once-great lake literally ebbed and flowed. But in modern times, the lake remnants became what is now known as Great Salt Lake, the one by Salt Lake City, and the Bonneville Salt Flats a hundred miles west of that. Over the last hundred years or so the Bonneville Salt Flats have mostly dried up and left a hard surface miles and miles long that is just perfect for flooring the throttle and seeing what your race car can really do.

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The first racing may have taken place as early as 1914. Ab Jenkins set records on the flats in the 1930s in a car called The Mormon Meteor. Successive racers came over the decades and set their own records, perhaps the greatest being the competing duo of Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove in the early 60s, who moved the record over 500 and 600 mph. In between those great high-water marks were hundreds of home-grown racers driving self-engineered craft of all manner to land speed records.

When racing first started at Bonneville the salt was as much as six feet thick and seemed like it would never go away. Winter rains would flow onto the salt, bringing replenishing minerals from the hills, and the salt got thicker. In the summer the rainwater would dry up, the surface of the salt would get hard as concrete, and the racers would come and race.

The mining started in 1917 during WWI, when the countrys previous supply of potash, from Germany, dried up because of the war. Mineral extraction really got going in 1963, according to local media outlet Deseret News.

(In) 1963 the Bureau of Land Management leased 25,000 acres to Bonneville Ltd., a private mining company, Deseret said. By 1979, the Utah Geological and Mineral Surveys salt drilling measurements indicated that the flats were shrinking. The salt crust became thin and easy to puncture. In 1960, the salt on the International Speedway was multiple feet deep. In May 2021, it was a quarter of an inch thick.

Originally covering 96,000 acres when someone first measured it, the Bonneville Salt Flats are now less than 30,000. At least one third of the shrinkage is due to mineral extraction, mostly potash, potassium-rich salts that are used as fertilizer.

A century ago, there was plenty of thick hard salt as far as the eye could see, said an organization of racers called savethesalt.org. As the years unwound, the damning game of give and take, the salt giving and man taking, knocked the natural balance out of whack, causing the salt surface to not only thin, but the perimeter to slowly shrink... The land speed racing community is now facing a daunting ecological emergency.

In 1997 a deal was worked out wherein potash miners would replenish the salt flats by pumping salt-heavy brine back onto the flats after extracting potash from it. This seemed to work. For a while. Now, however, it doesnt rain as much, the extraction goes on, and the salt continues to shrink. So various government agencies have agreed to study the problem.

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The Utah Geological Survey (UGS), in collaboration with the University of Utah, Bureau of Land Management, Intrepid Potash, and the land speed racing community (as represented by the Specialty Equipment Market Association [SEMA]), is working to collect scientific data to understand the effects of climate, racing, salt laydown, and potash mining on the Bonneville Salt Flats salt pans growth, salt dissolution and sustainability, read a statement from the Utah Geological Survey.

The study is funded by $1 million from the state of Utah. The BLM added $125,000. Last fall, UGS installed climate and hydrologic monitoring equipment to collect data focused on the continuing salt laydown process (wherein they pump brine back onto the salt), and its effects on the salt crust and the underlying and adjoining brine aquifer, the Utah Geological Survey said. In the coming months, UGS said, Intrepid Potash will lay down up to half a million ton of salt brine in critical areas of the salt flats. The effects of the laydown will be monitored and analyzed for potential impact on the salt flats.

Will it be too little too late? Is merely studying the problem like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic? SEMA, representing the racers, sounded optimistic.

In working with Intrepid Potash, the volume of salt laid down on Bonneville will be increased by updating and improving the efficiency of the current pumping infrastructure and water conservation efforts, which include rebuilding water wells, covering ditches and installing new pipes and pumps, SEMA said. Great efforts to use water more efficiently will help achieve the goal to increase the volume of salt returned to the salt flats. It will likely take several years to upgrade the infrastructure and gradually increase pumping volumes.

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SEMA offered specific details on what will happen next.

The summer 2021 installation of the new water well and equipment to measure water evaporation rates and collect scientific data represented a tangible start to the ambitious restoration effort. The program will seek to identify the best ways to take advantage of the salt laydown and study the effects on the salt crust and underlying brine aquifer. For example, the program will consider ways to contain the salt within the large pumping area. If current research proves beneficial, efforts may be extended into the future upon funding availability. Stakeholders are now identifying projects to be pursued in 2022 and beyond to continue increasing the volume of salt being pumped.

If you want to help, consider a donation.

While the bulk of the program funding will come from federal and state appropriations, both industry and the land speed racing community will voluntarily help pay the costs. Financial contributions from the racing community are gratefully accepted at http://www.savethesalt.org, a 501(c)(3) organization.

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Tile trims add a clean, professional look to any tile design. Its critical not to skip this step. Tile trim covers rough or sharp edges, cuts down on cleaning and maintenance and protects a tile installation for years to come. Installing trim is no more difficult than installing the rest of the tile. Similar materials are needed like adhesive or mortar and trowels. Install tile trim as the second to last step of a tile installation project.

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There are many different types of tile trim, but the most common options include:

Bullnose tile trims are one of the most commonly used trims. They provide a smooth, finished look that protects against sharp hazardous edges. Bullnose trims have curved edges that fit perpendicularly around the corner edges of tiles. They can be placed in the corners of walls, backsplashes, tubs, steps or over the joint where the wall meets the floor.

As its name suggests, quarter round trims are usually a quarter of a circle around. They provide a protective smooth even-radial-rounded corner that seals an exposed perpendicular edge. These are perfect for turning a corner along the edges of bathrooms, showers, benches, tubs or doorways.

Cove base trims are often used where the floor meets a tiled wall. They have a curved edge that seamlessly covers the joint, and provides water-resistant protection to keep moisture from seeping into the walls or floors. Theyre especially useful along the base of showers. Cleaning should be easy and less frequent when these types of trims are installed.

Baseboards are typically installed along the joint where the wall meets the floor. Similar to cove base trims, they are especially useful in wet areas like bathrooms or showers. However, unlike cove base trims, they have a straight edge that should be properly caulked to be watertight. Tile baseboards are a good option for places that get mopped frequently (as opposed to using wooden baseboards).

Pencil trims are cylindrically shaped with round edges (roughly like a pencil). They tend to be used on the edges of mosaic designs on walls. They help to create borders or outline the end of the design. They also offer a great statement piece for places where the design transitions from one tile shape to another.

Like pencil trims, flat liner trims are used to frame designs or statement pieces. But instead of being round, flat liners are straight, flat pieces of tile. They lack the depth that pencil trims have but can provide a more sleek and contemporary look. Flat liners are perfect for framing edges where different materials meet (like tile and wood), especially on the floor where rounded tile may not be desired.

Chair rail tile trims were originally used as baseboard trims to prevent chairs from scraping the walls. Now theyre more commonly used to provide an ornate, architectural frame to backsplashes or mosaic tiles. Their carved decorative molding design provides more depth than a flat liner, but is less bulky than a regular tile baseboard.

V-caps are the only trims that can be used to completely cover perpendicular corners in tile installations. Theyre frequently used to finish the edges of sinks in kitchen or bathroom countertops (or anywhere the tile hangs over the edge). They can also be used in window sills, shower niches or partitions.

Tile trim should be installed as the second to last step of a tile installation project. Its important not to skip installing tile trims in favor of less working time or money spent. Tile trims provide a finishing touch and make tile last longer.

The only time tile trim may not be needed is when the tile meets flush against other surfaces like wall corners or floor edges. Continuous tile designs can also be used instead of installing tile trim (but the tile edges should be glazed to remove rough, sharp edges).

Use gloves to prevent scratching yourself against sharp tile edges. Be careful not to crack the tiles that youre trimming or covering. Wear safety glasses and gloves whenever cutting tile and if using an electric or gas-powered cutter, ear protection is also advisable.

First examine the tile design to find where sharp edges, unsightly harsh lines or gaps between the tile and other material may occur. Common places where you may consider installing trim include:

Pick a trim type that complements your tile installation. This is the opportunity to be creative. You can choose a trim that blends into the tile design, provides a custom high-end accent or one with contrasting colors for an eye-catching look.

Measure the areas where the trim will be installed. Determine how many tile pieces are needed to complete the trim. Give exact measurements to your tile trim provider to make sure that you have the right size and amount of tile trim pieces.

Once you have all of your materials in order, get ready to install the tile trim. Make sure to install the trim before you complete the entire tile installation. Apply the adhesive with a caulking gun or spread mortar with a trowel on the edges where the trim will go. Apply this one tile at a time so as to not allow adhesives to dry out

Use a trowel to even out the mortar. A caulking gun will help with applying an even layer of adhesive. This step ensures that the tile trim is installed properly with a professional look.

When installing tile trims that have an open back like bullnose, V-cap or chair rails, use a technique called back buttering. Back buttering means applying extra adhesive or mortar to the open part of the tile. Make sure to apply evenly. This technique provides good adhesive or mortar coverage and guarantees a long-lasting installation.

Most tile trims can be installed by simply pressing the tile into its place. Use spacers if necessary to ensure even spacing between tiles. If using mortar, you may need to comb it with the notched edge of the trowel and twist the tile trim into place.

Repeat the process for each piece of tile trim. Once the trim has been installed, you can continue to install the rest of your tile design.

A professional interior designer can help you choose a design of trim type. Call a flooring or tile professional if you crack or break the tile youve already installed while installing the trim. If for some reason the trim is not staying in place after pressing it into the adhesive or mortar, this may also be a good time to call a pro for advice and assistance.

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Whether you love hosting company, you have busy kids or you keep your furry friends in your home, you know there are areas that get more traffic than others.

Those areas of your home can quickly wear down, and since there is plenty of traffic, these are the areas people see most.

If youre looking for something more durable, but also want your home to look stylish, quite possibly the best way to do that could be with tile.

Tile is a lasting and attractive way to update your home. Do you know there are so many kinds of tile now? Not just the plain old stuff you might be imagining. You might even fool your company into thinking you have real wood flooring, if thats the style you choose.

And just think of how easy the clean-up will be when the kids come in with their muddy shoes.

If this sounds like exactly what youve been needing, 50 Floor will bring all the flooring samples to you, so you never even need to leave your home. A specialist will also be on hand for you to ask all your questions about warranty and durability.

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The access flooring project at 5 Martin Place, Sydney was both challenging and rewarding for ASP Access Floors with the building featuring a large central atrium and fusion between the existing heritage section and the newly built tower wing.

Dexus 5 Martin Place offers 19 levels of premium office space with the building comprising a redeveloped heritage building and a new tower extension with an 11-storey central atrium, triple height foyer and large floor plates.

ASPs access flooring was installed in both the heritage building as well as the new tower. The heritage building installation was particularly challenging since it was important to ensure the existing heritage floors remained unmarked.

ASP engineered a solution to the large expansion joint between the heritage building and new tower, so that the access floor was able to run seamlessly through this transition point.

Completed in April 2015, the 18,800-square-metre office fitout features two access floor systems: Steel cementitious ultra fix stringerless system with a 3.0kN loading at 150mm FFH; and steel cementitious ultra fix stringerless system with a 4.5kN loading at 150mm FFH.

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Van Gogh's sunflowers used to just be visible on a canvas in a climate-controlled museum, but starting Aug. 12 they'll take over the walls, ceiling and floors of Lighthouse Minneapolis at 1515 Central Av. NE. along with "Starry Night" and 400 other paintings.

Visitors to "Immersive Van Gogh" can become part of the art rather than just experiencing it. Extra points if one wears a white shirt and actually becomes the canvas for these digitally projected works.

Thinking about what Van Gogh might have imagined seeing before he passed away, Italian digital artist Massimiliano Siccardi created this hour-long, animated installation.

"Massimiliano is the [Steven] Spielberg of immersive installation art," said producer Corey Ross. "He's been doing this in Europe for 30 years and sold millions of tickets."

In true Hollywood form, U.S. audiences caught a glimpse of Siccardi's work in episode 5 of the Netflix show "Emily in Paris." His Van Gogh-themed light show from the Atelier des Lumires in Paris was featured in the show.

To date, more than 2 million tickets have been sold in 20 venues across North America, including Toronto, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Minneapolis tickets will run from $40 for off-peak hours to $100 for a VIP experience that includes souvenir merch.

The setup for each installation is quite simple: Choose an interesting building, map it, then plan the install. Everything in the building's guts becomes part of the experience, but it's the architecture that makes each city a unique experience.

Much like the recent up-close-and-personal immersive installation of "Sistine Chapel" at the Mall of America, visitors to "Immersive Van Gogh" can catch details they'd never be able to see in a museum.

"You see the scope of this 500,000 cubic feet of projection," said Ross. "You see these pieces blown up and see the brush strokes, paint specks. You'll never see an original piece under a microscope but here you can see those techniques."

Ross compared Siccardi's technique to the way a DJ samples songs, transforming tunes into completely new ones.

Yet "Immersive Van Gogh" is both an animated film and an art exhibition. But really, it's an experience that you have to witness in-person, a pleasant break from screen-filled Zoom lives.

"It becomes emotional because it dives into Van Gogh's mind," said Ross.

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NEW ORLEANS (press release) The Terra Foundation for American Art has announced the awarding of nearly $2.5 million in grants to 35 arts and cultural organizations in the United States, including Ogden Museum of Southern Art. These grants support projects through the foundations new two-year exhibition grant initiative, Re-envisioning Permanent Collections: An Initiative for U.S. Museums. Awarded $75,000 from The Terra Foundation, in 2023, Ogden Museum will present a collection re-installation titled The New Story of the South: A 20th Anniversary Exhibition.

The New Story of the South: A 20th Anniversary Exhibition will draw from Ogden Museums permanent collection to trace the history of the visual arts of the American South from the early-19th century to the present. Spanning all five floors of the museum, this exhibition will be organized chronologically by movement and genre.

Building upon the grand opening exhibition of the collection in 2003, this iteration will seek to dispel antiquated stereotypes, promote inclusivity and representation, and examine under-represented artists contributions in consideration of the indomitable presence of place, says William Pittman Andrews, Executive Director of Ogden Museum.

The New Story of the South will illustrate how the collection and the adjacent scholarship has grown to more fully represent the diversity of the region while honestly engaging the complicated and often tragic history of the South, says Bradley Sumrall, Curator of the Collection. It will trace how artists in the American South with every developing art movement responded with a characteristic blend of tradition and innovation.

Drawing inspiration from Ralph Ellison, who said knowing where we are has a lot to do with our knowing who we are, this exhibition will provide a portrait of place. With a geographic region spanning from Baltimore to Miami to El Paso, The New Story of the South will highlight the diversity of the South its histories, cultures and proximate traditions offering a view of Southern identity that is inclusive and representative of its people. The exhibition seeks to further examine the critical role that museums can play in confronting the past, embracing the future and being a bridge for the reconciliation of both.

Subjects that will be explored through the exhibition and associated programming include women in Southern abstraction, photography of the Civil Rights Movement, LGBTQ+ artists in the deep South, the immigrant experience in the American South, and the role of art in developing community. A series of lectures and discussions will support this exhibition, both online and in-person.

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Their home was built in the 1890s, and their front door was likely the first and only front door the home had ever had -- until now.

As winners of LumBros. Building Solutions first-ever "Shut the Front Door!" contest, the Steinkes just got a brand new front door, at no cost to them. The door was professionally installed on June 25 by Justin Waagmeester, of Detroit Lakes-based Limitless Carpentry.

The Steinkes worked with LumBros. to select the door, deciding on a Bayer Built Front Entry Door with a craftsman style and rich wood tone that matches the overall look of their home and its original wood trim and floors.

Originally built on Summit Avenue, the house was relocated to its current spot near Snappy Park sometime in the 1950s or 60s, the Steinkes believe. While they love the look and feel of the historic house, they said they wont miss the old front door, which was an energy-sucker and would sometimes stick, making it hard to open and close.

Were just really appreciative; it's such a blessing to us, Katie said of winning the contest, adding with a laugh that, "I dont know if we ever would have replaced that door ourselves!

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The "Shut the Front Door!" contest called on the community to submit nominations for worthy winners of a new front door, and the Steinkes received several nominations, according to Susie Felt, who runs LumBros. with her husband, Zach.

Katie said a Facebook post she made about the contest probably helped garner some of those nominations. The post included a link to contest information along with a comment that said something along the lines of, We could really use this!

"The front door is over 100 years old. It has a big crack in it where you can see the sun shine through it and feel the cold air blow through it," stated one of the Steinke family's nominations. Another stated, "They (the Steinkes) are both amazing people and do so much for everyone around them without expecting anything in return. Their front door is in desperate need of a change. It lets in too much cold air and they have to block it off to hold in heat."

LumBros. received more than 45 nominations in all for the contest, according to Felt. They intend to make "Shut the Front Door!" an annual contest, as they've found it to be a fun promotion that also helps make a positive difference in the community.

For more information about future contests, follow the LumBros. Building Solutions Facebook page, or visit the business website, lumbros.com.

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A garda who suffered injuries when the lift he was in at a Kerry hotel plummeted three floors to the ground has settled his High Court action.

Paul Meehan, 45, helped other members of his extended family who were seriously injured when the lift at the Killarney Plaza Hotel crashed into the basement car park 10 years ago.

He helped pull the doors of the lift open after it buckled on impact as those inside shouted for help.

In the High Court on Tuesday, the Meehan family counsel Richard Kean SC, with Barney Quirke SC, told Mr Justice Michael Hanna that Mr Meehans case was the last one before the courts in relation to the lift fall and it had been resolved.

Mr Justice Hanna congratulated the parties on reaching a settlement.

After he had helped with other members of his family, Mr Meehan was put in a neck brace and stretchered out of the basement to hospital.

It was later discovered he had suffered injuries to his lower back and knees.

It was claimed he later suffered extreme pain in his knees when he tried to return to sports or running and after any such exertion he would be unable to walk for a few days.

Post traumatic stress

It was also said he suffered daily back pain, had flashbacks of the accident and was diagnosed as suffering from post traumatic stress.

Paul Meehan, from Lucan, Dublin, had sued the hotel owners, Shawcove Ltd with registered offices at Castleisland, Co Kerry, and companies involved in installing and maintaining lifts Ellickson Engineering Ltd, in receivership of Kilmurry, Waterford; Kilell Ltd also of Kilmurry, Waterford; and Otis Ltd, Naas Road Business Park, Dublin and Otis Elevator Ireland Ltd of the same address, as well as lift components manufacturer Daldoss Elevetronic Spa of Valsugana, Italy.

It was claimed there was a failure to ensure the intended pathway from the car park was safe and free from hazard. There was a failure, it was also claimed, to install a proper functioning lift from the car park to the hotel.

Mr Meehan is one of five from the same extended family who sued over the accident as they tried to return to their rooms in the Killarney Plaza Hotel after a wedding ceremony on July 9, 2011.

His brother, Kevin Meehan from Celbridge, Co Kildare, who suffered multiple severe injuries in the lift accident was last week awarded 508,000 by the High Court.

His wife Jennie Wong settled her action on confidential terms and Andrew Meehan and his wife Patricia OLeary, both garda from Co Meath, also settled their actions on confidential terms.

Liability conceded

The court has previously heard liability was conceded in the case in 2019 and the cases were before the court for assessment of damages only.

In 2017, engineering company Ellickson Engineering Ltd now in receivership was fined 750,000 after it was found guilty at Tralee Circuit Criminal Court of a single breach of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act over the installation of the hotel lift in and around April 2004.

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Garda injured when lift in Kerry hotel fell three floors to the ground settles case - Irish Examiner