[…] of a high-rise residential building in Tampa have won approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Florida YIMBY reported in late December. Altura Bayshore, a 22-story condominium tower at 2910 West Barcelona Street in Bayshore Gardens, Tampa, is planned to rise 271 ft. Designed by Curts Gaines Hall Jones Architects and developed by Tampa-based The Ronto Group, the tower has been ruled from the […]
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[…] with operations in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. The transaction is structured as an all-cash voluntary tender offer with an intention to delist Zardoya Otis from the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges. Since Otis is already the majority holder of Zardoya Otis and has operational control, there should be no significant change to […]
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[…] Designed by Albert Kahn, the building’s unusual configuration results in a horseshoe-shaped elevator lobby with views of the Detroit River all around; photo by Nelson “Arena de Barcelona Panoramic Elevator”; The Arena de Barcelona bullring was inaugurated in 1900 as the second of three bullfighting rings built in Barcelona. In 1999, the heritage structure […]
>> Read More […] entrapment raised its head again recently, and I had to revisit papers that I had written back in the 1990s (including for the 1996 ELEVCON conference in Barcelona). I had to revisit how the standards had changed over the years and, the reality is, nothing has changed with respect to step-to-skirt gaps with the […]
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[…] France: the elevator was patented in 1879, and by 1881 there were “thirty in Paris, seven in Nice, and several in Monte Carlo, Cannes, Lyon, Luchon, Angers, Barcelona, etc.” Interestingly, he did not discuss an actual installation. His description and the accompanying illustrations addressed the machine in a general manner (Figure 5). His discussion […]
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[…] Tower in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). 2005: Implementation in Málaga 2006: Implementation in Granada and Cádiz 2007: FCC awards FAIN the contract for the Fira towers in Barcelona, with high-speed lifts at 4 m/s, the fastest in Catalonia. Implementation in Gibraltar Record of 1,850 new construction elevators reached 2009: Implementation in Seville and Huelva […]
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[…] recognized and historic structures in the world; photo by Dias12 for Pixabay. photos by Andreas Simopoulos About Maspero Elevatori Part of a UNESCO World Heritage site in Barcelona, Sagrada Família is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica designed by architect Antoni Gaudí; photo by Patrice Audet for Pixabay. Founded in the early 1960s, Maspero Elevatori is wholly […]
>> Read More […] good practices (design, installation, inspection, maintenance and modernization) are followed and performed by specialists combining the knowledge and experience needed to deal with an 80-year-old elevator in Barcelona’s city center or the newest technology installed in the Burj Khalifa. Nevertheless, accidents do happen in this industry. Though it is difcult to get a reliable […]
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[…] mobile phone. The main contractor on the project was Canary Islands construction company Satocan, and architectural services were provided by TDA Arquitectura y Urbanism 2002 SLP of Barcelona. The flexibility and short delivery times of thyssenkrupp Norte and the experience and knowledge of the project and stair assembly team of thyssenkrupp Elevadores made this […]
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Inspired by nature, Gaudí designed a one-of-a-kind elevator for a one-of-a-kind house. Nestled on a street known as Apple of Discord in Barcelona, Spain, Casa Batlló is a house borne of romance and imagination. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí, a Catalan architect active in the early 1900s who arguably shares more with the […]
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