Otis has signed a contract with The KaDeWe Group to maintain approximately 180 installations at KaDeWe in Berlin, Oberpollinger in Munich and Alsterhaus in Hamburg, all department stores owned by KaDeWe in Germany. Units to be maintained are 44 elevators, 124 escalators and one platform lift. Jans Wein, construction manager at KaDeWe, stated: “Otis has…
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Construction is underway on The Warsaw Hub, two 130-m-tall and one 85-m-tall towers atop a base, described by developer Ghelamco as a high-tech business center in the heart of the Polish capital, akin to its previous project, Warsaw Spire (ELEVATOR WORLD, March 2016). For the first time in Poland, Microsoft’s HoloLens technology (EW, November 2016)…
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Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv, Israel, have record-breaking towers in the works, including a 111-floor, 444-m-tall office building in Ramat Gan near the Diamond Exchange that will be the tallest in Israel, Globes reported, crediting Yediot Ahronot. Designed by Israeli architect Avner Yashar, the Ramat Gan plan includes a 77-floor high rise, with the buildings…
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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…
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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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