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Major KONE Order with UltraRope for Sydney Office Tower
KONE has been awarded a contract that includes 31 elevators and three escalators for developer Mirvac's 60,000-m2, 232-m-tall 55 Pitt Street in Sydney, KONE Australia Customer Solutions Engineer-Major Projects Arjun...
KONE Taps Kirby as Contract Manager, Cross River Rail
KONE has tapped Liam Kirby as contract manager for Cross River Rail, an AUD5.4 billion (US$4 billion) project of the Queensland, Australia, government to build a new, 10.2-km rail line...
Woolloongabba Two-Tower Project Promoted
Developer Sarazin is proposing construction of a twin, 20-story tower in Woolloongabba, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane Development reports. The proposal, known as “Nuage,” is being designed by Hayes...
Australia’s LML Lift Consultants Grows Administration Team
Richie Lobert, director of Australia’s LML Lift Consultants and Vertical Ambition training facility, recently announced LML has added Jo Marsh to its National Administration team. Marsh will provide assistance to...
Four Seasons To Occupy Australia’s Future Tallest Tower
A Four Seasons hotel plans to occupy the top floors of a 273-m-tall tower that will be joined by a 365-m-tall tower — Australia's future tallest — forming the AUD2.7-billion...
Sydney Gets Longest Escalators In Southern Hemisphere
The longest escalators in the Southern Hemisphere will help thousands of riders as they head to connect with a metro line in Sydney, Australia, Brisbane Times reports. Construction workers have...
Greenland Completes Sydney’s Tallest Residential Tower
Construction of the mixed-use Greenland Centre in Sydney’s CBD has wrapped up, The Urban Developer reported on November 3. The AUD400-million (US$295-million), 236-m-tall skyscraper, the tallest residential tower in Sydney, was developed...
Two-Tower Project Planned on Brisbane’s West End
A developer is planning a two-tower, 470-unit residential project and riverside public space on a 1.1-ha tract in Brisbane, Australia’s West End, The Urban Developer reported in December 2020. The...
Planned and nearly complete work on several high rises in and around the harbor city
Greenland Centre Sydney Tops Out at 68 Stories A September ceremony marked the topping out of Greenland Centre Sydney (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2017), a 68-story mixed-use skyscraper overlooking the city’s...
Tall building news from Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne
Sydney Building Failures Prompt New Regulations on Developers In the wake of high-profile failures at two multistory residential buildings in Sydney, regulators in New South Wales (NSW) have been granted...
