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ELFIN WELCOMES NEW SALES MANAGER

ELFIN GmbH has named Heiko Nagorski sales manager, the company recently announced. He becomes the direct contact for all ELFIN elevator products, including flexyPage lift displays, digital signage solutions and lift monitoring/development services. Based in Cologne, Germany, Nagorski was previously key account manager at Henning GmbH & Co. KG; modernization manager at KONE and project manager, new facilities, at Otis in Dortmund and Bielefeld, Germany. He studied electrical engineering and business at Chamber of Crafts Dortmund. "Because of his many years of experience in the elevator industry, he will be the perfect person for your project," ELFIN observes.

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AMENITIES-RICH MIAMI CONDO TOWER COMPLETE, NEARLY SOLD OUT

Boasting private elevators to some residences’ entry foyers, the 60-story, 569-unit Paramount Miami Worldcenter condominium tower is complete in the US$4-billion Miami Worldcenter master-planned community, The Real Deal reports. Four years after a launch party that featured the world’s largest disco ball, developers Dan Kodsi and Miami Worldcenter Associates have received a temporary certificate of occupancy and report the development is almost 90% sold to buyers from 56 countries. Prices average out to US$1.2 million, but go up to more than US$10 million for penthouses. Amenities include an outdoor soccer field, tennis courts, a pool, gyms, a spa and, potentially, a 5,000-ft2 skyport for passenger drones “if and when flying cars become legal.” Elkus Manfredi designed the tower, with O’Donnell Dannwolf & Partners Architects Inc. the architect of record.

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AUSTRALIA’S LML LIFT CONSULTANTS ADDS TO TEAM

LML Lift Consultants, headquartered in the Melbourne, Australia, suburb Kew East, added two new team members, Ian Flannery and Angela Menzel. With more than 38 years in the industry, including installing, commissioning and testing elevators for KONE and Schindler at major projects throughout Melbourne, Flannery becomes a consultant. He most recently was technical service team leader and a field trainer at KONE. Menzel joins LML's national administration team, providing additional support to the firm's growing team of consultants and clients throughout Australasia. Holding an Engineering degree from the University of Applied Sciences in Zittau, Germany, Menzel has a wealth of experience in data management. She will handle special projects involving preparing spreadsheets and reports for clients.

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ELEVATOR, MORE PLANNED FOR NEW METRO ENTRANCE IN D.C. AREA

Plans for a second metro station entrance in Arlington County, Virginia, are in the works, Greater Greater Washington reports. The project has been in the planning stages for 15 years but was held up due to construction on the building above it. The new entrance at the Ballston Metro station would add a new mezzanine, as well as elevators and possibly escalators. The design phase of the project is expected to take two more years, and construction could take three years. The project will cost about US$130 million.

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SMARTRISE CONTROLLERS NOW SERVING CHICAGO INSTITUTION

Smartrise C4 controllers with custom car-operating-panel service have been integrated into the DC elevator system serving the Union League Club of Chicago. Smartrise states it is proud to have been part of an elevator upgrade at an institution that has been active in improving the Chicagoland community for more than a century. “Smartrise and Anderson Elevator have once again worked together to give its customers a quality product,” says Smartrise spokesman Ryan Syring.

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IEES PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

The program for the second-annual International Elevator and Escalator Symposium (IEES) is now available. To be held at Bally’s Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas on December 3-4, the technical and educational symposium for the global vertical-transportation industry is organized by Liftinstituut Solutions and Elevator World, Inc. Many world-renowned experts are set to present on this year’s theme of safety of elevators and escalators during their life cycle: maintenance and inspections. For more information, or to register or book a booth, email or visit website.

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EGYPT’S AOI SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CHINESE ELEVATOR COMPANY

Egypt’s Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed a memorandum of understanding with Fuji Sino Elevators Co. in China. The agreement calls for the localization of the elevator industry in Egypt, Xinhua Net reports. The Chinese company will train AOI’s engineers and technicians on manufacturing and collecting elevator components. They will also be trained on quality testing.

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ELEVATOR RESCUES DUE TO POWER OUTAGES IN L.A. SUBURB

Firefighters in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California, performed at least 25 elevator rescues on July 24 after an electrical substation failed, affecting thousands of utility customers, Los Angeles Daily News reports. Passengers were rescued from high rises and office buildings, including City Hall, throughout Glendale. After the initial outage at roughly 11 a.m., another occurred at approximately 4:10 p.m., this time affecting 11,000 customers as temperatures continued to soar.

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KONE WINS 74-UNIT ORDER FOR MADRID RAIL STATION

KONE has won a contract to modernize 74 units as part of a major renovation at Madrid's Atocha train station, the Spanish capital's main station and hub of the nation's rail network. The order, which KONE announced on July 24, calls for 60 heavy-duty TransitMaster™ escalators and 14 MonoSpace® elevators, all in the commuter train area of the station, plus 25 years of maintenance. The renovation is scheduled for completion in 2023 and will help Atocha accommodate up to 87 million passengers per year.

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LARGEST DEMOLITION MOVING ALONG IN NYC

The largest demolition in NYC is moving along at 270 Park Avenue. According to New York YIMBY, new scaffolding and netting have been installed on the exterior of the 52-story, 1.5-million-ft2 building. This will be the tallest intentionally demolished structure in history. An exterior mechanical hoist has also been placed on the northern corner of the tower, and two wrap-around walkways are mounted at different heights on the edge of the curtain wall. In place of the current tower, developer JPMorgan Chase plans to build a 1,322-ft-tall, 57-story supertall. The Foster+Partners-designed building will include 1,871,767 ft2 of office space. Demolition is expected to be mostly complete in 2020 and construction on the new tower is set to begin in early 2021.

Image credit: photo by Michael Young for New York YIMBY

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