http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/november-11-2015
EW PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNERS
ELEVATOR WORLD is pleased to report it had a total of 27 entries spanning nine categories for its 2016 Project of the Year contest. Winning projects are: “One World Observatory Skypod Elevator,” New York City (NYC), submitted by The Hettema Group in Elevators, New Construction; “Great Eagle Centre,” Hong Kong, submitted by Jardine Schindler Hong Kong in Elevators, Modernization; “Rome Subway Line C,” Rome, submitted by ThyssenKrupp Southern Europe, Africa and Middle East (SEAME) in Escalators, New Construction; “New York State – OSG, Historic State Capital,” Albany, New York, submitted by KONE in Escalators, Modernization; “Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport,” Medina, Saudi Arabia, submitted by ThyssenKrupp SEAME in Moving Walks; “EBBW Vale Inclined Lift,” Wales, U.K., submitted by LECS (UK) Ltd. in Inclined Elevators; “The Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre Box Office, Lincoln Center Theater,” NYC, submitted by Handi-Lift in Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts; “Mitered Glass Elevator,” Vancouver, Canada, submitted by UT Elevator Inc. in Private-Residence Elevators; and “La Muela II Hydroelectric Power Plant,” Valencia, Spain, submitted by ThyssenKrupp SEAME in Special Purpose Lifts.
MALDIVES CAPITAL MANDATES LIFTS FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS
Authorities in Malé, capital of the Maldives, have amended city laws to require buildings taller than five stories to have elevators, Haveeru Media Group reports. The move comes after a woman and her infant grandchild fell six stories down an elevator shaft in October, resulting in the infant's death. Previously, buildings in Malé were not required to have elevators, but property owners and managers were required to cover empty shafts with a 2-m-tall wall. The shaft involved in the fatal accident was open.
MIXED-USE TOWER NEARLY COMPLETE IN NYC’S MIDTOWN SOUTH
The Durst Organization's 479-ft.-tall, 41-story EŌS building at 855 6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in Midtown South New York City (NYC) is nearly complete, New York YIMBY reports. One of the Midtown South projects halted by the financial crisis of 2008, the plan was reborn in early 2014, thanks to the Durst family, with a new, sleek design by Cook+Fox. It has a five-story podium, retail on the lower two floors and offices with residences above them. There will be separate elevators for office workers and residential tenants.
