Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com TOWER WITH HITACHI VT TOPS OUT IN SHENZHEN The Kaisa Finance & Technology Center, a 258-m-tall office tower in Shenzhen, China, has topped out, vertical-transportation (VT) provider Hitachi Elevator (China) reported on November 18. The project, which houses 130,000 m2 of space, will include Grade-A office space, a business center, a shared conference center, a staff c...
Nov 19, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com BORWEY APPOINTED NAESA INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR James L. "Jim" Borwey, most recently manager of the Elevator, Boiler and Amusement Ride Bureau for the State of Iowa, has been appointed NAESA International executive director, NAESA President Christopher Shade announced on November 17. Filling a position held by Bob Shepherd, Borwey starts his job on January 1, ...
Nov 18, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com BIOFIAL HYDRAULICS ENTERS NEW MARKETS, ADDS TECHNOLOGY Thessaloniki, Greece-based Biofial Hydraulics recently entered two new markets and invested in new technology, and the company reports it is fully operational as it takes all necessary precautions related to the pandemic. Its hydraulic products are now in Latvia and the Dominican Republic. Describing Latvia as "on...
Nov 17, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS DOUBLE-DECK ELEVATORS FOR ALTO TOWER IN PARIS Otis' first SkyRise double-deck elevators in France are part of a vertical-transportation (VT) system serving the new 150-m-tall Alto Tower, a 38-story office tower developed by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and La Défense Public Development Agency in Paris' La Défense business district. Designed by IF Architects, th...
Nov 16, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS VT SYSTEM FOR CHICAGO’S VISTA TOWER Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it installed 22 vertical-transportation (VT) units at Vista Tower, which, at 101 stories and 1,191 ft, is Chicago's third-tallest building. The system includes six SkyRise high-rise elevators (six with CompassPlus destination dispatch), 12 Gen2 elevators (10 with CompassPlus), two hydraulic elevators a...
Nov 13, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com KONE WINS 187-UNIT ORDER FOR XI'AN METRO LINE KONE has won an order to supply 187 elevators and escalators to Metro Line 9 in Northwest China’s Xi’an, the company announced on November 12. The 30.6-km-long Metro Line 9 will run southwest to northeast between Fangzhicheng and Qinhan Avenue via 15 stations, a route that will serve Lintong University City. The Xi’an Metr...
Nov 12, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com AMERICAN ELEVATOR GROUP APPOINTS VP OF SERVICE OPERATIONS American Elevator Group (AEG) has appointed Chris Dlugolecki vice president (VP) of service operations, AEG President C. Mark Boelhouwer announced on November 10. Based in Connecticut, Dlugolecki will be fully involved with all AEG units. He is tasked with improving field service effectiveness, operational effi...
Nov 11, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com NAEC NAMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR The Board of Directors (BoD) of the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) has named Rená B. Cozart executive director and Amanda Smith deputy director, the association announced on November 9. With more than 20 years' experience in for-profit and nonprofit organizations, Cozart has served in numerous leaders...
Nov 11, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS NAMES CALLEJA PRESIDENT OF EMEA OPERATIONS Otis has named Bernardo Calleja president, Otis Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA), the company announced on November 9. Calleja has been interim Otis EMEA president since October 1, replacing Mark Eubanks, who left the company in September. An industrial engineer by training, Calleja began his career as an engineer at O...
Nov 09, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com JERSEY CITY TOWER WITH THYSSENKRUPP UNITS NEARLY COMPLETE 88 Regent Street, a 32-story, mixed-use tower in Jersey City, New Jersey, has topped out ahead of anticipated completion in 2021, New York YIMBY reports. Developed by Regent Street, LLC and designed by Marchetto Higgins Stieve, the building will house nearly 400 rental apartments, 9,110 ft2 of retail and 5,595 ...
Nov 06, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com THYSSENKRUPP COMPLETES MAJOR MODERNIZATION IN ST. PAUL thyssenkrupp Elevator recently completed the modernization of the 14-unit vertical-transportation (VT) system serving Ecolab’s global headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, the OEM announced on November 5. A provider of water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions in 170 countries, Ecolab sought to modernize it...
Nov 05, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com BIM SOFTWARE NOW INTEGRATES THYSSENKRUPP'S MULTI SYSTEM thyssenkrupp Elevator's MULTI system is now easier to integrate into building designs, thanks to DigiPara's automatic building information modeling (BIM) program, thyssenkrupp announced on November 4. Using DigiPara's lift design capabilities, building designers can now integrate MULTI early in the process. The n...
Nov 04, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CONVERSION OF CHICAGO'S TRIBUNE TOWER NEARING COMPLETION Work is close to wrapping up on the conversion of Chicago's landmark, 75-year-old Tribune Tower, the onetime home of its namesake newspaper that is about to see new life as a residential/retail high rise. According to a November 1 report by Chicago YIMBY, once open, the 34-story, 463-ft-tall tower will house 162...
Nov 03, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com UNITED CABS LAUNCHES PODCAST CHANNEL Jamaica, New York-based United Cabs has begun “The Going Up Podcast,” a webcast series on its YouTube channel. With plans to discuss “all things related to the elevator industry” and serve as “a thought-collective of key suppliers, industry leaders and innovators — both large and small,” it has so far seen Victor Rosario, president...
Nov 02, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HITACHI CHINA, ZHONGTIAN FINANCIAL ENTER PARTNERSHIP Hitachi Elevator (China) has entered into a partnership with Zhongtian Financial Group, a Guizhou, China, company focused on developing the surrounding region, Hitachi announced on October 29. Zhongtian has developed numerous projects in the areas of urban renewal, industry upgrading, urban construction and boutique...
Oct 30, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com LONDON UNDERGROUND ESCALATORS GETTING UV TREATMENT Handrails on about 25% of the London Underground's escalators are being fitted with ultraviolet (UV) light devices to kill microbes, such as the coronavirus, Ian Visits reported on October 26. Aseptic Ltd.'s ClearWin, a self-powered sterilizer that uses the UV-C light wavelength to kill microbes, was tested at the Hea...
Oct 27, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com TRIO OF KONE ELEVATORS FOR NEW PASSENGER FERRY A trio of KONE MonoSpace elevators — two passenger and one service units — will be provided for Aurora Botnia, an 800-passenger ferry under construction at Rauna Marine Constructions shipyard in Finland, The Maritime Executive reports. Running on liquified natural gas and biogas, the vessel is "the most environmentally fr...
Oct 26, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HITACHI CHINA WINS CONTRACT FOR LARGE PROJECT IN NANJING Hitachi Elevator (China) has won a contract to supply elevators to the multiple-tower, mixed-use Jinling Central complex in Nanjing, China, the company announced on October 22. Located in Xinjiekou, Nanjing's CBD, Jinling Central will bring 342,600 m2 of new construction, divided into plots A and B. Plot A will ...
Oct 23, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR'S TWIN USED FOR FIRST TIME IN KUWAIT thyssenkrupp Elevator has installed 25 vertical-transportation (VT) units in the new headquarters of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), including 10 of its TWIN elevator systems, the company announced on October 21. The 300-m-tall, 63-story NBK building, with a design reminiscent of a pearl and shell, stands i...
Oct 22, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com ELEVATOR INDUSTRY SECOND COVID-19 SURVEY RESULTS ANALYSIS Elevator World, Inc., the German elevator association VFA Interlift e.V. and fair organizer AFAG, in association with Credit Suisse, recently shared results of its second survey of elevator industry representatives on current industry status and anticipated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business. The surv...
Oct 21, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com KONE WINS 95-UNIT ORDER FOR MIXED-USE PROJECT IN XI'AN, CHINA KONE has won a contract to supply 95 elevators and escalators for Nanfeihong Plaza, a mixed-use development in Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province in Northwest China, the company announced on October 20. The 470,000-m2 development, centered in Xi'an's Yanta district, will include a shopping mall, a bouti...
Oct 20, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com EFESME MEETING DISCUSSES EUROPEAN INDUSTRY In its October newsletter, the European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) reported on a September 17 meeting to discuss the evolving COVID-19 crisis and take stock of projects and initiatives by EFESME, member associations and authorities at a national level. President Massimo Bezzi opened wi...
Oct 19, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com BLANKENBILLER NAMED NEII EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Amy Blankenbiller, formerly National Elevator Industry, Inc.'s (NEII) vice president of government affairs since 2009, stepped into the executive director role on October 16. Formerly, she was president and founder of consulting firm AjB Strategies, LLC, working with associations, organizations and private businesses to impl...
Oct 16, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com TOWER CONTRACT IN DUBAI REFLECTS MARKET RESILIENCY DAMAC Properties awarded a US$49.2-million construction contract to Trans Emirates Contracting for the 26-story Zada residential tower in Dubai's Business Bay, Construction Week reports. DAMAC said the award is a testament to a strong business model that has been able to withstand the effects of COVID-19. Units within...
Oct 15, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HITACHI PROMOTES MAINTENANCE DURING GUANGZHOU EVENT Hitachi Elevator (China) held an event in Guangzhou, China, in September to promote upgraded service solutions and products using the Internet of Things, the company reported. China’s maintenance market is expected to exceed CNY80 billion (US$11.8 billion) within five years, and government officials are pressing all ...
Oct 14, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com TfL RENDERINGS SHOW UNDERGROUND STATION Transport for London (TfL) has published renderings showing the entrance and ticket hall for the Elephant & Castle Underground Station, a project set for completion in the late 2020s, LondonSE1 reported on October 9. Based on the images, passengers will be able to reach their trains by either escalator or elevator. The Tube stat...
Oct 13, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com KONE WINS 72-UNIT DEAL FOR BANGKOK METRO PROJECT KONE has been awarded a deal for 72 elevators and escalators for Contract E3 of the Bangkok metro MRT Orange Line (East Section) project, the company announced on October 9. KONE will supply three stations, from Yaek Lam Sali to Khlong Ban Ma, as well as three intervention shafts, with 17 MonoSpace elevators and 55 Tran...
Oct 09, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HIGH-RISE MARRIOTT HOTEL NEAR TOPPING OUT IN CHELSEA Construction on a Marriott hotel in NYC's Chelsea neighborhood is nearing topping out, New York YIMBY reported on October 6. The 39-story tower at 113 West 24th Street, designed by Stonehill & Taylor Architects and developed by Lam Generation, will stand 420 ft tall with 360 rooms. The building's reinforced concrete...
Oct 08, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com NYC-BASED CHAMPION ELEVATOR ACQUIRES WESTECH ELEVATOR NYC-based Champion Elevator has acquired Westech Elevator Services Inc. of White Plains, New York, Champion CEO Donald Gelestino announced on October 7. The move is part of an expansion strategy for which multiple millions of dollars have been set aside, Gelestino says. With more than 40 employees and 775 units und...
Oct 07, 2020•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com NEARLY 300 THYSSENKRUPP UNITS FOR ISTANBUL METRO LINES thyssenkrupp Elevator is providing 293 units to two new Istanbul metro lines: 71 elevators, 216 heavy-duty victoria escalators and six moving walks. The equipment will serve stations along the Atakoy-Ikitelli and Kirazli-Babirkoy Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri (IDO) lines, including 19 stations across 28 km. Scheduled ...
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