ALIMAK PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION HOISTS IN INDIA
Alimak Group has booked a pair of construction-elevator orders in India totaling US$2.46 million. They will be delivered during the first and second quarters of 2016 for use in midmarket and premium building projects. Fredrik Betts, executive vice president and head of Business Area Construction, described India as an expanding market with high construction activity that Alimak is pleased to continue to support.
SHANGHAI TOWER, WORLD’S SECOND TALLEST, NOW COMPLETE
The 632-m-tall Shanghai Tower in the Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai is now complete, surpassing the Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca as the world's second-tallest building, various news agencies, including dezeen, report. Designed by Gensler with a twisting form aimed to withstand strong winds, the tower contains shops, offices, hotel rooms and cultural facilities in its 121 stories. The tower stands 31 m higher than the Makkah Clock Tower and is second in height only to the 828-m-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Its completion pushed Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Willis Tower in Chicago out of the top-10 list for the first time.
OUT-OF-SERVICE CARLSBAD CAVERNS ELEVATORS A SORE POINT
City leaders in Carlsbad, New Mexico, are irritated by the amount of time elevators at the state’s only national park, Carlsbad Caverns, have been out of service, the Current-Argus reports. One of two passenger elevators stopped at 650 ft. underground during an inspection on November 4, 2015, and both units were taken out of service since they depend on one another for rescue operations. A pair of freight elevators have been out of service for approximately a year and are expected to return to service by March 1. Engineers put a rough estimate on bringing the passenger elevators back into operation in approximately six months.
http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/january-15-2016
