Delaware Elevator’s Dana Calder exceeds expectations, sets example. by Charley Meeks On the Delmarva Peninsula in an area often referred to as the Eastern Shore, the small town of Salisbury, Maryland, pulls quite a bit of weight in the elevator industry, and that’s primarily due to it being the home of Delaware Elevator Manufacturing (DEM).…
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Most of the floors of the Iris Tower, a 32-story, 137-m-tall office tower in Brussels, were set to begin accommodating about 2,000 civil servants, RTBF.be reported in November 2020. Construction of the tower was launched in 2018 by property developer Ghelamco, when the project was called the Silver Tower. Brussels Minister Sven Gatz, in charge…
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Thyssenkrupp Elevator’s MULTI system is now easier to integrate into building designs thanks to DigiPara’s automatic building information modeling (BIM) program, thyssenkrupp announced in November 2020. Using DigiPara’s Liftdesigner capabilities, building designers can now integrate MULTI early in the process. The new software enables 3D model configuration with only a few clicks, and designs and…
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Industry Association EECMAI Launches The Elevator & Escalator Component Manufacturers Association of India (EECMAI) registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on September 10, 2020. Members met virtually on September 19, 2020, and unanimously elected Suraj Thodimarath of Wittur president, Hiren Panchal of Apson Inc. vice president, Kumara Swamy of Monteferro secretary, Nayan Movaliya of…
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Schindler to Provide 74 Escalators for Riyadh Airport Schindler has won a contract to supply 74 escalators for a modernization project at Terminals 1, 2 and the Royal Terminal of King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Trade Arabia reported in October 2020. Schindler signed the deal with the Riyadh Airports Co. (RAC)…
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The professional journal Indoor Air published a report in September detailing an investigation into how long aerosol droplets of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 persist in hospital elevators and offered specific measures to reduce the risk of transmitting the disease. The investigators, funded by the University of Amsterdam, using a special spray nozzle that could…
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Hitachi VT Bids to Provide 250 Elevators for Nine Projects Won Hitachi Elevator (China) has won bids to provide 250 elevators and related services for nine projects with the Shum Yip Group, Hitachi announced in November 2020. Shum Yip, wholly owned by Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, is a large enterprise group that focuses on real…
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Double-Deck Elevators for Alto Tower Otis’ first SkyRise® double-deck elevators in France are part of a vertical-transportation (VT) system serving the new 150-m-tall Alto Tower, a 38-story office tower developed by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and La Défense Public Development Agency in the La Défense business district (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2018). Designed by IF Architects,…
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Otis Names Calleja President of EMEA Operations Otis has named Bernardo Calleja president, Otis Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA), the company announced in November 2020. Calleja has been interim Otis EMEA president since October 1, 2020, replacing Mark Eubanks, who left the company in September. An industrial engineer by training, Calleja began his career…
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Residential Tower Served by Otis System Tops Out Construction on 180 Morgan Street, a 41-story, 482-unit residential tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2019), topped out in November 2020, New York YIMBY reported. Designed by New Jersey firm Marchetto Higgins Stieve (MHS Architects), the structure features a multistory podium topped by an L-shaped tower. The Albanese Group…
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