International News
Hyundai Elevator Tapped for Riyadh Medical Complex
Hyundai Elevator has secured a US$30-million deal from the Saudi Arabian government to outfit Security Forces Medical City, under development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with an unspecified number of units,...
Acquisitions, partnerships, milestones and job orders from around the world
Orona Acquires Norwegian Manufacturer Spanish elevator manufacturer Orona acquired Scan Heis AS in January. The 26-year-old Bergen, Norway-based company manufactures elevators and components, and modernizes, repairs and runs a security...
Melbourne, Sydney see tower plans, topping out.
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...
Europe’s Slimmest Residential Tower on Tap in Rotterdam
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,...
Mediterra Invests in Turkey’s Arkel
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...
Manchester, London are sites of future tall buildings.
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...
Final Two Skyscrapers for Moscow City
Renaissance Development aims to complete Neva Towers, the final two skyscrapers in Moscow’s International Business Center (Moscow City), by 2019, ArchDaily reported. Designed by a team consisting of HOK and...
Equipment, towers for Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax
Otis Canada Awarded Ottawa LRT Contract Otis Canada has been tapped by Ottawa Light Rail Transit (LRT) Constructors to provide 54 and modernize two elevators for the O-Train Confederation Line,...
Religion, residential are focuses of upcoming towers.
70-Story Religious Structure Rising in India The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is building the 70-story Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir in Vrindavan, India, which, upon completion, will become one of the...
Surfers Paradise, Melbourne receive towers full of residential space.
“Unique, Attractive” Addition for Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise on Australia’s Gold Coast is set to get an 89-story, 304-m-tall addition described by the Gold Coast city architect as “unique and...
