Custom Cabs, Inc. designed a private residential elevator in San Diego. Glass and stainless steel were used in every aspect of the design, including the floor. The owner of a new penthouse in downtown San Diego turned to Custom Cabs Inc. to make its residential elevator a showcase for guests to marvel at, rather than…
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator provided the guide-rail-system equipment for this unique mountainside installation in Bilbao, Spain. Bilbao in north Spain is the provincial capital of Vizcaya. With 354,860 inhabitants, it is among the most populated cities in the Basque Country Autonomous Community. As a port city on the coast of Cantabria, it was an important commercial center…
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ThyssenKrupp Elevadores of Brazil recently launched the iwalk, an innovative moving walk, in São Paulo Metro. The São Paulo Metro is the stage where the iwalk, an innovative moving walk, was recently launched by ThyssenKrupp Elevadores of Brazil. This new means of transportation was conceived and built in Spain as a solution to facilitate the…
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New York City’s Sperone Westwater Gallery, designed by Norman Foster, recently moved into its new eight-story Bowery location and has a surprise in store for visitors. One of the building’s key features is a 12 x 20-foot Otis Elevator Co. hydraulic freight elevator that has been designed to act as a moving art gallery. Visible…
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The March issue of the NAESA International Progress newsÂletter included an article by Jim Runyan, NAESA ÂInternational’s Âeducational director, in which he stressed the importance of using inspection checklists. Runyan cited a few examples of why these are important and how they can help ensure the implementation of thorough Âelevator inspections. Runyan also suggested, “If…
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by Nicholas J. Montesano On November 16, 2010, approximately 20 major consulting organizations were represented at a jobsite seminar conducted by Virginia Controls Inc. The seminar began with a field introduction by Marty Heinike, director of Operations, of the company’s VF3000 control system installed during a modernization by Richmond Elevator Co. The presentation consisted of…
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Photos courtesy of Eklund’s The MGM Grand in Las Vegas opened in 1993 and has been among the largest hotel complexes in the U.S. In 2010, Eklund’s of the Dallas area and Otis Elevator Co. joined efforts to complete the elevator modernization with minimal disruption to the hotel guests. The project required maximum allowable elevator…
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by Matt Thompson Portland Tower, also known as St. Andrew’s House, is one of the most prominent high-rise commercial buildings in Manchester, U.K.’s City Centre and provides commercial Âoffice space to various institutions. The tower, finished in 1962, was one of the first high-rise buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s across the country in…
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by Cristian Bourceanu The five-star Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest, a landmark of Romania’s capital city, sits in University Square, the middle of Bucharest. Built between 1968 and 1970, following the design of Romanian architects Dinu Hariton, Gheorghe N˘a.drag and I. Moscu, and at 90 meters high, it is considered one of the tallest civil buildings…
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