ELEVATOR WORLD presents the winning companies of the inaugural Ellies. ELEVATOR WORLD is pleased to present the winners of our inaugural Ellies, the industry’s first awards program as nominated and voted on by the industry. With more than 12,000 votes, the contest proved popular and competitive, with 14 winners in 15 categories that covered businesses…
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A new maintenance/replacement aid joins a variety of components. Safety Relay The new safety relay SR3E by Aachen, Germany-based Zander Aachen is designed as a safety component for elevators according to the latest version of EN 20 and 81-50. The SR3E has three safe relay contacts, as well as an auxiliary contact, and serves as…
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This “elevator” was built and placed into service during the early 1860s and remained continuously so through the early 1950s. Although such rigs later came to be known as lifts and dumbwaiters, in the parlance of the day, a “wooden elevator” it was. And what did it elevate? Pretzels! As a child, Julius Sturgis apprenticed…
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Schindler Israel Awarded Mass-Transit Contract Schindler Israel has been awarded a contract to provide 106 escalators, 61 elevators and 24/7 maintenance to the Red Line, the first main line of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area Mass-Transit system under construction in Tel Aviv, Israel. Eng. S. Lustig Consulting Engineers, Ltd. (ESL), of Tel Aviv designed the…
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Several sources, including the Khaleej Times, reported that Emaar Properties’ Dubai Creek Harbour will start welcoming its first residents early next year, with the first homes to be delivered in Creek Island Dubai. The first part of Creek Island Dubai opening will be a six-tower residential development with 872 apartments called “The Dubai Creek Residences,”…
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Record-setting Cairo building, coastal Kenya skyscraper are in the works. Hadid-Designed Nile Tower in Cairo Would Be Continent’s Tallest Developer Living in Interiors wants to build Nile Tower, a 70-story structure in Cairo designed by the late Zaha Hadid that would be the tallest in Africa and, ideally, signify the resurgence of Egypt as a…
Read More thyssenkrupp has been selected for what a New South Wales government official is calling an unprecedented accessibility project that involves designing, suppling, installing and maintaining 70 elevators and 130 escalators for the Sydney Metro in the Chatswood station and beyond, Mirage News reported. The AUD87-million (US$61.9-million) project is “the biggest one-off investment in improving accessibility…
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Microsoft and National Bank are among those involved in upcoming Toronto and Montreal towers. Microsoft to Set Up Shop in Toronto Skyscraper Microsoft will occupy 132,000 sq. ft. over four floors in CIBC Square south tower, a 49-story building due to be complete in downtown Toronto in 2020, The Huffington Post reported. The move is…
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One of India’s Tallest Towers Looks Toward Completion At 300 m tall and 80 stories, Spira will become one of the tallest towers in India, and developer Supertech Ltd. expects it to be complete in two years, the Hindustan Times reported. Part of the Supernova development in Noida, Spira will contain 600 studio apartments and…
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Schindler to Provide 207 Units in Indonesia Building on its relationship with PT Trans Property and PT Trans Retail Indonesia, PT Berca Schindler Lifts has been selected to provide 207 elevators, escalators and moving walks to the Transpark mixed-use developments in Indonesia under four separate contracts. Consisting of four projects — Transpark Cibubur, Transpark Bekasi,…
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