SOM-Designed Tower for London Tall-Building Hotspot Investor London & Oriental wants to build a 56-story office tower designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) in London’s bustling eastern skyscraper cluster, close to iconic buildings such as the Leadenhall Building (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2013) and 30 St. Mary Axe (the Gherkin) (EW, February 2016), The Architects’…
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Home lift system, controller, software offer improved options for end users. DigiPara Software Updates DigiPara of Frechen, Germany, offers the Elevatorarchitect and Find programs. Elevatorarchitect supports Autodesk® Revit® users in finding the correct size and number of required elevators and escalators, according to their location. It can guide them toward reaching an optimal 3D Revit…
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thyssenkrupp Installs Modern Technology Above Ancient Aqueduct thyssenkrupp recently completed a challenging installation in Rome: 16 escalators and 10 elevators at the Rinascente department store, where the company worked “day and night” for approximately a year above the delicate remains of the Vergine Aqueduct, inaugurated by Augustus in 19 B.C. Parts of the aqueduct, which…
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Mitsubishi Electric Building New Training Center in Japan Mitsubishi Electric is significantly ramping up training for installation technicians by building a new, 2,182-m2 training center at its main factory in Inazawa, Japan. The company is investing approximately US$8.67 million in the facility, which will have 11 shafts and eight elevators for hands-on training, as well…
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Mortensen/Clark has hired Otis to provide nearly 70 units to the Chase Center in San Francisco, new home of the National Basketball Association’s Golden State Warriors for the 2019-2020 season. The order includes 28 Gen2®, five custom hydraulic and geared and four HydroFitTM elevators; 19 energy-efficient NCE escalators; nine wheelchair lifts and one dumbwaiter. Otis…
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Evolving Plans at Hudson Yards Plans for two Hudson Yards buildings have evolved, with both getting larger and one tripling its floor count, sources reported. 3 Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD, July 2016) has been redesigned to “better align with today’s office tenants” with more square footage, allowing for bigger floorplates, the New York Post reported.…
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thyssenkrupp’s Sustainability Efforts Praised thyssenkrupp Elevator was presented with the Top Products for 2018 award by BuildingGreen, Inc., at BuildingGreen’s “Top 10 Products for LEED v4 and Beyond” session in Boston on November 9, 2017. The award annually recognizes the “most exciting new innovations and biggest breakthroughs in health and environment performance across all major…
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The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission is administering a US$8.5-million upgrade of 19 elevators at the Verne Riffe State Office Tower in the state capital of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Business First reported. The 32-story tower at 77 South High Street is nearly 30 years old, and its elevator equipment is original. Work will include new finishes,…
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Planners Approve 41-Story Tower The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved the Lake on Wilshire project, a 41-story mixed-use housing tower complex. The project, proposed by Archeon Group and developer Walter Jayasinghe for the city’s Westlake neighborhood, would offer 478 market-rate apartments and a 70,000-sq.-ft., 850-seat performing arts center dedicated to Sri Lankan culture.…
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thyssenkrupp hosted the winter meeting of the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee in Coral Springs, Florida, in early November 2017. In Larry Leadingham’s absence, Austin Bacack was host. Corey Ward of KONE was reelected chairman. The meeting was joined by Mike Langer of the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) in an…
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