Part of the approximately US$25,000 the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation raised at the 68th Annual Convention & 2017 Exposition of the National Association of Elevator Contractors (p. 54) came from its 50/50 raffle. Glenn Duncan, general manager of Parts Specialists Inc. and proud Elevator Riders Riding Club (ERRC) member, donned his leather and cap to…
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Software headlines innovative offerings. Home Elevator Remote-Monitoring Feature A new home elevator remote-monitoring feature from Cambridge Elevating Inc. allows the elevator contractor to view the status of clients’ elevators and receive updates and email notifications of system events in real time. The feature comes standard on all new home elevators with the BES-3 electrical system.…
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KONE recently launched a pair of remote-monitoring solutions, Residential Flow and KONE CareTM 24/7 connected service. Residential Flow uses mobile and cloud technologies to connect building doors, elevators, information channels and intercom systems for homeowners and tenants via a smartphone application. It is commercially available in Finland, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and U.K. Head…
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Country’s Second Tallest Planned in London Plans for a 236-m-tall, 68-story mixed-use skyscraper in London’s Croydon borough have been approved by local authorities, Culture Trip reported. The design, by CZWG Architects, is striking, with a façade punctuated by twisting bronze ribbons the firm says were inspired by Henri Matisse’s famous abstract relief sculptures. The structure…
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Melbourne Gives Conditional Support for High Rise During an October meeting, the City of Melbourne’s Future Melbourne (Planning Committee) gave its support for a 48-story residential tower at 56-62 Clarendon Street, Urban.Melbourne reports. If built, the 161-m-tall structure will hold 208 apartments and 128 serviced apartments atop a six-story podium. The podium will house a…
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thyssenkrupp Test Tower, MULTI Cabin The viewing platform at thyssenkrupp’s now fully operational elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2014, December 2014, August 2016 and September 2017), opened in October amid much fanfare. At a height of 232 m, the platform affords guests 360Ëš views over the Black Forest and Swabian Alps…
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Marks Named Otis President; First Woman to Head UTC Subsidiary Judy Marks has been named president of Otis, making her the first woman to lead a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (UTC). Marks joins UTC from Siemens, where she served as CEO of Siemens USA and its subsidiary, Dresser-Rand, which serves the oil and gas…
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Turkish developer Okan Group plans to build a 73-story, 966-ft.-tall mixed-use tower in downtown Miami called The Sterling, Miami Today reported. Set to contain a 300-room hotel, approximately 360 residences, commercial, retail and office space, The Sterling was recommended for approval by the Urban Development Review Board in October. Its design, inspired by the shape…
Read More A 20-acre skyscraper campus being planned in downtown Dallas includes an office building that, at 73 stories, would be the tallest in the city, The Dallas Morning News reported. KDC, the developer behind the US$3-billion Legacy West development in nearby Plano (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2017), is partnering with landowner Hoque Global on this latest project,…
Read More The Sinclair Apartments, a 390-unit, 35-story-tall luxury building incorporating a full-service grocery store at ground level, has opened at the northeast corner of Division and LaSalle streets in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood, Fifield Realty Corp. announced. Amenities are significant, including a deck with a pool, spa, cabanas, outdoor grilling area, gardens and dog run —…
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