Elevator World

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Read today's transcript at elevatorworld.com/news

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Today's Podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com

KONE is the latest OEM to win significant work providing the 28.5-km-long Wuxi Metro Line 3 in China with vertical-transportation equipment. Following a previous order to supply Wuxi Metro Line 2, this order consists of 99 TransitMasterTM and 140 heavy-duty escalators. Designed to meet the special requirements of Chinese metro projects, the escalators have a maximum transport capacity of 7,300 people per hour. Trial operations are expected to start in mid 2020. The main developer is Wuxi Metro Group Co. Ltd., and the architect is Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd.

Developer Living in Interiors wants to build Nile Tower, a 70-story structure in Cairo designed by the late Zaha Hadid that would be the tallest in Africa and, ideally, signify the resurgence of Egypt as a great place to invest, Forbes reports. Despite a weakening Egyptian pound driving up the cost of construction, the developer is breaking ground because it believes "the construction sector is crucial to driving growth in the domestic economy and is key to the government's plan for successful reforms." Part of a larger plan to transform the area between downtown Cairo and the Nile into an upscale area, the structure would twist from a narrow base to a rectangular skyscraper that contains apartments on the top 36 floors, a hotel on the middle 18 floors and amenities and entertainment options below.

Excavation is in "full swing" for Tishman Speyer's The Spiral designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in the Hudson Yards district, New York YIMBY reports. Expected to be complete by 2022, the 64-story supertall at 509 West 34th Street has a design that "ensures that every floor opens to the outdoors, creating hanging gardens and cascading atria that connect the open floorplates from the ground floor to the summit into a single uninterrupted workspace," BIG head architect Bjarke Ingels said. When it tops out at 1,031 ft., The Spiral will become the area's fifth supertall. Pfizer has signed a lease for 800,000 sq. ft. over 18 floors.

Advisories in English and Hindi on proper use of escalators are to be posted near escalators at India’s Northern Railways Chandigarh Station in the wake of an accident on August 27 in which a two-year-old girl, who was barefoot, "severely injured" her foot on one of the units, The Times of India reports. An investigation found there was no fault in the Platform 1 escalator and that a properly installed skirt safety was in place. The child's mother said she was carrying luggage in one hand and holding the child in another when the toddler fell with such force that her foot became trapped between the sidewall and the steps. Northern Railways is also considering posting attendants at busy embarkation and debarkation points to assist passengers who are illiterate.

Frechen, Germany-based DigiPara AG will be presenting "From R&D to BIM," covering building information modeling (BIM) in elevator construction, at E2 Forum Frankfurt, a new "Innovation Forum for Elevator and Escalator Technology” taking place on September 18-19 at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. DigiPara CEO Andreas Fleischmann will explain how to reach optimal R&D BIM workflow in the elevator industry, including typical BIM processes and how engineering to order will be in the future, using the company’s DigiPara Liftdesigner software. The 2018 version of the product can draw automation through enterprise-resource-planning systems, and load and reuse computer-aided-design (CAD) models from common CAD programs and export it as 3D BIM models. Other aspects of the presentation include how to load any 3D content into an elevator BIM model within Liftdesigner and how to work with different levels of development.

Read more at elevatorworld.com/news

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Today's Podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com

KONE is the latest OEM to win significant work providing the 28.5-km-long Wuxi Metro Line 3 in China with vertical-transportation equipment. Following a previous order to supply Wuxi Metro Line 2, this order consists of 99 TransitMasterTM and 140 heavy-duty escalators. Designed to meet the special requirements of Chinese metro projects, the escalators have a maximum transport capacity of 7,300 people per hour. Trial operations are expected to start in mid 2020. The main developer is Wuxi Metro Group Co. Ltd., and the architect is Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd.

Developer Living in Interiors wants to build Nile Tower, a 70-story structure in Cairo designed by the late Zaha Hadid that would be the tallest in Africa and, ideally, signify the resurgence of Egypt as a great place to invest, Forbes reports. Despite a weakening Egyptian pound driving up the cost of construction, the developer is breaking ground because it believes "the construction sector is crucial to driving growth in the domestic economy and is key to the government's plan for successful reforms." Part of a larger plan to transform the area between downtown Cairo and the Nile into an upscale area, the structure would twist from a narrow base to a rectangular skyscraper that contains apartments on the top 36 floors, a hotel on the middle 18 floors and amenities and entertainment options below.

Excavation is in "full swing" for Tishman Speyer's The Spiral designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in the Hudson Yards district, New York YIMBY reports. Expected to be complete by 2022, the 64-story supertall at 509 West 34th Street has a design that "ensures that every floor opens to the outdoors, creating hanging gardens and cascading atria that connect the open floorplates from the ground floor to the summit into a single uninterrupted workspace," BIG head architect Bjarke Ingels said. When it tops out at 1,031 ft., The Spiral will become the area's fifth supertall. Pfizer has signed a lease for 800,000 sq. ft. over 18 floors.

Advisories in English and Hindi on proper use of escalators are to be posted near escalators at India’s Northern Railways Chandigarh Station in the wake of an accident on August 27 in which a two-year-old girl, who was barefoot, "severely injured" her foot on one of the units, The Times of India reports. An investigation found there was no fault in the Platform 1 escalator and that a properly installed skirt safety was in place. The child's mother said she was carrying luggage in one hand and holding the child in another when the toddler fell with such force that her foot became trapped between the sidewall and the steps. Northern Railways is also considering posting attendants at busy embarkation and debarkation points to assist passengers who are illiterate.

Frechen, Germany-based DigiPara AG will be presenting "From R&D to BIM," covering building information modeling (BIM) in elevator construction, at E2 Forum Frankfurt, a new "Innovation Forum for Elevator and Escalator Technology” taking place on September 18-19 at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. DigiPara CEO Andreas Fleischmann will explain how to reach optimal R&D BIM workflow in the elevator industry, including typical BIM processes and how engineering to order will be in the future, using the company’s DigiPara Liftdesigner software. The 2018 version of the product can draw automation through enterprise-resource-planning systems, and load and reuse computer-aided-design (CAD) models from common CAD programs and export it as 3D BIM models. Other aspects of the presentation include how to load any 3D content into an elevator BIM model within Liftdesigner and how to work with different levels of development.

Read more at elevatorworld.com/news

Image: Living In Interiors | Forbes

Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play

Today's Podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com

KONE is the latest OEM to win significant work providing the 28.5-km-long Wuxi Metro Line 3 in China with vertical-transportation equipment. Following a previous order to supply Wuxi Metro Line 2, this order consists of 99 TransitMasterTM and 140 heavy-duty escalators. Designed to meet the special requirements of Chinese metro projects, the escalators have a maximum transport capacity of 7,300 people per hour. Trial operations are expected to start in mid 2020. The main developer is Wuxi Metro Group Co. Ltd., and the architect is Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd.

Developer Living in Interiors wants to build Nile Tower, a 70-story structure in Cairo designed by the late Zaha Hadid that would be the tallest in Africa and, ideally, signify the resurgence of Egypt as a great place to invest, Forbes reports. Despite a weakening Egyptian pound driving up the cost of construction, the developer is breaking ground because it believes "the construction sector is crucial to driving growth in the domestic economy and is key to the government's plan for successful reforms." Part of a larger plan to transform the area between downtown Cairo and the Nile into an upscale area, the structure would twist from a narrow base to a rectangular skyscraper that contains apartments on the top 36 floors, a hotel on the middle 18 floors and amenities and entertainment options below.

Excavation is in "full swing" for Tishman Speyer's The Spiral designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in the Hudson Yards district, New York YIMBY reports. Expected to be complete by 2022, the 64-story supertall at 509 West 34th Street has a design that "ensures that every floor opens to the outdoors, creating hanging gardens and cascading atria that connect the open floorplates from the ground floor to the summit into a single uninterrupted workspace," BIG head architect Bjarke Ingels said. When it tops out at 1,031 ft., The Spiral will become the area's fifth supertall. Pfizer has signed a lease for 800,000 sq. ft. over 18 floors.

Advisories in English and Hindi on proper use of escalators are to be posted near escalators at India’s Northern Railways Chandigarh Station in the wake of an accident on August 27 in which a two-year-old girl, who was barefoot, "severely injured" her foot on one of the units, The Times of India reports. An investigation found there was no fault in the Platform 1 escalator and that a properly installed skirt safety was in place. The child's mother said she was carrying luggage in one hand and holding the child in another when the toddler fell with such force that her foot became trapped between the sidewall and the steps. Northern Railways is also considering posting attendants at busy embarkation and debarkation points to assist passengers who are illiterate.

Frechen, Germany-based DigiPara AG will be presenting "From R&D to BIM," covering building information modeling (BIM) in elevator construction, at E2 Forum Frankfurt, a new "Innovation Forum for Elevator and Escalator Technology” taking place on September 18-19 at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. DigiPara CEO Andreas Fleischmann will explain how to reach optimal R&D BIM workflow in the elevator industry, including typical BIM processes and how engineering to order will be in the future, using the company’s DigiPara Liftdesigner software. The 2018 version of the product can draw automation through enterprise-resource-planning systems, and load and reuse computer-aided-design (CAD) models from common CAD programs and export it as 3D BIM models. Other aspects of the presentation include how to load any 3D content into an elevator BIM model within Liftdesigner and how to work with different levels of development.

Read more at elevatorworld.com/news

Image: Living In Interiors | Forbes

Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play

CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSING AT DUBAI SUPERTALL SITE

Pilings and the foundation for one of two supertall mixed-use towers making up Uptown Dubai by Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) have been laid and construction is progressing apace, ConstructionWeekOnline.Com reports. Consisting of 459- and 340-m-tall towers, the development is next to Jumeirah Lake Towers. The 340-m-tall tower, under construction now, will include hotel rooms in partnership with Accor Hotels, restaurants, offices and 237 residences. Completion is anticipated in 2021. With pilings and concrete in place for both the tower and two-level central plaza, DMCC Chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem stated the company is "laser focused on delivering Uptown Dubai. . . on time and within budget."

LUXURY TOWER OPENS IN MIAMI'S BRICKELL NEIGHBORHOOD

Solitair, a 50-story, 438-unit luxury apartment tower in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, is open and ready for move-in, Curbed Miami reports. The tower, developed by ZOM Living and designed by international architectural firm Stantec, features an angular, basket-weave façade inspired by the trunk of a Medjool date palm tree. Amenities include 6,200 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail space and a parking garage with 463 spaces. It also has one of the highest resort-style swimming pools in Miami, on the 50th-floor deck. Other resident amenities include a billiards room, lounge, business center and fitness complex with an outdoor yoga area.

GROUNDBREAKING PLANNED FOR FORT MYERS CONDOMINIUM

A developer plans to break ground by year's end on a two-building, 22-story condominium project in Fort Myers, Florida, The Real Deal reports. Prima Luce, a 220-unit development in the city's downtown, will offer views of the Caloosahatchee River, and will provide residents with a heated swimming pool, a yoga studio, a fitness center, a social room and virtual concierge services. The US$120-million project is being led by MacFarlane Barney Development, which said that about 50 of the units are already under contract.

ESCALATOR COLLAPSE FATAL IN OMAN

An escalator collapsed at an under-construction mall in Muscat, Oman, killing an expatriate worker and injuring three other people, the Times of Oman reports. The Royal Oman Police said the incident happened in the Mabella area, the worker who died was Asian, and the three others suffered “varying levels of injury.” This follows an incident in July in which a Omani and an expatriate were inured when an elevator fell at an office building in Ibri.

LIFT & ESCALATOR SYMPOSIUM, RELATED EVENTS

The Lift & Escalator Symposium Educational Trust has announced there will be a free University of Northampton public lecture on “The Space Elevator Concept and Dynamics” on September 18 at 5:30 pm. Preceding the 9th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies on September 19-20, it will feature symposium keynote speaker Dr. Bryan Laubscher of the International Space Elevator Consortium. Both events will be held at the Highgate House in Creaton, Northampton U.K. Those registering for the symposium before September 7 can avoid a GBP40 (US$51.83) late fee. The trust also announced the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Lifts Group Annual Seminar for November 13 at CIBSE headquarters in London. Details are to be announced soon at cibse.org.

Photo courtesy miami.curbed.com via Stantec:

https://miami.curbed.com/2018/8/24/17773970/solitair-brickell-apartments-completed

CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSING AT DUBAI SUPERTALL SITE

Pilings and the foundation for one of two supertall mixed-use towers making up Uptown Dubai by Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) have been laid and construction is progressing apace, ConstructionWeekOnline.Com reports. Consisting of 459- and 340-m-tall towers, the development is next to Jumeirah Lake Towers. The 340-m-tall tower, under construction now, will include hotel rooms in partnership with Accor Hotels, restaurants, offices and 237 residences. Completion is anticipated in 2021. With pilings and concrete in place for both the tower and two-level central plaza, DMCC Chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem stated the company is "laser focused on delivering Uptown Dubai. . . on time and within budget."

LUXURY TOWER OPENS IN MIAMI'S BRICKELL NEIGHBORHOOD

Solitair, a 50-story, 438-unit luxury apartment tower in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, is open and ready for move-in, Curbed Miami reports. The tower, developed by ZOM Living and designed by international architectural firm Stantec, features an angular, basket-weave façade inspired by the trunk of a Medjool date palm tree. Amenities include 6,200 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail space and a parking garage with 463 spaces. It also has one of the highest resort-style swimming pools in Miami, on the 50th-floor deck. Other resident amenities include a billiards room, lounge, business center and fitness complex with an outdoor yoga area.

GROUNDBREAKING PLANNED FOR FORT MYERS CONDOMINIUM

A developer plans to break ground by year's end on a two-building, 22-story condominium project in Fort Myers, Florida, The Real Deal reports. Prima Luce, a 220-unit development in the city's downtown, will offer views of the Caloosahatchee River, and will provide residents with a heated swimming pool, a yoga studio, a fitness center, a social room and virtual concierge services. The US$120-million project is being led by MacFarlane Barney Development, which said that about 50 of the units are already under contract.

ESCALATOR COLLAPSE FATAL IN OMAN

An escalator collapsed at an under-construction mall in Muscat, Oman, killing an expatriate worker and injuring three other people, the Times of Oman reports. The Royal Oman Police said the incident happened in the Mabella area, the worker who died was Asian, and the three others suffered “varying levels of injury.” This follows an incident in July in which a Omani and an expatriate were inured when an elevator fell at an office building in Ibri.

LIFT & ESCALATOR SYMPOSIUM, RELATED EVENTS

The Lift & Escalator Symposium Educational Trust has announced there will be a free University of Northampton public lecture on “The Space Elevator Concept and Dynamics” on September 18 at 5:30 pm. Preceding the 9th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies on September 19-20, it will feature symposium keynote speaker Dr. Bryan Laubscher of the International Space Elevator Consortium. Both events will be held at the Highgate House in Creaton, Northampton U.K. Those registering for the symposium before September 7 can avoid a GBP40 (US$51.83) late fee. The trust also announced the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Lifts Group Annual Seminar for November 13 at CIBSE headquarters in London. Details are to be announced soon at cibse.org.

Photo courtesy miami.curbed.com via Stantec:

https://miami.curbed.com/2018/8/24/17773970/solitair-brickell-apartments-completed

CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSING AT DUBAI SUPERTALL SITE

Pilings and the foundation for one of two supertall mixed-use towers making up Uptown Dubai by Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) have been laid and construction is progressing apace, ConstructionWeekOnline.Com reports. Consisting of 459- and 340-m-tall towers, the development is next to Jumeirah Lake Towers. The 340-m-tall tower, under construction now, will include hotel rooms in partnership with Accor Hotels, restaurants, offices and 237 residences. Completion is anticipated in 2021. With pilings and concrete in place for both the tower and two-level central plaza, DMCC Chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem stated the company is "laser focused on delivering Uptown Dubai. . . on time and within budget."

LUXURY TOWER OPENS IN MIAMI'S BRICKELL NEIGHBORHOOD

Solitair, a 50-story, 438-unit luxury apartment tower in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, is open and ready for move-in, Curbed Miami reports. The tower, developed by ZOM Living and designed by international architectural firm Stantec, features an angular, basket-weave façade inspired by the trunk of a Medjool date palm tree. Amenities include 6,200 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail space and a parking garage with 463 spaces. It also has one of the highest resort-style swimming pools in Miami, on the 50th-floor deck. Other resident amenities include a billiards room, lounge, business center and fitness complex with an outdoor yoga area.

GROUNDBREAKING PLANNED FOR FORT MYERS CONDOMINIUM

A developer plans to break ground by year's end on a two-building, 22-story condominium project in Fort Myers, Florida, The Real Deal reports. Prima Luce, a 220-unit development in the city's downtown, will offer views of the Caloosahatchee River, and will provide residents with a heated swimming pool, a yoga studio, a fitness center, a social room and virtual concierge services. The US$120-million project is being led by MacFarlane Barney Development, which said that about 50 of the units are already under contract.

ESCALATOR COLLAPSE FATAL IN OMAN

An escalator collapsed at an under-construction mall in Muscat, Oman, killing an expatriate worker and injuring three other people, the Times of Oman reports. The Royal Oman Police said the incident happened in the Mabella area, the worker who died was Asian, and the three others suffered “varying levels of injury.” This follows an incident in July in which a Omani and an expatriate were inured when an elevator fell at an office building in Ibri.

LIFT & ESCALATOR SYMPOSIUM, RELATED EVENTS

The Lift & Escalator Symposium Educational Trust has announced there will be a free University of Northampton public lecture on “The Space Elevator Concept and Dynamics” on September 18 at 5:30 pm. Preceding the 9th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies on September 19-20, it will feature symposium keynote speaker Dr. Bryan Laubscher of the International Space Elevator Consortium. Both events will be held at the Highgate House in Creaton, Northampton U.K. Those registering for the symposium before September 7 can avoid a GBP40 (US$51.83) late fee. The trust also announced the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Lifts Group Annual Seminar for November 13 at CIBSE headquarters in London. Details are to be announced soon at cibse.org.

Photo courtesy miami.curbed.com via Stantec:

https://miami.curbed.com/2018/8/24/17773970/solitair-brickell-apartments-completed

Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com

50 HUDSON YARDS INCHES INTO SUPERTALL TERRITORY IN NYC

Starting to take shape next to 15, 30, 35 and 55 Hudson Yards in New York City’s (NYC) massive Hudson Yards development, 50 Hudson Yards has grown from 984 to 1,011 ft. tall, bringing it further into supertall territory, New York YIMBY reports. The source notes the approximately 60-story Norman Foster + Partners-designed tower is the last in Hudson Yards' first phase to take shape and the largest by floor area, containing 2.9 million sq. ft. of office space. Related Cos., Oxford Properties and Mitsui Fudosan announced a US$3.8-billion deal to finance its construction in fall 2017. BlackRock investment-management firm has signed a lease for 850,000 sq. ft. across the 15 lower floors. Completion is anticipated in early 2019.

 

LIBERTY ELEVATOR EXPERTS ACQUIRES D.C. COMPANY

Liberty Elevator Experts, based in Newark, Delaware, has acquired Technical Elevator Inspections of Washington, D.C. Technical Elevator Inspections performs compliance inspections throughout the District of Columbia and Maryland. Its consulting division handles design and engineering throughout the U.S. Liberty President Chris Dodds stated: "Technical Elevator Inspections’ proven consulting services have been used on landmark buildings across the country. We are proud to have their consulting and inspection team join us at Liberty."

 

BOY GETS HEAD STUCK ON SHOPPING-MALL ESCALATOR IN CHINA

Surveillance video captured an 11-year-old boy getting his head stuck between an escalator handrail and the wall at a mall in Chenzhou, China, Shanghaiist reported on August 24. The boy ran down the escalator and peered over the side when the incident happened. A mall employee pressed the emergency-stop button, and he was freed after only about 20 s. with minor neck bruising. 

 

PLAN TO BUILD CHINA’S TALLEST TOWER SCALED DOWN BY 20%

An expansion of Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, China, approximately 25 km from Greenland Wuhan Center, has prompted the government to reduce the tower’s height from 636 m to 500 m to ensure aviation safety, Mingtiandi reports. In the works for more than a decade and set to contain hotels, apartments, shopping centers and offices, Greenland Wuhan Center was to become China’s tallest building. It will now be the country’s fifth tallest, well below the 632-m-tall Shanghai Tower and Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, the tower is heading toward completion, with more than 1,000 office and residential units up to the 85th floor approved for presale.

 

ELLIES AWARDS VOTING DEADLINE IS FRIDAY

Voting is open through August 31 for the first annual Ellies awards program. Each user (per Internet Protocol address) may vote for one company per category every 24 hr. on the 200-plus nominations. Winners in each of the six categories will be announced in the December 2018 issue of EW and receive an official Ellies statuette, and a custom "Winner" logo to use for print and on websites/emails. As thanks for their efforts, voters can sign up to receive a free four-month digital subscription to ELEVATOR WORLD (by clicking on “Claim your subscription!”).

Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play

Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com

50 HUDSON YARDS INCHES INTO SUPERTALL TERRITORY IN NYC

Starting to take shape next to 15, 30, 35 and 55 Hudson Yards in New York City’s (NYC) massive Hudson Yards development, 50 Hudson Yards has grown from 984 to 1,011 ft. tall, bringing it further into supertall territory, New York YIMBY reports. The source notes the approximately 60-story Norman Foster + Partners-designed tower is the last in Hudson Yards' first phase to take shape and the largest by floor area, containing 2.9 million sq. ft. of office space. Related Cos., Oxford Properties and Mitsui Fudosan announced a US$3.8-billion deal to finance its construction in fall 2017. BlackRock investment-management firm has signed a lease for 850,000 sq. ft. across the 15 lower floors. Completion is anticipated in early 2019.

 

LIBERTY ELEVATOR EXPERTS ACQUIRES D.C. COMPANY

Liberty Elevator Experts, based in Newark, Delaware, has acquired Technical Elevator Inspections of Washington, D.C. Technical Elevator Inspections performs compliance inspections throughout the District of Columbia and Maryland. Its consulting division handles design and engineering throughout the U.S. Liberty President Chris Dodds stated: "Technical Elevator Inspections’ proven consulting services have been used on landmark buildings across the country. We are proud to have their consulting and inspection team join us at Liberty."

 

BOY GETS HEAD STUCK ON SHOPPING-MALL ESCALATOR IN CHINA

Surveillance video captured an 11-year-old boy getting his head stuck between an escalator handrail and the wall at a mall in Chenzhou, China, Shanghaiist reported on August 24. The boy ran down the escalator and peered over the side when the incident happened. A mall employee pressed the emergency-stop button, and he was freed after only about 20 s. with minor neck bruising. 

 

PLAN TO BUILD CHINA’S TALLEST TOWER SCALED DOWN BY 20%

An expansion of Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, China, approximately 25 km from Greenland Wuhan Center, has prompted the government to reduce the tower’s height from 636 m to 500 m to ensure aviation safety, Mingtiandi reports. In the works for more than a decade and set to contain hotels, apartments, shopping centers and offices, Greenland Wuhan Center was to become China’s tallest building. It will now be the country’s fifth tallest, well below the 632-m-tall Shanghai Tower and Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, the tower is heading toward completion, with more than 1,000 office and residential units up to the 85th floor approved for presale.

 

ELLIES AWARDS VOTING DEADLINE IS FRIDAY

Voting is open through August 31 for the first annual Ellies awards program. Each user (per Internet Protocol address) may vote for one company per category every 24 hr. on the 200-plus nominations. Winners in each of the six categories will be announced in the December 2018 issue of EW and receive an official Ellies statuette, and a custom "Winner" logo to use for print and on websites/emails. As thanks for their efforts, voters can sign up to receive a free four-month digital subscription to ELEVATOR WORLD (by clicking on “Claim your subscription!”).

Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play