New elevators and escalators, communications components, and more Otis Launches Advanced Service Solutions, High-Rise Gen2 MRL and Escalator Otis launched two service-related products in May. First is its Otis ONE™ Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled intelligent service platform. The “connected elevator solution” is designed to personalize the service experience through real-time, transparent information sharing, proactive communication…
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KONE to Equip Dubai Hills Mall With 156 Units KONE has been selected to outfit Dubai Hills Mall with 88 escalators, two inclined moving walks and 66 elevators. Being developed by Emaar Development PJSC and Meraas, the mall includes more than 650 retail outlets, a 6,000-m2 supermarket, an 18-screen cinema and outdoor concert areas. Pierre…
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A real-estate subsidiary of GAESA, the military consortium in Cuba, could break ground in September on a 154-m-tall, 42-story hotel in Havana that would be Cuba’s tallest hotel, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported, citing a report from AméricaTeVé. With construction expected to take approximately four years, the 565-room structure is part…
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214 Escalators Planned for India’s CR DNA India reported in April that India’s Central Railways’ (CR) suburban section will soon have fully functional escalators at every station, in accordance with a budget proposed in February. CR has already begun installing the 214 escalators. Thirty-four were already in operation, with 40 more planned to be operational…
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If built, a 108-story, 405-m-tall mixed-use tower in the Moscow International Business Center, also known as Moscow City, would be Moscow’s tallest, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported, citing information from a Moscow 24 TV report. The developer who revealed the project described it as “huge,” containing offices, residences and an observation…
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Mexican development company Abilia plans to resume work on Reforma 432, an office building set to have 57 floors, the same as the city’s current tallest building, Torre Reforma (ELEVATOR WORLD, February 2017), Mexico News Daily reported. Originally in the hands of another developer and called Sky Tower, the Foster + Partners-designed project has experienced…
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KONE Inaugurates Training Center KONE inaugurated KONE Academy in Petaling Jaya in March, describing it as the latest KONE training center to open exclusively for the Malaysian market. KONE CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth and Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific Axel Berkling were joined by Malaysia’s Deputy Director General of Occupational Safety Haji Omar bin Mat…
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Amenities Featured in Planned Stockholm Tower Architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has designed its first building in Sweden, a 90-m-tall residential structure in Stockholm that World Architecture News said in May “will simmer with life and public activities.” The development, known as Gasklockan, will replace a 1930s industrial structure of the same height. The…
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Alimak Hoists at London Residential High-Rise Project Six Alimak Hek construction hoists are at work on two of the three South Quay Plaza buildings, a 200-m-tall residential development just south of Canary Wharf in London on the Isle of Dogs. Designed by Foster + Partners, South Quay Plaza is being developed by The Berkeley Group,…
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Turkey Positioned as Export Hub With Plant Opening thyssenkrupp has opened its first escalator production plant in Turkey, located in the Dilovasi Organized Industrial Zone in the northern Marmara province of Kocaeli, Daily Saba reported. Accompanied by a training campus, the EUR200-million (US$237-million) facility will produce 1,200 escalators annually, positioning Turkey as an escalator export…
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