Toshiba executive visits with TELME representatives from throughout the Middle East during The Business Interaction Meet in Dubai.
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Qatar South Korean Builder Snags Big Contract in Lusail South Korean builder Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. (HECC) announced in January it had won an order worth US$530 million to build a 70-story office tower in the Lusail Financial District, Yonhap News Agency reported. The contract builds on HECC’s strong presence in Qatar, where it…
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Tower to Address London’s Affordable- Housing Shortage Centro, a 40-story, 129-m-tall tower and a shorter tower, aims to address the affordable-housing shortage in London, a city just north of Lake Erie and the U.S. border, Global News reported in January. The federal government announced CAD130 million (US$99.6 million) for the 420-unit project at 495 Talbot…
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Final Tower of Principal Place Completed Construction of the 50-story Principal Tower, the final piece of the Principal Place project that borders the City of London, has completed, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) reported in January, citing Foster + Partners. Principal Place, a comprehensively planned mixed-use project on the border of…
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Hitachi China Guangzhou Test Tower Completed Hitachi Elevator (China) Co. Ltd. has completed construction of the H1 Tower, one of the tallest elevator test towers in the world, Yahoo Finance reported on January 17. The tower is part of the company’s R&D and manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China. The 288.8-m structure — which has 273…
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Students’ App Alerts CTA Riders to Broken Elevators A class project undertaken by two Loyola University Chicago graduate students has resulted in a smartphone app that alerts Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) riders when elevators are broken down at the rail system’s “L” stations, Block Club Chicago reported in January. When Tyler Arndt and Sam Siner,…
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Developer Plans 60-Story Tower Downtown could see a skyline-changing tower if a plan by Minnesota-based developer Ryan Cos. comes to fruition, The Dallas Morning News reported in December 2019. The 60-story mixed-use tower would be the city’s second-tallest and one of the tallest buildings currently planned in the state. It would have 120,000 ft2 of…
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Lerch Bates Announces New President, Acquisition Lerch Bates Inc. has named Eric Rupe president, effective January 1. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the consulting business globally, including elevators and escalators, façade access and building logistics. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, Lerch Bates has offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India…
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Skinniest Building in the World Close to Completion 111 West 57th Street, a 1,428-ft-tall residential building on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown (ELEVATOR WORLD, March 2015 and May 2018), was on pace in late 2019 for completion this year, New York YIMBY reported. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS Development, Property Markets Group and…
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by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick There was a time, in the 1960s-1970s, where it was normal for couples to work in the city but move to the suburbs to live when they had children. They wanted backyards and good schools and safety for their kids. But, things have changed, particularly in the big cities, where high-rise residential…
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