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MARINE-LIFT COMPANY ADDS HOME-ELEVATOR DIVISION
Marine and cargo lift manufacturer Tide Tamer Industries of Snow Hill, North Carolina, plans to invest US$560,000 in a new division that will manufacture and service home elevators, Area Development Online reports. Made possible in part by a state grant, the expansion promises to add 22 workers to a current staff of 24. New employees will include production workers, installation technicians and salespeople. Tide Tamer President F.H. "Buzz" Shackelford praised North Carolina's strong workforce and supportive business environment, and thanked state and local officials for helping make the expansion happen.
NYU: SUBWAY ELEVATORS NEEDED TO EASE ACCESS-A-RIDE BURDEN
Additional subway elevators are among measures that would ease budget pressure on New York City's (NYC) federally mandated paratransit service, Access-A-Ride, according to a New York University (NYU) report, the Village Voice reports. Only 112 of NYC's 491 subway stations are fully accessible, and advocates for the disabled say the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has not delivered on promises to improve access. The MTA says it is working on a US$739.5-million full-accessibility program in 11 key stations scheduled for completion in 2020. It would cost US$9 billion to make the system fully accessible with 870 elevators in approximately 350 stations.
CTBUH PREDICTS TALL BUILDINGS
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has released its Top 12 Tall Building Predictions for 2017. Notable predicted building completions are: The Ping An Finance Center (Shenzhen, China) in January, the Tencent Seafront Towers (Shenzhen) in February, Marina 101 (Dubai) in March and wooden skyscrapers around the world throughout the year. Other trends mentioned are automobile-branded towers and a spate of building completions in Australia featuring top ratings from the country’s various strict environmental rating systems.
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