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  • thyssenkrupp’s Largest Airport Contract In Istanbul
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    THYSSENKRUPP’S LARGEST AIRPORT CONTRACT IN ISTANBUL
    thyssenkrupp Elevator has completed its largest-ever airport contract for the new Istanbul Grand Airport, delivering more than 140 passenger boarding bridges and four elevators in just 27 months. The technology will help provide a "seamless boarding experience" to approximately 200 million people each year in Turkey's largest infrastructure investment to date. When complete, Istanbul Grand Airport will have six runways and be the world's largest airport. Phase one opened on October 29 with two runways and a terminal that can accommodate 90 million people a year. The project posed a number of challenges, including a 50km2 construction site, across which 33,000 workers were operating.
    Image: thyssenkrupp Elevator
    To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news
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    6 min
  • thyssenkrupp’s Largest Airport Contract In Istanbul
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    THYSSENKRUPP’S LARGEST AIRPORT CONTRACT IN ISTANBUL
    thyssenkrupp Elevator has completed its largest-ever airport contract for the new Istanbul Grand Airport, delivering more than 140 passenger boarding bridges and four elevators in just 27 months. The technology will help provide a "seamless boarding experience" to approximately 200 million people each year in Turkey's largest infrastructure investment to date. When complete, Istanbul Grand Airport will have six runways and be the world's largest airport. Phase one opened on October 29 with two runways and a terminal that can accommodate 90 million people a year. The project posed a number of challenges, including a 50km2 construction site, across which 33,000 workers were operating.
    Image: thyssenkrupp Elevator
    To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news
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    6 min
  • The Industry Remembers Bob Schumacher, Jr.
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    IN MEMORIAM: ROBERT C. “BOB” SCHUMACHER, JR.
    Robert C. "Bob" Schumacher, Jr., a resident of Goodyear, Arizona, and former chief inspector for the City of Detroit, elevator supervisor at Michigan State University and chief elevator inspector for the City of Phoenix, passed away on October 20 at age 57. He was a member of Elevator U, serving as conference host in 2012. Industry colleagues had warm praise for their late friend, including Parts Specialists' Glenn Duncan, who described Schumacher as "a great friend who will be missed." Steve "Opie" Stark of Detroit Elevator said the cornerstones of Schumacher's personality were his generosity and sense of humor. Survivors include wife, Gina, and son, Robert Chester Schumacher, III. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Schumacher's honor for pancreatic cancer research at website.
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    7 min
  • The Industry Remembers Bob Schumacher, Jr.
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    IN MEMORIAM: ROBERT C. “BOB” SCHUMACHER, JR.
    Robert C. "Bob" Schumacher, Jr., a resident of Goodyear, Arizona, and former chief inspector for the City of Detroit, elevator supervisor at Michigan State University and chief elevator inspector for the City of Phoenix, passed away on October 20 at age 57. He was a member of Elevator U, serving as conference host in 2012. Industry colleagues had warm praise for their late friend, including Parts Specialists' Glenn Duncan, who described Schumacher as "a great friend who will be missed." Steve "Opie" Stark of Detroit Elevator said the cornerstones of Schumacher's personality were his generosity and sense of humor. Survivors include wife, Gina, and son, Robert Chester Schumacher, III. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Schumacher's honor for pancreatic cancer research at website.
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    7 min
  • The Industry Remembers Bob Schumacher, Jr.
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    IN MEMORIAM: ROBERT C. “BOB” SCHUMACHER, JR.
    Robert C. "Bob" Schumacher, Jr., a resident of Goodyear, Arizona, and former chief inspector for the City of Detroit, elevator supervisor at Michigan State University and chief elevator inspector for the City of Phoenix, passed away on October 20 at age 57. He was a member of Elevator U, serving as conference host in 2012. Industry colleagues had warm praise for their late friend, including Parts Specialists' Glenn Duncan, who described Schumacher as "a great friend who will be missed." Steve "Opie" Stark of Detroit Elevator said the cornerstones of Schumacher's personality were his generosity and sense of humor. Survivors include wife, Gina, and son, Robert Chester Schumacher, III. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Schumacher's honor for pancreatic cancer research at website.
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    7 min
  • Shanghai Mitsubishi Surpasses 800,000-Unit Milestone In China
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    SMEC SURPASSES 800,000-UNIT MILESTONE IN CHINA
    Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd. (SMEC) surpassed an 800,000-unit milestone in October, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced on October 25. Mitsubishi Electric became the first Japanese company to directly manufacture, sell, install and service elevators and escalators in China when it teamed up with Shanghai Electric Group to establish SMEC in 1987. SMEC has introduced numerous innovations in China, including the country's first spiral escalators and first variable-voltage/variable-frequency drive elevators and, at the time, the world's tallest elevator test tower and fastest elevator. SMEC's Shanghai facilities employ approximately 2,000. Mitsubishi Electric observed annual demand of elevator and escalator installations in China is forecast to reach 690,000 by the end of this fiscal year.
    To read the full transcript, visit elevatorworld.com/news
    Image: SMEC:
    http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news/2018/1025-b.html
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    7 min
  • Shanghai Mitsubishi Surpasses 800,000-Unit Milestone In China
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    SMEC SURPASSES 800,000-UNIT MILESTONE IN CHINA
    Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd. (SMEC) surpassed an 800,000-unit milestone in October, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced on October 25. Mitsubishi Electric became the first Japanese company to directly manufacture, sell, install and service elevators and escalators in China when it teamed up with Shanghai Electric Group to establish SMEC in 1987. SMEC has introduced numerous innovations in China, including the country's first spiral escalators and first variable-voltage/variable-frequency drive elevators and, at the time, the world's tallest elevator test tower and fastest elevator. SMEC's Shanghai facilities employ approximately 2,000. Mitsubishi Electric observed annual demand of elevator and escalator installations in China is forecast to reach 690,000 by the end of this fiscal year.
    To read the full transcript, visit elevatorworld.com/news
    Image: SMEC:
    http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news/2018/1025-b.html
    Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes│Google Play|SoundCloud│Stitcher│TuneIn
    7 min
  • Shanghai Mitsubishi Surpasses 800,000-Unit Milestone In China
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    SMEC SURPASSES 800,000-UNIT MILESTONE IN CHINA
    Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd. (SMEC) surpassed an 800,000-unit milestone in October, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced on October 25. Mitsubishi Electric became the first Japanese company to directly manufacture, sell, install and service elevators and escalators in China when it teamed up with Shanghai Electric Group to establish SMEC in 1987. SMEC has introduced numerous innovations in China, including the country's first spiral escalators and first variable-voltage/variable-frequency drive elevators and, at the time, the world's tallest elevator test tower and fastest elevator. SMEC's Shanghai facilities employ approximately 2,000. Mitsubishi Electric observed annual demand of elevator and escalator installations in China is forecast to reach 690,000 by the end of this fiscal year.
    To read the full transcript, visit elevatorworld.com/news
    Image: SMEC:
    http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news/2018/1025-b.html
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    7 min
  • Multiple New High-Rise Projects Win Approval In Chicago
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    MULTIPLE NEW HIGH-RISE PROJECTS WIN APPROVAL IN CHICAGO
    Multiple new high rises up to 950 ft. tall were approved by the Chicago Plan Commission during a meeting on October 18, indicating the city's skyscraper boom will not cease anytime soon, Curbed Chicago reports. The projects come with plenty of parking, infrastructure improvements and green space and include four 500-, 300-, 150-, and 120-ft.-tall towers containing 1,500 residences by Tribune Media and architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz; a 950-ft.-tall skyscraper in Lakeshore East by Magellan Development and Lendlease designed by bKL; a redevelopment of Union Station by Riverside Development and Convexity Properties that involves the addition of a 715-ft.-tall office tower designed by Goettsch Partners just south of the station; a public-private venture replacing an aging firehouse at 440 North Dearborn Street with a 455-ft.-tall office building designed by Goettsch Partners: and Omni Development’s plan to build a 452-ft.-tall apartment tower designed by Brininstool + Lynch on the site of an old hardware store at 353 Grand Avenue.
    To read the full transcript, visit elevatorworld.com/news
    Image: SCB/Curbed Chicago:
    https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/10/19/17990532/skyscrapers-lakeshore-east-union-station-river-district
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    8 min
  • Multiple New High-Rise Projects Win Approval In Chicago
    Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.
    This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
    MULTIPLE NEW HIGH-RISE PROJECTS WIN APPROVAL IN CHICAGO
    Multiple new high rises up to 950 ft. tall were approved by the Chicago Plan Commission during a meeting on October 18, indicating the city's skyscraper boom will not cease anytime soon, Curbed Chicago reports. The projects come with plenty of parking, infrastructure improvements and green space and include four 500-, 300-, 150-, and 120-ft.-tall towers containing 1,500 residences by Tribune Media and architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz; a 950-ft.-tall skyscraper in Lakeshore East by Magellan Development and Lendlease designed by bKL; a redevelopment of Union Station by Riverside Development and Convexity Properties that involves the addition of a 715-ft.-tall office tower designed by Goettsch Partners just south of the station; a public-private venture replacing an aging firehouse at 440 North Dearborn Street with a 455-ft.-tall office building designed by Goettsch Partners: and Omni Development’s plan to build a 452-ft.-tall apartment tower designed by Brininstool + Lynch on the site of an old hardware store at 353 Grand Avenue.
    To read the full transcript, visit elevatorworld.com/news
    Image: SCB/Curbed Chicago:
    https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/10/19/17990532/skyscrapers-lakeshore-east-union-station-river-district
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    8 min

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