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More Towers on the Way
Other tall buildings proposed/underway in big cities around the nation. Redevelopment of L.A. Times Complex Plans for redevelopment of the L.A. Times headquarters in downtown Los Angeles includes building multiple...
High rises proposed at the Loop, riverfront, Greektown.
Dueling Plans for Replacing Chicago’s Thompson Center There are dueling plans in Chicago to replace the state-owned, Helmut Jahn-designed James R. Thompson Center at the Loop, one of which involves...
ECS, TEI make important personnel moves.
ECS Hires Two Key Managers ECS Corp., headquartered in Broadview, Illinois, has hired Tony DiLegge as Operations manager and Cathy Hayat as Marketing manager. DiLegge joins ECS with experience including...
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...
Two high rises each are intended for Perth, Brisbane.
Trade Center Would Include Perth’s Tallest Skyscraper Private developers backed by the Australian government plan to build a World Trade Center that includes towers of 75 and 36 stories in...
Eiffel Elevators Part of US$320-Million Overhaul
A US$320-million, 15-year overhaul of the Eiffel Tower in Paris will include its elevator system, part of which includes original 1880s components, ArchDaily reported. Otis elevators were used on the...
Safety, vandalism addressed in China, India.
Weifang Rolls Out Its First Vertical-Transportation Safety Law Weifang, China, has enacted its first elevator/escalator safety law as units, and accidents, multiply, China Radio International reported. The number of units...
Finnish OEM lands orders in Bahrain, Helsinki.
145 Units to New BIA Terminal KONE has been selected to supply 145 units to the new passenger terminal being built at Bahrain International Airport (BIA), TradeArabia reported. The order...
Big projects, contracts particularly in London
Otis to Provide 67 Units for Bishopsgate Skyscraper Otis has been hired to provide 67 units for Twentytwo, a 59-story, 255-m-tall office building developed by Lipton Rogers and designed by PLP...
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,...
