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Three High Rises for Connecticut

[…] a proposed three mixed-use high-rise buildings on the site. Hoped to revitalize the district, the towers are each to be around 10 stories high. To further the project, property would have to be rezoned, and at least 2,000 parking spaces would need to be created. Schindler Port in New Orleans, Baltimore The Hyatt Regency […]

Achim Hütter

[…] positions. By working together, company members share in what Hütter calls the most rewarding aspects in his work – winning contracts and finishing jobs. Speaking of admirable projects, Hütter says he has the greatest respect for the masterful engineering of the elevators in Paris’ Eiffel Tower. He feels it serves as an example of […]

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Orona’s Environmental Focus

[…] R&D companies and, for the past four years, has pursued the development of technology aimed at sustainable lift systems for new and existing buildings through the Net0Lift project. With a budget of EUR27.5 million (US$36.4 million), the project has proven successful, seeing participation from 13 companies, 14 universities and several technology centers. It has […]

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NEC Article 620: Elevators, Part I

[…] requirements for elevator shafts, machine rooms and cars. NEC articles generally adhere to a template, which greatly aids in navigating and quickly locating mandates as needed for project design or, on an installation level, in the field. Article 620 follows this pattern by opening, in Section I, General, with a statement of scope and […]

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Hart’s Cyclic Elevator, Part I

[…] the cars through the shafts: Hart designed what he termed a “sling link” to connect the cars to the endless chain. Each sling link carried “a pin projecting out from it horizontally and at right angles to the plane in which the chain travels.” The pin fit into an “eye” located “centrally in the […]

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Schindler Equips Cowboys Stadium

[…] people and seating for 80,000. HKS Architects and the City of Arlington, Texas, which owns the stadium, built the immense structure and Schindler Elevator partnered on the project. Schindler contributed 18 elevators equipped with Variodyn® Variable Frequency AC Drives and 22 Schindler 9300® Advanced Edition escalators to the project, in addition to its LobbyVision™ […]

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The 20 Tallest in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall

[…] under construction or considered real proposals. Projects that have commenced construction, but with works currently halted, are also included if there is a strong possibility of the project progressing to final completion. A real proposal can be considered such if it has a specific site with ownership interests within the building development team, a […]

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Thyssenkrupp Elevator Receives Energy Certification

[…] into the supply grid. The power can then be reused to operate the elevators, each of which consists of two connected cabs. MTR Selects Kone For Metro Project KONE has been selected by MTR Corp. to supply 49 elevators, 79 heavy-duty escalators and four moving walks for the new South Island Line (East) and […]

Elevator, Escalator Companies During the Global Recession: A Survivor’s Guide

[…] deploy them on improvement activities. They are allowed to work on pet projects that will increase their efficiency or quality,” Allgaier said. Regardless of the type of project, “When they are back in production, we reap the gains from the improvements they made,” Allgaier adds. Cara Furgiuele, SnapCab project technician and Leadership in Energy […]