Singapore

Planned 63-Story Tower Set to Become Singapore’s Tallest

A 63-story, 305-m-tall mixed-use tower that is part of the redevelopment of former AXA Tower site at 8 Shenton Way in Singapore is set to become the country’s tallest building,...

Otis 231-Escalator Refurbishment First for SMRT in 35 Years

Otis announced on August 2 completion of a project to refurbish 231 escalators across 42 stations on the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) North-South and East-West (NSEW) railway lines, the...

Schindler and TÜV SÜD in Singapore Sign MoU

Schindler and TÜV SÜD PSB Ptd. Ltd. in Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on TÜV SÜD's elevator predictive maintenance solution, TÜV SÜD Lift Manager, as well...

New Moving Walk Eases Commute at Singapore MRT Station

A new moving walk linking the Green and Purple Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines at the Outram Park MRT station in central Singapore debuted on May 29, MS News reports....

TKE Launches Max In Singapore

TK Elevator (TKE) has launched MAX, its cloud-based, Internet of Things, predictive-maintenance platform for elevators, escalators and moving walks, in Singapore, TKE announced on May 24. Smart Maintenance will be...

KONE Singapore Recognized for Sustainability Leadership

KONE Singapore was one of three companies to recently receive a Business Leadership in Sustainability — Innovation award from the Singapore Green Building Council — Business & Construction Authority (SGBC-BCA),...

Otis Wins Award for Coast Mass Transit Line in Singapore

Otis has received the “Safety Excellence Award” from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore, which praised the company’s safety management processes and best practices at stages 1 to 3 of Thomson-East...

Singapore Towers to Be World’s Tallest Modular Buildings

A two-tower residential project planned for a site on the western edge of Singapore’s urban core will be notable as the world’s tallest modular-constructed buildings, Architectural Digest reported in July....

Updates on work from Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur

Hitachi Wins 300-Elevator Order for Singapore’s HDB Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. has won a long-term contract to supply, deliver and install 300 elevators for the Housing & Development Board...

Towers planned throughout the region; VT industry framework tweaked in Singapore.

Design Unveiled for Guangzhou Supertall Architecture firm Goettsch Partners has unveiled the design for a mixed-use project in Guangzhou, China, that will have a supertall tower as its centerpiece, ArchDaily...

Harrods London; image courtesy of Harrods

Britain’s First Curved Escalators Coming to Luxury Retailer

HYPRLIFT ANNOUNCES FIRST U.S. PATENT AWARD

Hyprlift Announces First U.S. Patent Award

VDA ACQUIRES FLORIDA- BASED SUNCOAST ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS

VDA Acquires Florida-Based Suncoast Elevator Inspections

The Kross; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Elevator System for New Ho Chi Minh City Tower

Skyhills Astra; image via ME Construction News

HRE Development Unveils Dubai’s Tower B at SkyHills Astra