Updated Remote-Access Software KEB America has a new version, 8.0, of its COMBIVIS Connect software. Independently certified by ProtectEM, a security-auditing organization for the industrial and process automation industry, the product is a remote-access software solution for programmable logic controllers and human-machine interfaces. Using the software to connect to a remote or distributed installation allows…
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Demand for advanced technology and installation practices is rising as the size of cruise ships and ferries continues to grow and more services and attractions are added to them. Italy-based Schindler Marine’s solution is its Personal Occupant Requirement Terminal system, which it has been actively marketing to the passenger shipping sector. Passenger Ship Technology states…
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Hyundai Elevator has released details of its contract for Security Forces Medical City (SFMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The US$30-million deal from the Saudi Arabian government is to outfit it with 284 elevators and 24 escalators. This includes seven geared elevators with capacities of at least 2000 kg, 10 gearless elevators and 78 machine-room-less elevators.…
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The buildings-and-factories business of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction has won what The Economic Times calls “a key design-and-build order” valued at more than INR29 billion (US$448 million) to redevelop Mumbai’s century-old Bombay Development Division chawls at Worli for the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority. L&T stated it is the largest residential contract it…
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Otis China Wins Major Airport Order Otis Elevator (China) Co. has been selected to supply 279 escalators and moving walks to what will be the world’s largest satellite airport terminal being built at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the main international airport for Shanghai. Once complete in 2019, it will increase the airport’s annual handling capacity…
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The Technical Academy of Heilbronn (TAH), based in Heilbronn, Germany, brought together nearly 350 industry professionals for the 34th Heilbronn Elevator Days conference on March 7-8. The event drew technical experts mainly from German-speaking countries, including Austria and Switzerland. The majority of the participants were from TÜV-affiliated inspection companies or public-safety institutions. While similar to…
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The Israeli Finance Ministry’s district committee has approved plans for the 400-m-tall, 100-story “Tower Between Cities,” which, when completed, will surpass Moshe Aviv Tower as Israel’s tallest skyscraper, jns.org reports. Miloslavsky architects began planning the supertall building in 2014. In approving the plan, the committee also accepted a recommendation from Tel Aviv’s city engineer, Oded…
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Design of Leadenhall Neighbor Gets Taller Architect WilkinsonEyre has tweaked the design of Prussian Blue (ELEVATOR WORLD, July 2015), an office tower proposed adjacent to the Leadenhall Building in London, to retain its stepped-box form but increase its height by 35 m to 220 m, The Architects’ Journal reported. Originally set to have 41,806 m2…
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Meriton hopes to break ground in June on a 90-story residential tower on the site of the 1960s-era International Beach Resort in Surfers Paradise, Australia, brisbanedevelopment.com reported. Designed by SJB Architects, the structure will contain approximately 570 apartments and boast a three-tiered configuration with colored glass panels. At 290-310 m tall, the building will be…
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The Encore Tower, a 43-story condominium building near Edmonton, Canada’s Ice District (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2016), is under construction and expected to be complete in fall 2019, reflecting what developer David Sanche of Westrich Pacific Corp. says is a strong local economy, the Edmonton Sun reported. Westrich began construction of Encore on the heels of…
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