Schindler to Ramp Up Manufacturing, R&D in Pune Schindler India plans to invest approximately US$26.5 million to expand its vertical-transportation (VT) manufacturing facilities and improve R&D in the Chakan Industrial Area of Pune, part of a larger, nearly US$80-million outlay over six years. By 2019, Schindler India plans to have an annual capacity of 17,500…
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Global contractor Multiplex has completed construction on an AUD170-million (US$114.21-million) residential high rise in Melbourne, The Urban Developer reported in August. Dubbed “Light House,” the 70-storey tower at 442 Elizabeth Street is 95% presold. Designed by architect Elenberg Fraser, the 607-unit building features nearly 7,000 purple-tinted, angular aluminum panels that change color depending on the…
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thyssenkrupp Wins Toronto Airport Maintenance Contract thyssenkrupp has been awarded a five-year contract to maintain more than 350 elevators and escalators and two accelerated moving walks at Toronto Pearson International Airport. In announcing the deal, thyssenkrupp described how the pair of Express Walkway high-speed moving walks installed at the airport in 2009 led to the…
Read More Malaysia’s Department of Occupational Health and Safety (DOSH) planned to have a task force in place by September focused on safe use of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment, Malay Mail Online reported. There were 51 accidents involving elevators and 33 involving escalators between 2012 and 2016, according to DOSH, with nearly all escalator mishaps due to children…
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London Crossrail Escalator Installation Past Halfway Point More than half the escalators at stations on London’s new Crossrail railway line, which will become Elizabeth Line in December 2018, have been installed, marking a milestone for the project, various news outlets, including Rail Technology Magazine, reported. At the Canary Wharf station, 17 escalators had been installed…
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San Francisco’s construction boom has resulted in so much work for elevator technicians that there are not enough to handle an estimated US$71 million in elevator and escalator repairs needed by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni), the San Francisco Examiner reported. Muni approved the funds in August as part of a multibillion-dollar, 20-year…
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125 Greenwich Appears Ready to Move Forward After several changes, including the departure of a member of the development team, a finalized design for a residential tower at 125 Greenwich Street in downtown Manhattan, New York, has been chosen, New York YIMBY reports. The Rafael Viñoly Architects-designed building was originally envisioned as a nearly 1,400-ft.-tall…
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“Lighthearted” Mixed-Use Tower Tops Out in Downtown Miami Avant at Met Square, a 43-story tower containing approximately 390 apartments, an 18-screen movie theater, a gallery showcasing local history, restaurants and stores, structurally topped out in August in downtown Miami, SkyRise Cities reported. The design, described by architect Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolf & Associates (NBWW) as…
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A development in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Tysons Corner, Virginia, would include several high-rise buildings, including a 48-story tower that, at 615 ft., would rise higher than the region’s current tallest structure, the Washington Monument, insidenova.com reports. The View at Tysons, a proposal by Clemente Development Co. Inc., would bring residential, office, retail and…
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Texas Developers Hope to Build Austin’s Tallest At 850 ft., a Gensler-designed, mixed-use tower planned by San Antonio developer Lynd Development Partners and Dallas-based Lincoln Property Group at West Sixth and Guadalupe streets in downtown Austin, Texas, would be the city’s tallest structure, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The current vision is for 62 stories, but…
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