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Complete-Elevator-Service

Complete Elevator Service

[…] discovery, the damage done almost brought a swift end to the startup. Eventually, CES corrected the elevator orders and shipped the correct ones to its customers. The projects were completed, while much new business continued. According to Emily McLaughlin of CES: “Our employees worked exceptionally hard to help see us through this time. Our […]

Design Challenges of High-Speed Elevators

[…] Lloyd Wright revealed his plans for the Illinois Office Tower to the Chicago Daily News (which subsequently published a story reviewing the proposed method of elevatoring the project), the paper immediately received comments from a number of airline pilots questioning the ability of the atomic-powered, 25-mps elevators to serve the project without causing eardrum […]

Telus-To-Construct-Calgary-Tower

Telus To Construct Calgary Tower

[…] energy-efficient elevators to the high-end residential tower Phoenix, being built by Hebei Construction Group Co. in Cangzhou, the Shanghai Elevator Trade Association (SETA) reports. SETA describes the project as an “absolutely new high-class residence” in which developers invested approximately CNY6 billion (US$979 million). Xizi Otis, Otis’s Chinese subsidiary, is one of the largest suppliers […]

North-America-and-Mexico

North America and Mexico

[…] 15, 2013. BBVA Research Real Estate Outlook Mexico, January 2013. Inter-American Dialogue, Latin America Advisor, July 25, 2013. CTBUH, The Skyscraper Center, Tall Building Database: www.skyscrapercenter.com/create.php. e-architect, “BBVA’s New Corporate Headquarters in Mexico City, First Project by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in Mexico,” July 7, 2009. BBVA Research, Real Estate Outlook Mexico, January 2013.

Ground-Broken-On-Poughkeepsie-Walkway-Elevator

Ground Broken On Poughkeepsie Walkway Elevator

Construction on a 21-story elevator to take passengers to the Walkway Over the Hudson from Hudson River’s Poughkeepsie, New York, side began in June. The project is to cost US$2.8 million, and, per ELEVATOR WORLD’s previous report, involves an 8- by 10-ft. elevator cab framed with glass and supported by a 220-ft.-tall steel tower […]

Turning-Escalators-into-Profit-Centers

Escalator Installations in Europe

[…] this service is a risk. However, as most of the European markets are mature ones, it is estimated that approximately 50% of these units are for new projects (meaning that new escalators are being installed for the first time). The other 50% are to replace existing units. Replacing existing units presents a very particular […]

Cambridge-Elevating-Aims-to-Revolutionize-the-Home-Elevator-Market

Cambridge Elevating Aims to Revolutionize the Home Elevator Market

[…] It has always thought of stellar engineering with the mindset of installation as its necessary components. The company believes the installation usually dictates the success of a project. In many ways, it is an elevator-installation company first: the installation feedback from dealers and installers dictates product improvement and development. Dealers understand this, and collectively, […]

New-European-Standards

New European Standards

[…] place. European Standards Overview Table 1 provides a breakdown of all
European Standards relating to lifts that are either published or in preparation, with an indication of their project status and the anticipated timeframe until their publication. prEN 81-20 and 81-50 A total of 4,200 comments were submitted during the public enquiry for EN 81-20 […]

Atlanta-to-Toronto

Atlanta to Toronto

[…] offices. Next, Mele showed off some wonderful photographic montages done for cabs in a bank in Montreal and introduced me to the staff artist involved in the project. Time flew by, and too soon, we were on a traffic-packed drive back to downtown Toronto. By the way, if you were wondering where all the […]

Cambridge-Elevating-Appoints-Management-Team

Cambridge Elevating Appoints Management Team

[…] elevators and 32 escalators to the Zhengzhou Eastern Center. Under construction in the capital of Henan province in north-central China and scheduled for completion in 2016, the project consists of office and retail space within a pair of 289-m-tall towers, as well as a seven-story shopping mall. The order includes 12 KONE double-deck elevators […]