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FAÇADE INSTALLATION BEGINS AT THYSSENKRUPP TEST TOWER
A specially trained team of technicians from Taiyo Europe has begun installing the Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) glass façade at thyssenkrupp’s 246-m-tall test tower in Rottweil, Germany. The 17,000-m2 façade’s, or membrane’s PTFE glass is a highly complex material that is durable, strong and almost self-cleaning. The best-known brand name of PTFE is TeflonTM. With a gradual gradation that makes it appear opaque at the bottom and more transparent toward the top, the façade will shield the tower from solar radiation and reduce building movement created by wind. Heralding the tower’s December completion, the installation is considered to be the highest of its kind in the world.
MADRID SEMINAR TO FOCUS ON EUROPEAN STANDARDS
The European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) and Small Business Standards plan to host “Standardization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): Sectoral Representation at the EU Level” on September 22 in Madrid. The seminar will have two parts: a general one aimed at informing SMEs and national associations about European standardization systems and tools available to SMEs, and a second part focusing on the lift sector. Speakers from an array of government and business entities are scheduled. EFESME describes the event as “a very interesting opportunity to learn more about standardization at the European and Spanish levels with a focus on the elevator sector.” Registration is open through September 15.
TOWERS WOULD BE TALLEST IN FORT LAUDERDALE
Property Markets Group hopes to start construction in the second quarter of 2017 on redevelopment of the ailing Las Olas Riverfront retail and entertainment complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into The Riverfront, which would include 46- and 42-story apartment towers, the Sun Sentinel reports. Rising higher than the 455-ft.-tall Icon Las Olas and the proposed 493-ft.-tall 100 Las Olas, the structures would be the tallest in Fort Lauderdale at 499 and 469 ft. Containing approximately 1,200 apartments, as well as retail, The Riverfront would be developed in phases over up to eight years. City leaders expressed confidence in the plan being able to inject new life into Las Olas Riverfront, which was built in 1998 but has struggled with high vacancy in recent years.
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