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IN MEMORIAM: ROBERT S. CAPORALE
Robert S. "Bob" Caporale passed away on the weekend of September 3. Best known in the industry as longtime editor of ELEVATOR WORLD, Caporale was an industry leader who hailed from the Bronx and began his lifelong career in New York City (NYC) in 1964 as a draftsman at the engineering firm of Jaros Baum & Bolles. There, he advanced to the position of associate and was the principal designer, field engineer and inspector on some of the world’s largest vertical-transportation and materials-handling projects, including the original World Trade Center in NYC and the Sears (now Willis) Tower in Chicago. In 1990, he joined DTM Elevator Consulting and Drafting Services, where he was director of engineering. In 1991, he joined Syska and Hennessy Engineers as vice president and director of the Transport System Group, where he continued to manage numerous elevator and escalator installation and modernization projects throughout the U.S. He began working for Elevator World, Inc. in 1993 as associate editor. He was appointed editor in 1997, a post he held until March 2014, when he retired and was given the honor of editor emeritus. Never one for idleness, he continued to work, operating his own firm RSC Consulting; serving as editor of the NAESA International newsletter Progress; joining the team of forensic analysts and technical experts at Unified Investigations and Sciences, Inc.; and working with magazine/online news source High Rise Facilities as part of its editorial staff. Caporale is survived by wife, Terri; sons, Anthony and Robert "Bobby"; and grandson; and a granddaughter. His family asked that, in lieu of flowers, cards or donations, he be remembered simply with love and laughter, which he considered to be the greatest gifts.
OTIS’ CHINA MOMENTUM CONTINUES
Otis continues to win significant work in China (ELENET 657 and 658), with recent orders to supply a total of 391 elevators to residential and cultural developments. For the Huahong Jiaxin Group, Otis Elevator (China) Co. Ltd. is supplying 208 Gen2® elevators to four high-end residential projects in the Yangtze River Delta. The system will be outfitted with energy-efficient ReGenTM drives. For Sunriver Holding Group Co., Ltd., Xizi Otis Elevator Co. Ltd. is providing 183 Otis Electric Gen2 elevators featuring composite steel-belt technology to a cultural center, pavilion and four residential projects in Anhui Province. Otis reports that thus far, Sunriver has nearly 1,000 Xizi Otis elevators installed in properties in eastern and central China.
KONE TO MODERNIZE STOCKHOLM METRO ESCALATORS
KONE has been selected to modernize and maintain 13 escalators within six stations of the Stockholm metro, strengthening an existing relationship with the Stockholm County Council. TransitMaster® escalators, which reduce energy consumption and oil use, will replace older units, and a real-time remote-monitoring system will be installed. Work is expected to start in April 2017 and be complete in mid 2018.
