OTIS TO OUTFIT TALLEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN SRI LANKA
Otis has been selected to provide 19 5-mps elevators to the 240-m-tall, 68-story Altair in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Upon completion, it will be the tallest residential structure with the fastest elevators in Sri Lanka. Seven of the 19 units will be manufactured at Otis' Bengaluru, India, facility. Indocean Developers Ltd. is developing Altair, which consists of one tower leaning against another and is described by Indocean Director K.M. Sathian as "an architectural marvel." Sebi Joseph, president of Otis India, observed: "Otis' proven high-rise elevator technologies and capability to execute complex projects with unusual structural elements were important factors in our selection."
KONE PROVIDING 54 UNITS TO CHINESE MIXED-USE PROJECT
KONE has been selected by Poly Property Group to provide 33 elevators and 21 escalators to the Liuzhou Poly International Center, a mixed-use development in Liuzhou, China, that includes a 54-story office tower, 248-m-tall hotel and shopping mall. KONE plans to deliver two MonoSpace® and 31 MiniSpaceTM elevators and 21 TravelMasterTM escalators, along with the PolarisTM destination-control and E-LinkTM remote-monitoring systems. Completion is anticipated in 2017.
SITEWORK BEGINS FOR GERMANY’S TALLEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Sitework has started on the 47-story Aktivhaus, slated to be the tallest residential building in Germany, SkyRise Cities reports. Located in Frankfurt next to the Skyline Plaza retail mall, Aktivhaus will be notably "green," with energy from solar panels powering the building and landscaped balconies providing summer shade. Aktivhaus will house 240 apartments. It was designed by gsp Städtebau and Magnus Kaminiarz & Cie. Architektur.
SNAPCAB EXHIBITING AT AIA CONVENTION 2016
SnapCab intends to impress at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention 2016 on May 19-21 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The exhibit will include a lobby with two complete elevator interiors, island down-light and continuous LED perimeter light ceilings, a 15-ft. tall x 20-ft. wide mountainscape wall and a conference room with an active display and integrated speakers. More than 175 wall panels will be faced with Corning® Gorilla® Glass. The intent of the booth is to help architects envision designs that flow from lobbies into elevators.
http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/may-18-2016/
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