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GAL TO OPEN WESTERN REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER IN L.A. COUNTY
Bronx, New York-headquartered GAL Manufacturing Corp. plans to hold a grand opening for its western regional service center in Santa Fe Springs, California, on September 6. Located at 9704 Jordan Circle in one of the gateway cities to southeast Los Angeles County, the location features a large display area for products from Hollister-Whitney, Elevator Controls, Courion, Bore-Max and GAL Canada. It will provide elevator professionals with the services of Regional Field Engineer Jim Goss, and includes a fully stocked warehouse and training/education area. For further information, contact Western Regional Vice President Emery Wilcox at phone: (572) 777-0170 or email.
RENOWN BECOMES TORIN DISTRIBUTOR
Renown Electric Motors and Repairs Inc. recently entered a strategic partnership with Torin Drive International. Renown will be an authorized service provider and distributor of Torin's elevator parts and equipment. Torin is a Concord, Canada-based global manufacturer of elevator traction machines with the capacity to produce more than 150,000 CSA Group- and ASME A17-complaint machines a year.
DRAMATIC RESCUE FROM FLOODED ELEVATOR IN TORONTO
Police officers in Toronto rescued two men from an elevator that flooded in an under-construction building in The Junction neighborhood during heavy rain on August 7, various news outlets, including CityNews, report. The men became trapped when the elevator in the building where they were working became stuck in the basement and filled nearly to the top with water. As the water began to rise, the men decided to break through the ceiling and use a cellphone to call for 911. Prior to this, the building owner and others tried unsuccessfully to pry the elevator doors open with a two-by-four. After feeling their way through the submerged basement, the officers were able to pry open the doors using crowbars. The men sustained no injuries.
VIETNAMESE RESORT WITH 88-STORY TOWER WINS APPROVAL
A large resort project in Vietnam that includes a conference center, thousands of hotel rooms and an 88-story tower as its centerpiece has been approved by a provincial committee, The Leader reports. The project, planned for a 109-ha waterfront site in the Van Don district of Quang Ninh province, will have more than 200 villas; two 18-story hotels with 1,735 rooms; a 42-story hotel with 1,234 rooms; a 43-story conference resort with 1,234 rooms; and the 88-story tower housing 3,061 rooms. The project will include numerous amenities, including a shopping center, a marina and boat club, a water park, green space and a public beach.
COUNCIL REJECTS OPPOSITION TO PARIS TWIN-TOWER PROJECT
The Council of State has turned down appeals by property owners hoping to block construction of Hermitage Plaza, a pair of supertall towers in the La Défense district of Paris that the project's Russian developer hopes to have complete in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Le Parisien reports. Owners of nearby buildings filed objections to the EUR3-billion (US$3.5-billion) project, which would bring hundreds of luxury apartments, a five-star hotel, restaurants, an art gallery and student housing in the form of two 320-m-tall skyscrapers designed by architect Norman Foster. The developer has until the end of the year to comply with modifications to one of its construction permits.
Image: CityNews:
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/08/08/flooded-elevator-rescue-junction/
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