The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between Sydney’s Central Business District (CBD) and the North Shore.[1] This bridge is among Australia’s best-known and most-photographed landmarks. It is the world’s largest (but not longest) steel arch bridge, with the top of…
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Your author highlights several significant projects in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Abu Dhabi and Dubai are bustling, with projects announced, ongoing and handed over. One of the handed-over projects is the high-profile Saraya, a residential-and-commercial waterfront development on a prime location facing the Abu Dhabi Corniche, adjacent to the Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel & Resort.…
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Seventh edition and first under Messe Frankfurt umbrella stays true to established format, brings added excitement. They say change is the only constant in life. It is only when we look back after the passage of time that it becomes obvious. The seventh edition of the International Elevator & Escalator (IEE) Expo 2018 at Mumbai’s…
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This Readers Platform celebrates the 125th anniversary of the escalator. submitted by thyssenkrupp Elevator Imagine a world where the dream of being transported upward via a moving staircase was simply that — a dream. Urban mobility would look significantly different today, and be far more complicated, had it not been for a man who, while…
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This photo by Mikko Luntiala of the escalators at the Sörnäinen metro station in Helsinki shows the aesthetics of the everyday. The station serves the central Helsinki districts of Sörnäinen and Kallio. It opened on September 1, 1984, and was designed by Jouko Kontio and Seppo Kilpiä. The 25-m-deep station is 3 m below sea…
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New technology, customization feature across several industry segments. Custom Lifting Clamps Advance Welding Service, Inc., which serves Greater Chicago, offers its Omega Rail Lifting Clamps to replace non-rated wooden clamps and metal wrenches. Advance’s rated and patented clamps are intended for lifting, landing, loosening and tightening cylinder/piston assemblies. Features include: Increased working area in hoistway…
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Otis CEO Interviewed In an interview with Judy Marks, named CEO of Otis in October 2017 (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2017), The Hindu gave insight into her desire to instill startup culture in the company with “connected” technology that will predict user needs. She said Otis is seeing demand pick up worldwide, especially in India. There,…
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KONE has won an order to outfit the mixed-use Al Mana Tower in Doha, Qatar, with vertical-transportation (VT) equipment that includes 11 MiniSpace® and six MonoSpace® elevators and four TravelMasterTM 110 escalators. The order also includes destination-control and E-Link monitoring systems. Standing 56 stories, Al Mana Tower will contain 168 residences and 117 commercial offices…
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Despite opposition, a plan for new headquarters for broadcaster ITV London that consists of a multistory headquarters building of up to 14 stories and a 31-story residential tower has been greenlit by lawmakers in London’s Lambeth district, Building Design reported. The plan includes 214 homes, 44,434 m2 of office space and 216 m2 of retail.…
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UltraRope, JumpLift Technology in Nordic Region’s Tallest KONE UltraRope® and JumpLiftTM technology will be implemented at Karlatornet in Gothenburg, Sweden. At 245 m tall, the residential/hotel development designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) will be the tallest in the Nordic region. KONE is supplying five MiniSpaceTM elevators equipped with UltraRope, which reduces energy consumption…
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