Elevator Business News News November 15, 2013 U.K.’S AMALGAMATED LIFTS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS On November 14, Kent, U.K.-based Amalgamated Lifts Ltd. celebrated 25 years of incorporation. The elevator installation, modernization and maintenance provider has grown significantly since its founding. With more than 60 employees, it was named Best Medium-Sized Business by the Bromley Business Awards in 2011. Thus far, Amalgamated has installed more than 700 lifts, maintains and services approximately 2,000 units annually and has performed more than GBP40 million (US$64.3 million) in lift repairs. KINGS III TAPS ORLANDO MARKET MANAGER Kings III Emergency Communications has hired Candace Harrison as Business Development manager for its Orlando market. Harrison has more than 20 years of experience in commercial and multifamily sales and service, most recently serving in the same role at Palmer Electric. She has been a regional sales manager for Selig Specialty Chemicals and owned a post-construction cleanup business for more than 15 years. CHINA ELEVATOR DEVELOPMENT FORECAST AVAILABLE Research and Markets has released the “2012 China Elevator Development Forecast Report.” The 338-page publication discusses elevator definition, classification, industry chain, manufacturing technology and product specifications, and gives summary statistics on 49 Chinese elevator manufacturers. Details provided on these companies include capacity, production, suppliers, regions, market supply, demand, shortage, selling price, cost, profit margin and production value. The forecast concludes with project-feasibility, development-trend and investment-return analyses of the Chinese elevator industry. November 14, 2013 ONE WTC HEIGHT AFFIRMED BY CTBUH During simultaneous press conferences in New York City and Chicago on November 12, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) affirmed the height of One World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City at 1,776 ft. (541.3 m). Removal of cladding from One WTC’s spire due to maintenance concerns had called into question whether the spire was part of the building’s architecture or a functional/technical element. Had CTBUH decided the spire was a functional/technical element, such as an antenna, it would not have counted in the height measurement. CTBUH’s decision was based, in part, on a presentation by One WTC’s design team from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which pointed out the spire holds a beacon light and is an integral — and symbolic — part of its design. PFLOW HIRES KILBOURN AS PROJECT MANAGER Vertical reciprocating conveyor manufacturer PFlow Industries of Milwaukee has hired Kent Kilbourn as project manager. Bringing experience in account management and business development, Kilbourn will be part of a PFlow team overseeing the design and construction of material lifts, from order to shipment. ANLEV OPENS BRAZIL OFFICE Anlev Lifts and Escalators, a division of the Analogue Group, has opened a sales office in São Paulo, Brazil. Anlev Director of Transport Equipment & Solutions John W. Middlemiss made the announcement during the NT Expo, which took place on November 5-7 in São Paulo. Industry veteran Philippe Laburthe will run the office. He can be reached at phone: (55) 011-9419-20056. CHILD DIES IN U.A.E. ELEVATOR ACCIDENT A five-year-old U.A.E. girl died on November 10 as a result of becoming trapped between a freight-elevator door and a concrete wall at a mall in Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E., The Gulf Today reports. The elevator was used to transport goods between the lower and upper floors, and was not intended for public use, according to authorities. November 13, 2013 EW INDIA REQUESTS CONTRIBUTIONS ELEVATOR WORLD India’s next issue, First Quarter 2014, will receive heightened exposure and be distributed at the International Elevator and Escalator Expo, to take place at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai on March 20-22, 2014. To contribute news, opinions, photos or other elevator/escalator-industry material pertinent to India and nearby markets, e-mail editorial@elevatorworld by the issue’s submissions deadline, December 27. HAITIAN CENTER UNDERWAY IN QINGDAO, CHINA Qingdao, China, is witnessing a high-rise construction boom, with the Haitian Center being built on the grounds of the former Haitian Hotel. Lerch Bates Inc. was recently selected by Qingdao Conson Real Estate Co., Ltd. to design the vertical- and horizontal-transportation systems for the project’s three towers, the tallest of which will rise 1,210 ft. Work at the site has been underway since early June 2013 on the Archilier Architecture-designed project that will include 685 hotel rooms, Class-A office space, a business club, high-end residential units, luxury retail stores and a convention center. Construction is to be completed in 2017. SITECOMPLI LAUNCHES SITE FOR VIOLATION COPIES SiteCompli, which monitors, reports and alerts on compliance issues for New York City (NYC)-area property owners, managers and investors, has announced the launch of VioCopies. The website delivers copies of NYC Department of Buildings elevator violations and is available to consumers who need copies of NYC elevator violations in order to resolve compliance issues. NETWORKING APP LAUNCHED TigerTracks Development, LLC, a cloud-based networking company based in Chicago, has partnered with air-compressor manufacturer Sullivan-Palatek, Inc. to create a co-branded web app that helps equipment service companies, including elevator contractors, manage and share maintenance records with equipment owners. The service will supply dealers with subscriptions to a version of the TigerTracks platform so dealer employees in the field and office can efficiently manage and share service records, warranty claims and preventative-maintenance records with equipment owners such as metal-fabrication shops. November 12, 2013 BEIJING’S CCTV HEADQUARTERS WINS WORLDWIDE HONOR The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) bestowed its annual Best Tall Building Worldwide honor on CCTV Headquarters in Beijing. CCTV was chosen from Best Tall Building winners from four regions. The honor was announced during the CTBUH Awards Symposium on November 7 in Chicago. Rem Koolhaas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture founding partner, accepted the award for CCTV. CTBUH noted that the building changed traditional thinking about skyscraper design with its “truly 3D experience, culminating in a 75-m cantilever.” IN MEMORIAM: MICHAEL DAVID TERRY Michael David Terry of Tonbridge, U.K., passed away this summer. Terry began working at Otis in London in December 1959 and completed a four-year apprenticeship. He gained the position of senior adjuster and, in November 1971, took the offer of a six-month assignment as field engineer in Bermuda. A series of foreign assignments followed, lasting nearly 30 years, during which he worked as regional field engineer stationed in Puerto Rico, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, Venezuela, Brazil and, finally, as field engineering manager in Singapore. Terry had responsibility for many other countries in the regions and traveled extensively. He started his own elevator consultancy, Miter Technical Services, in Tonbridge upon his and his family’s return to the U.K. in 2000. He continued to work for several large consultancies, while continuing to travel throughout the U.K. and abroad. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and son, Jonathan Paul. SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS MULTIPLY Residential skyscrapers continue to multiply in San Francisco with the US$200-million, 32-story 299 Fremont St. project securing financing in October and developers planning to break ground by the end of 2013, the San Francisco Business Times reports. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, 299 Fremont will join Lumina, a 665-unit, two-tower complex, and the 299-unit One Rincon Hill, among others being built nearby. Together, current local projects comprise more than 2,600 new units. November 11, 2013 4 WTC COMES ALIVE IN NYC The 977-ft.-tall, US$2-billion 4 World Trade Center (WTC) office tower is set to formally join the New York City (NYC) skyline during a November 13 ribbon cutting. The Chicago Tribune noted that, although dwarfed by the 1,776-ft.-tall 1 WTC, 4 WTC is taller than any building in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas and Philadelphia. Located across from the National September 11 Memorial commemorating the thousands of lives lost in 9/11, 4 WTC is expected to start welcoming tenants sometime in 2014. The building’s features include reflective elevator-core cladding in black granite and LED screens at the rear of elevator lobbies that show time-lapse images of water, sky and trees. EESF KICKS OFF NATIONAL SAFETY WEEK TODAY Today, the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) kicks off National Safety Week, an annual effort promoting public safety awareness about the industry’s equipment. Throughout the U.S. and Canada, individuals, companies and organizations reach millions of riders through programs such as Safe-T-Rider© classroom presentations, which made their debut in French classrooms in Quebec, Canada, last week. For more information about how to get involved in National Safety Week, which lasts through November 16, contact EESF at e-mail: [email protected] or toll free: (800) 949-6442 . TALLEST BUILDING IN WESTERN CANADA BREAKS GROUND The first of two office towers at Brookfield Place Calgary began construction on October 30, The Calgary Herald reports. The 1.4-million-sq.-ft, 247-m-tall building comprises 56 stories and is expected to be complete in the latter half of 2017. Cenovus Energy will be the anchor tenant. Project partners are architects Fender Katsalidis Arney and Dialog, and construction manager EllisDon Corp. Upon completion, the tower will be the tallest building in western Canada. November 8, 2013 WURTH TO LEAD 2014 EESF FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) has announced industry veteran and Wurtec Inc. President Steve Wurth as its 2014 Fundraising Campaign chairman. Wurth will lead the effort to gather tax-deductible donations to further EESF’s mission of educating the public on the safe and proper use of elevators, escalators and moving walks. “I believe in the educational mission of the EESF, and I am confident that the success of EESF in accomplishing this goal will result in cascading benefits throughout the industry,” Wurth stated. For more information about supporting EESF, visit the website or call (800) 949-6442 . VANCOUVER COUNCIL APPROVES ICONIC TOWER In October, a 52-story, 497-ft.-tall tower won zoning approval from the Vancouver City Council. The move paves the way for construction of the mixed-used building, located downtown overlooking the Granville Street Bridge. Designed by Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group, the tower features a triangular base that morphs into a rectangle at the top. Its façade resembles a honeycomb. EIGHT KONE UNITS ORDERED FOR CALIFORNIA COURTHOUSE General contractor Hensel Phelps has hired KONE to provide eight MonoSpace® elevators to the Santa Clara Family Justice Center under construction in San Jose, California. Using KONE EcoDisc® technology, the machine-room-less MonoSpace units consume approximately 50% less energy than their traction-machine counterparts, produce less heat and lower construction costs, according to KONE. This is the second California courthouse project KONE has done in conjunction with Hensel Phelps. Installation is scheduled for January 2015. November 7, 2013 EW ANNOUNCES 2014 POY WINNERS ELEVATOR WORLD is proud to announce the winners of its 2014 Project of the Year (PoY) contest. Having received 21 submissions in six categories, this 16th-annual event was a rousing success. Liberty Elevator Corp.’s “Statue of Liberty — Complete Life and Safety Upgrades (New York City)” won in “Elevators, New Construction”; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Southern Europe, Africa and Middle East’s submissions “Torassa Station (Barcelona)” and “Ford Motor Co., Building One (Dearborn, Michigan)” won in “Escalators, New Construction” and “Escalators, Modernization,” respectively; KONE’s “Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport” won in “Moving Walks”; ThyssenKrupp Access Solutions GmbH’s “Makkah Clock Tower Chairlift Project (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)” won in “Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts”; and Custom Cabs, Inc.’s “Orange County Beach House (Orange County, California)” won in “Private Residency Elevators.” In addition to receiving awards, companies will have their projects featured in EW’s January 2014 issue. ELEVATOR U EXHIBITS AT MICHIGAN APPA CONFERENCE Nonprofit organization Elevator U exhibited at the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA) annual conference for the Midwest and Michigan regions in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 29-30. Elevator U’s aim was to educate facilities professionals about elevator safety for college students through its “Rise Up, Safe Rider” program. Representatives met professionals from eight states and learned about how the educational-facilities workplace is being transformed by competition, technology and the shifts in the global economy. LIFTASIA ’14 ON TAP FOR MALAYSIA UBM Malaysia recently announced LiftAsia ’14, to take place on June 10-12, 2014, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Expected to draw 200 exhibiting companies from more than 25 countries, the expo will include national pavilions for China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, Thailand and India. A technical-papers presentation will supplement the experience for a projected 13,000 attendees. For more information, contact the organizer at e-mail: cheanfei.ong@ubm or website: liftasia.org. Thanks with elevatorworld
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