For David Smarte, recipient of the William C. Sturgeon Distinguished Service Award 2016, education and safety go hand in hand. When he was growing up in Ocean City, Maryland, David Smarte, like many young boys, dreamed of becoming a firefighter. But, unlike the majority, he achieved that dream and then some: he built a solid…
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KONE provides fast, energy-efficient elevator system for New Zealand’s iconic Sky Tower. Standing 328 m tall in Auckland, New Zealand, Sky Tower is the tallest manmade structure in the Southern Hemisphere and one of New Zealand’s top tourist attractions. Its observation decks and restaurants provide visitors with stunning views of the greater Auckland area and…
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thyssenkrupp joins forces with Make Architects to create Harrods escalator system with Art Deco and Edwardian flourishes. Photos courtesy of Make Architects Harrods, Europe’s largest and arguably most upscale department store, has stood out as a beacon of quality and tradition since it opened in 1834 in Knightsbridge, London. Every detail in every corner of…
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ArchDaily has published photos of Vincent Callebaut Architectures’ under-construction Tao Zhu Yin Yuan sustainable tower. Rising in the Xinjin District of Taipei, the tower features a rotating form that draws inspiration from the double-helix structure of DNA and, the source stated, “is to be covered in 23,000 trees in its aim to become a pioneering sustainable…
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2N’s products utilize gateway and IP technology to fit local passenger communication needs. Internet Protocol is becoming ever more present in our daily lives and all industries around the world. 2N TELEKOMUNIKACE, based in the Czech Republic and part of AXIS Communication Co., states that as it operates in more than 125 countries around the…
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Upgrades for escalators and elevators, both commercial and residential New Step Upgrade, Lowering System Adams Elevator Equipment Co. has introduced its Uni-Step™ and automatic emergency lowering system. The Uni-Step features what Adams calls a “SureGuide™ step guidance system with strong, self-lubricating ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene guides on both sides of the step that run along the skirt…
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Linked 70-Story Towers for Melbourne’s CBD SP Setia hopes to build a pair of 70-story, 254-m-tall towers linked by a curving skybridge at 308 Exhibition Street in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Urban Melbourne reported. Designed by Cox Architecture and Fender Katsalidis, one tower would house a 500-plus-room hotel and the other more…
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Dutch firm Powerhouse Co., in partnership with RED Co., Being Development and Martens Construction, aims to start construction this year on the 150-m-tall, 47-story Baan Tower in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, dezeen reported. Overlooking the Erasmus Bridge, it promises to be the slimmest residential tower in Europe. There will be 145 apartments within its 21,000 sq.…
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Mediterra Capital, a private equity investor of leading companies in Turkey’s elevator-technology sector, has bought a majority stake in Arkel. Arkel has been developing elevator safety, comfort, electronic-control and motor-driver products with its own R&D company, supported by R&D projects TTGV and TUBITAK, in the country since 1998. Arkel’s founders and current partner Melih Küçükçalık…
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Tallest Buildings in U.K. Outside London Rising Owen Street, consisting of four buildings ranging from 37 to 64 stories, is being developed by Renaker Build in Manchester, skyscrapernews.com reported. Upon completion, they will be the tallest buildings in the U.K. outside London. Foundations for two of the towers, including the shortest, were taking shape in…
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