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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
MISSISSAUGA CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT FORGING AHEAD
The Daniels Corp.'s Wesley Tower at Daniels City Center, featuring 19- and 43-story condominium towers near the Mississauga Civic Centre in Mississauga, Canada, has made significant progress, with large portions of its underground parking levels completed, UrbanToronto.ca reports. The source observes this stage of construction typically takes considerably longer than podium and tower levels. Rafael + Bigauskas Architects designed the project, which will include a five-story podium with retail and amenities like a clubhouse on the podium rooftop, gym, children's play area and co-working space. Located at 260 City Centre Drive, the development will soon be home to hundreds of new residents.
JAPANESE RAILWAY HOLDS ESCALATOR SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Through August, East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is holding an escalator safety campaign based on never-before-released data about escalator accidents, The Japan Times reports. JR East employees' efforts thus far have included handing out leaflets at Tokyo Station reminding passengers to hold handrails. The railway said it logged 180 escalator accidents in fiscal 2017. Prior to that, some accidents were fatal, including in 2008 when an intoxicated man fell from a unit in Tokyo and in 2009 when a woman choked to death as a result of her scarf getting caught in the machinery at a station in Ibaraki Prefecture. Most incidents were due to slips and falls or unsafe passenger behavior.
COMPANY IN NEW DELHI FINED FOR FAILING TO FIX ELEVATOR
An elevator company was fined the equivalent of US$363 for failing to fix an elevator in a residential building in New Delhi, India, The Hindu reports. New Delhi authorities said a man with a medical condition that made traversing stairs difficult requested the repairs. A company employee visited his residence "on the pretext of servicing" the lift, but then never reappeared. The company has been ordered to pay the compensation within 30 days for the "mental harassment and agony" it caused the man, who was forced to climb stairs to the third floor.
BOY INJURES FOOT WHEN SHOE BECOMES CAUGHT IN ESCALATOR
A nine-year-old Pennsylvania boy was hospitalized with injuries to his foot as a result of his rubber shoe becoming stuck in an escalator in a Chicago mall on July 21, Pittsburgh Action News 4 reports. Bystanders called 911 as his parents tended to his injuries. He was taken via ambulance to a hospital where he was treated for a fractured big toe and cuts. Expected to fully recover, the boy advised escalator passengers to “stick to the middle” of the steps to avoid getting their feet caught in the edge.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN RESIDENTIAL TOWER TOPS OUT
The Summit, a 42-story, 556-ft.-tall residential tower at 222 East 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, has topped out, and new renderings by Binyan Studios of the Handel Architects-designed structure have been released, New York YIMBY reports. The new renderings show the Chrysler Building in the background, and the BLDG development is only five blocks from Grand Central Station. The Summit will contain 429 apartments, including 109 that are “affordable,” and 7,160-sq.-ft. of ground-level retail. There will also be 231 onsite parking spaces and amenities including a fitness center, indoor swimming pool and shared outdoor terrace.
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http://www.wtae.com/article/boy-injured-after-foot-is-caught-in-mall-escalator/22523610
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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
MISSISSAUGA CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT FORGING AHEAD
The Daniels Corp.'s Wesley Tower at Daniels City Center, featuring 19- and 43-story condominium towers near the Mississauga Civic Centre in Mississauga, Canada, has made significant progress, with large portions of its underground parking levels completed, UrbanToronto.ca reports. The source observes this stage of construction typically takes considerably longer than podium and tower levels. Rafael + Bigauskas Architects designed the project, which will include a five-story podium with retail and amenities like a clubhouse on the podium rooftop, gym, children's play area and co-working space. Located at 260 City Centre Drive, the development will soon be home to hundreds of new residents.
JAPANESE RAILWAY HOLDS ESCALATOR SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Through August, East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is holding an escalator safety campaign based on never-before-released data about escalator accidents, The Japan Times reports. JR East employees' efforts thus far have included handing out leaflets at Tokyo Station reminding passengers to hold handrails. The railway said it logged 180 escalator accidents in fiscal 2017. Prior to that, some accidents were fatal, including in 2008 when an intoxicated man fell from a unit in Tokyo and in 2009 when a woman choked to death as a result of her scarf getting caught in the machinery at a station in Ibaraki Prefecture. Most incidents were due to slips and falls or unsafe passenger behavior.
COMPANY IN NEW DELHI FINED FOR FAILING TO FIX ELEVATOR
An elevator company was fined the equivalent of US$363 for failing to fix an elevator in a residential building in New Delhi, India, The Hindu reports. New Delhi authorities said a man with a medical condition that made traversing stairs difficult requested the repairs. A company employee visited his residence "on the pretext of servicing" the lift, but then never reappeared. The company has been ordered to pay the compensation within 30 days for the "mental harassment and agony" it caused the man, who was forced to climb stairs to the third floor.
BOY INJURES FOOT WHEN SHOE BECOMES CAUGHT IN ESCALATOR
A nine-year-old Pennsylvania boy was hospitalized with injuries to his foot as a result of his rubber shoe becoming stuck in an escalator in a Chicago mall on July 21, Pittsburgh Action News 4 reports. Bystanders called 911 as his parents tended to his injuries. He was taken via ambulance to a hospital where he was treated for a fractured big toe and cuts. Expected to fully recover, the boy advised escalator passengers to “stick to the middle” of the steps to avoid getting their feet caught in the edge.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN RESIDENTIAL TOWER TOPS OUT
The Summit, a 42-story, 556-ft.-tall residential tower at 222 East 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, has topped out, and new renderings by Binyan Studios of the Handel Architects-designed structure have been released, New York YIMBY reports. The new renderings show the Chrysler Building in the background, and the BLDG development is only five blocks from Grand Central Station. The Summit will contain 429 apartments, including 109 that are “affordable,” and 7,160-sq.-ft. of ground-level retail. There will also be 231 onsite parking spaces and amenities including a fitness center, indoor swimming pool and shared outdoor terrace.
Image courtesy wtae.com:
http://www.wtae.com/article/boy-injured-after-foot-is-caught-in-mall-escalator/22523610
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