OTIS SELECTED FOR TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL EXPANSION
Otis has been hired by W.S. Bellows Construction Corp. to provide 18 elevators for a 19-story, 640,000-sq.-ft. expansion being built atop the existing six-story Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. Continuing a relationship that includes maintaining the hospital's approximately 100 elevators, the contract consists of six SkyRiseTM, six Gen2®, three gearless service, two gearless patient and one trauma elevator with helipad access. Work is underway, and the project is scheduled for completion by 2018.
LOY IS KONE’S NEW MALAYSIA MANAGING DIRECTOR
KONE has appointed Edward Loy managing director of Malaysia. He will replace Lim Chong Hoe, who is supporting Loy during the transition until Hoe’s retirement on January 31. Loy has a wealth of management experience internationally, coming from Saint-Gobain Construction Products, where he held various senior management positions for over 10 years, including regional managing director for Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Loy holds a degree in Commerce (Economics and Accounting) from The Australia National University. KONE Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific and Middle East Neeraj Sharma said Loy's experience promises to bring a new dimension to KONE's growth strategy in the area.
CHINESE ELEVATOR MANUFACTURERS VOW SAFER PRODUCTS
Ten major elevator manufacturers in China are vowing to produce safer products as part of a campaign the country's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine launched on December 6, 2015, China Radio International reports. The campaign was prompted by a rash of elevator accidents in 2015 that included 46 fatalities. According to the administration, problems stem from overcrowding, using units past their prime, failure to maintain equipment and cutthroat competition in what is still the world's largest market.
EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES REINS ON “NEW CAIRO”
After a plan to partner with a real-estate mogul from the U.A.E. fell apart, the Egyptian government has taken the reins on building the first phase of a new capital city to ease crowding in Cairo, Reuters reports. The development is set to contain multiple skyscrapers and, ultimately, an airport as big as London's Heathrow and a building as tall as the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The government is courting a mix of public and private investors, who would invest first and reap profits from the sale of the properties later. Government officials report infrastructure is already taking shape on approximately 10,000 of what is hoped to be 190,000 acres.
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