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KONE WINS ORDER FOR 69 UNITS AT SINGAPORE DEVELOPMENT
KONE has won an order to supply 69 elevators and escalators to Funan DigitaLife Mall, a mixed-use development in Singapore, the company announced June 6. The mall is designed as a unique lifestyle destination, and will follow a live-work-play model. The integrated development will include two premium Grade A office towers, a residential block and a retail component. KONE will supply 28 S MonoSpace® elevators, one Transys® elevator with a maximum travel speed of 2.5 mps, and 40 TravelMaster™ 110 escalators. Funan, owned by CapitaLand Mall Trust, was closed in July 2016 for redevelopment. The project is slated for completion at the end of 2019.
GIRL KILLED AFTER BECOMING STUCK IN ELEVATOR DOOR
A 10-year-girl was killed June 4 in Visakhapatnam, India, after she got stuck in the door of an elevator at an apartment building, thenewsminute.com reports. The girl was reportedly playing in Kota's Residency, an apartment building where her uncle was the watchman. Reports said she got stuck between the elevator door and grill when the car was called to another floor. She was crushed between the elevator and the interior wall, reports said. A police investigation was ongoing.
WMATA COMPLETES WORK ON WOODLEY PARK ESCALATORS
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has completed a major project to replace six escalators at Woodley Park Station, including the three longest escalators in the District of Columbia, masstransitmag.com reports. KONE, contractor for the job, replaced the escalators two at a time in succession. The overall project took more than two years to complete, including site preparation, demolition and removal of the old escalators, installation of complex gantries and cranes to move the new escalators and supporting structures into place, as well as testing and tuning. With the completion of the Woodley Park station, construction was begun June 5 to replace five entrance escalators at Cleveland Park Station. That project is expected to take 20 months to complete. The station's elevators will remain in service for the duration of the project.
BOY'S ARM REATTACHED AFTER ESCALATOR ACCIDENT
A 4-year-old boy in China had to have his arm surgically reattached after a June 1 accident in which he fell, apparently while trying to go in the wrong direction on an escalator, the Daily Mail reported. According to the report, the boy's mother was watching when the accident occurred. Bystanders stopped the escalator at the Rainbow Shopping Center in Jingdong, Jiangxi Province, but his arm had already gotten trapped and torn off. Doctors reattached his arm after several hours of surgery, but his recovery will have to be closely monitored.
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