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  • Elevators and Escalators for 25-Plus Mumbai Stations
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-13-2017/
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    TOWERS ON 5POINTZ SITE SHAPING “UP” IN LIC
    A pair of 48- and 41-story mixed-use towers on the site of former graffiti hotspot 5Pointz in Long Island City (LIC) have reached the 15th floor and foundation level, respectively, New York YIMBY reports. Located in the Court Square area at 22-44 Jackson Avenue, the towers will house 1,115 rental apartments, 39,765 sq. ft. of retail and a parking garage. The taller, north tower will stand 498 ft. and the south tower 440 ft. G&M Realty is the developer, and HTO Architects is the designer of the project, slated for completion in 2018.
    ELEVATORS/ESCALATORS FOR 25-PLUS MUMBAI STATIONS
    At least 25 railway stations in the Mumbai area are slated to receive elevators and escalators as part of the 2017-2018 Railway Budget, The Hindu reports. Stations to get them include Mumbai Central, Bandra Terminus, Borivali, Dadar, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Kalyan. The improvements are expected to be extended to 500 stations across India as Indian Railways focuses on adding 3,500 km of railway, enhancing passenger safety/cleanliness and improving accounting practices.
    39-STORY VICTORIA POLICE CENTRE IN MELBOURNE
    The Victorian government has approved plans to build a 39-story building in Melbourne, Australia, that will house 2,500 police personnel, The Urban Developer reports. The Woods Bagot-designed structure will be built next to an existing police complex in the 300 block of Spencer Street and include a public foyer with an area to exhibit police memorabilia. It is being developed by Australia Post and Cbus Property in partnership with the government, and is set to dovetail with the expiration of the Victoria Police's lease at the World Trade Centre in 2020.
    NAEC SPRING EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN
    Registration is open for the National Association of Elevator Contractors’ (NAEC) Spring Educational Conference, planned on March 26-29 at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. Visit website to book your room and register.
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    5 min
  • Canadian Tower to Rival Absolute Towers in Originality
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-10-2017/
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    CANADIAN TOWER TO RIVAL ABSOLUTE TOWERS IN ORIGINALITY
    Mississauga, Canada, is set to get a 60-story tower that will be the city's tallest and cut a striking figure on the skyline, World Architecture News reports. Designed by CORE Architects, M City will incorporate seven twisting floorplates, giving it a unique appearance rivaling that of the Absolute Towers. It will be the first of 10 towers in a 15-acre masterplanned community. Urban Capital Property Group was selected as the developer by owner Real Estate Development Ltd. The property is set to contain approximately 780 residences and amenities, including a podium-rooftop terrace that transforms into a skating rink in the winter.
    TEI ADDS EXECUTIVE FOR MODERNIZATION & CONSTRUCTION
    TEI Group has announced the addition of Kevin Lynch as senior vice president for Modernization & Construction. Lynch will have overall responsibility for the performance of the aforementioned department, including both its engineering and field operations components. His industry experience includes what TEI says "encompasses a complete range of industry positions, from hands-on work in new construction and modernization to executive-level management" at Serge Elevator; Fujitec; and, most recently, City Elevator as vice president. He has also been made an equity partner of TEI
    2018 IEE EXPO ANNOUNCED
    The next International Elevator & Escalator (IEE) Expo is to be held on February 28-March 2, 2018, at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. For more information or to reserve a booth, contact organizer Messe Frankfurt.
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    4 min
  • KONE Lands Order to Outfit Dallas Mixed-Use Project
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-9-2017/
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    KONE LANDS ORDER TO OUTFIT DALLAS MIXED-USE PROJECT
    KONE has won a contract to supply Park District, a mixed-use development in downtown Dallas that KONE Americas Executive Vice President Larry Wash describes as a "unique landmark," with 18 elevators. Located at 2101 Pearl Street, Park District will span 916,000 sq. ft. and have a 19-story office tower and 32-story residential tower, along with retail and parking. Overlooking Klyde Warren Park, the project is being developed by Trammell Crow Co. and Metlife Inc. and was designed by HKS Architects. The elevator system will include 10 MiniSpaceTM, six MonoSpace® and two EcoSpace® elevators. Nine units will be equipped with KONE Destination, which implements a destination operating panel, rather than traditional up-and-down buttons.
    MANCHESTER PLAN MOVES AHEAD DESPITE OPPOSITION
    Developers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have submitted plans for the mixed-use St. Michael's 31- and 21-story towers designed by Make in Manchester, U.K., close to the town hall, The Architects' Newspaper reports. Preservationists are alarmed about the proposed demolition of several historic buildings, including an 1800s pub. Still, the developers, former soccer players, are confident about their plan, which has been in the works for a decade, and hope to be onsite by the summer. If built, St. Michael's will have a hotel with approximately 200 rooms, nearly 160 apartments and office space.
    TODDLER DIES IN LITTLE ROCK HOME ELEVATOR ACCIDENT
    A two-year-old boy died on February 1 as a result of becoming trapped under an elevator at a home in the Heights neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas, various news outlets, including Arkansas Matters, report. Police and the fire department were called to the home at approximately noon and found the child unresponsive. Authorities are investigating, describing it as a tragic accident.
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    4 min
  • It's A Tall World
    Read the Editor's Overview for February 2017 at http://www.elevatorworld.com/magazine/editors-overview/its-a-tall-world/
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    7 min
  • Elevators, Escalators Part of Ravens Stadium Upgrade
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-8-2017/
    Elevator World is the leading publisher for the International Building Transportation Industry. Our magazines cover the latest news, events, new technologies, market trends and education. Sign up for a print subscription or read the issue on any tablet, PC or mobile device.
    Purchase a one-year subscription or any single issue on the Elevator World apps available at no extra charge from the Apple or Amazon App stores.
    Purchase "ASME A 17.1 2016" on our online bookstore:
    http://www.elevatorbooks.com/Products/A17.12016/a171csa-b44--2016-safety-code-for-elevators-and-escalators.aspx
    MIXED-USE STANTEC TOWER RISING IN EDMONTON
    The 66-story Stantec Tower, which will be home to engineering firm Stantec and other corporate entities, as well as approximately 480 condominiums, is rising in Edmonton, Canada's ICE District, SkyRise Cities reports. The first 28 floors will have offices, with the remainder housing condos. Designed by Stantec, the building will be connected to neighboring towers, boast an approximately 500-space parking area and be energy efficient. It will be the tallest structure in Edmonton. Offices are scheduled for delivery in 2018, with the residential portion set to open in fall 2019.
    ELLIPSE-SHAPED RESIDENTIAL TOWER FOR CHICAGO’S GREEKTOWN
    One South Halsted, an ellipse-shaped, 44-story tower being developed by Fifield Cos. and F&F Realty, promises to be the tallest building west of the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago, Curbed Chicago reports. Rising 500 ft., the building is set to contain close to 500 apartments, ground-level retail and a 375-stall parking garage. Located in the heart of Greektown, the tower's design features a boxy podium and metal and glass façade conceived by FitzGerald Associates Architects. Construction permits were obtained in late January.
    ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS PART OF RAVENS STADIUM UPGRADE
    Elevators and escalators to the upper deck of M&T Bank Stadium, home of the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore will be part of a US$120-million upgrade already underway, WBAL Channel 11 reports. The project encompasses a new sound system, ultra-high-definition video displays and improved kitchen facilities. Vertical-transportation equipment will be installed in the second and third phases of the three-year project.
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    4 min
  • Vancouver's TransLink Fast Tracks Escalator Overhaul
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-7-2017/
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    VANCOUVER’S TRANSLINK FAST TRACKS ESCALATOR OVERHAUL
    The TransLink public-transportation system in Vancouver, Canada, is moving forward with a plan to replace approximately 35 aging escalators over four years, starting in 2018, The Now reports. Covering SkyTrain and West Coast Express stations, the project was announced in 2016 and originally projected to take six years. Although TransLink reports escalator availability of 94% on the Expo line, most of the units are 30 years old. TransLink cautioned the accelerated project will mean multiple escalators being taken out of service at the same time.
    ANOTHER OFFICE TOWER FOR CHICAGO RIVERFRONT?
    Howard Hughes Co. of Dallas and Chicago's Riverside Investment and Development hope to build a Goettsch Partners-designed 800-ft.-tall office tower with 1.3 million sq. ft. of rentable space on the site of the low-rise General Growth Building at 110 Wacker Drive overlooking the Chicago River, Curbed Chicago reports. It would be the tallest purely office building built in the city since 1990 and join a growing number of high rises taking shape on the downtown riverfront. Like 150 N. Riverside, the project would include plenty of landscaped public space. If an anchor tenant is landed, construction is estimated to take approximately three years.
    TEI PROMOTES RIVERA TO SUPERINTENDENT
    TEI Group has announced the promotion of Edward Rivera, Jr. to the position of general superintendent — Modernization and Construction. Rivera has held many positions, progressive in responsibility, with TEI for more than 10 years. In his last position as foreman of Modernization and Construction, he was responsible for the oversight of many significant projects, including 5 Penn Plaza and premier office space located at 650 Madison Avenue, both in New York City.
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    4 min
  • Colorado Elevator Company Looks to Add Franchises
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-6-2017/
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    STRIKING MONTREAL SKYSCRAPER CLOSE TO COMPLETE
    L'Avenue, a 50-story, mixed-use building designed by IBI Group and developed by Broccolini, is poised to open this year in a formerly neglected part of downtown Montreal across from the Bell Centre sports venue, SkyRise Cities reports. The structure has a stepped design that tapers at the top, reminiscent of classical Manhattan architecture, and has already won an INOVA award from Quebec Urban Design Institute. The US$38-million project will house more than 300 condominiums with views of the St. Lawrence River or Mount Royal, four floors of offices and a supermarket. It is cloaked in a black and blue curtain wall.
    ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN JOBSITE ELEVATOR MISHAP IN INDIA
    A 35-year-old female construction worker was killed, and another was injured as a result of being crushed by an elevator on a jobsite in Hyderabad, India, on January 30, Telangana Today reports. The injured woman was transported to a hospital and reported to be in stable condition. Police are investigating the incident, which involved the women becoming caught under a construction elevator. The fatality was attributed to severe head injuries.
    COLORADO ELEVATOR COMPANY LOOKS TO ADD FRANCHISES
    PEAK ElevatorTM, headquartered in Arvada, Colorado, has announced franchise opportunities in 35 U.S. states, with the remainder of the U.S. to follow later this year. The estimated initial investment is US$118,000-US$283,000 for a new franchise and US$100,500-US$274,250 for a conversion franchise. To find out which markets are available, visit website.
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    4 min
  • Residential Stratosphere Nears Completion in London
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-3-2017/
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    RESIDENTIAL STRATOSPHERE NEARS COMPLETION IN LONDON
    London's Stratford area continues its transformation into a bustling neighborhood with the arrival of the 38- and 12-story residential towers forming Stratosphere, which are close to completion, SkyRise Cities reports. Telford Homes is the developer and Allies and Morrison is the designer of the structures, which will offer luxurious interiors, ample amenities and views that include the city, Canary Wharf and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. There will be more than 300 apartments, and move-in is expected later this year.
    GOETTSCH DESIGN FOR COFCO HEADQUARTERS IN SHENZHEN
    Chicago's Goettsch Partners won a competition to design headquarters for China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp. (COFCO), a pair of 200- and 180-m-tall towers expected to start taking shape in Shenzhen, China, this summer, SkyRise Cities reports. With a pinstripe design that gives way to translucent markers near their tops, the nearly identical towers will span 129,000 m2 and boast large atriums, sky terraces, natural ventilation, solar shading and paths linking to neighboring green space. Completion is anticipated in 2019.
    AUSTRALIAN PLAN WITH 103-STORY TOWER CLOSER TO REALITY
    Orion Towers, set to include what would be the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere at 103 stories, moved a big step closer to reality earlier this year when developer Orion International Group closed on a 5,724-m2 piece of property spanning Enderley and Markwell avenues and Surfers Paradise Boulevard in Gold Coast, Australia, The Urban Developer reports. The mixed-use project, which also features a 76-story tower, was in the hands of the Gold Coast City Council in February. Woods Bagot designed the structures, set to house approximately 1,130 residences, including a penthouse on the 100th floor.
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    4 min
  • Avire Light Curtains for Tube's First Inclined Lift
    Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/february-2-2017/
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    AVIRE LIGHT CURTAINS FOR TUBE’S FIRST INCLINED LIFT
    The first inclined lift in the London Tube has been outfitted with Memco Panachrome light curtains from Avire. The company also supplied LED dot-matrix displays that provide passengers at Greenford Station information about the current position of the lift, which replaced an escalator. Four more inclined lifts are planned at the Farringdon and Liverpool Street stations as part of the Crossrail project. London Underground engineer Jon Spragg said the system meets requirements of the Equality Act, enhances efficiency and helps keep passengers safe.
    MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL TOWERS PLANNED IN SOUTH MELBOURNE
    Salvo Property Group has acquired the land and permits to build 46-, 43-, 27- and 21-story residential towers at 60-82 Johnston Street in South Melbourne, Australia, The Urban Developer reports. Located in Fisherman's Bend close to the central business district (CBD), the project is part of an urban renewal in Melbourne. There will be more than 1,300 apartments in the Rothelowman-designed structures, which will boast views that include the CBD and Port Phillip Bay. Those involved in the project are optimistic, remarking on the city's surging population and describing the local high-rise apartment market as "buoyant" and the towers as a "flagship project."
    CTBUH ANNOUNCES 2017 CONFERENCE
    The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat will be holding its 2017 conference in Sydney on October 30-November 3. This year's topic is "Connecting the City: People, Density & Infrastructure." CTBUH notes Sydney has a 230-year history in urban development and finds itself at the nexus of much of the current debate about cities: density versus suburbanization, modernity versus historical preservation, infrastructure versus urban life and the high-rise versus the low-rise realms. A call for paper abstracts and sponsors has been initiated. For more information, contact CTBUH at email or website.
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    4 min
  • ECS Hires Two Key Managers
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    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 working for Adams Elevator Equipment Co., most recently as senior support specialist. He then served as district buyer for thyssenkrupp, before being transferred to a service operations role in downtown Chicago. He holds an associate's degree in Applied Science in Electronics from DeVry University. Hayat rejoins ECS with a sales and marketing background that includes handling international sales for Adams, customer relations for Formula Systems and marketing for ECS. She left the industry in 2011 to further her marketing career. She has a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.
    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 preserving the center and adding a 1,340-ft.-tall residential/hotel tower, and the other involving demolishing it to make way for a 1,700-ft.-tall mixed-use building designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture that would be the tallest in Chicago, surpassing the 1,450-ft.-tall Willis Tower, the Chicago Tribune reports. Built 32 years ago, the Thompson Center, with its distinct soaring atrium, serves as a state office building and transportation hub. State officials will decide what to do with the property, which could be sold to an outside developer.
    REDEVELOPMENT OF L.A. TIMES COMPLEX INCLUDES TOWERS
    Plans for redevelopment of the L.A. Times headquarters in downtown Los Angeles includes building multiple towers, The Architect's Newspaper reports. The plan includes 37- and 53-story residential towers designed by L.A.-based AC Martin and developed by Canadian company Omni Group. Tribune Media Co. is also planning to build a 30-story, mixed-use tower designed by Gensler connected to the existing L.A. Times building by indoor and outdoor retail. The original Art Deco Times headquarters would be preserved, while a 1970s addition designed by William Pereira would be demolished.
    Submit your best industry photos to our 2017 Photo Contest! You could win one of several great prizes and be published in ELEVATOR WORLD magazine. www.elevatorworld.com/photocontest
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    4 min

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