http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/november-13-2015
XIZI OTIS PROVIDING 30 UNITS TO CHINA’S OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER
Xizi Otis Elevator Co., Ltd. has been hired to provide 30 energy-efficient Gen2® elevator systems to the 80,000-seat Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, China. With its main stadium scheduled for completion by the end of 2015, the facility is being built to host the 2022 Asian Games. Xizi Otis states Gen2 systems are up to 75% more energy efficient than conventional systems that lack regenerative drives such as Otis' ReGenTM.
TECHNIX 2016: ENVISION AUTOMATED TRANSIT
The Advanced Transit Association (ATRA), University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation and Technology, and Southern Illinois University invite interested parties to attend Technix 2016: Envision Automated Transit (EAT) on January 9 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the atrium of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. EAT will be a continuation of the Envisioning Automated Vehicles with the Built Environment workshops hosted by the Transportation Research Board and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International at past Automated Vehicle Symposiums. During those, participants were divided into groups and assigned scenarios and sites around which to design. EAT will be similar, with emphasis on automated transit. The annual ATRA business meeting will follow.
STYLISH MACKLOWE CONDO TOWER FOR MIDTOWN NYC
A 490-ft.-tall, 35-story condominium tower with ground-level retail, designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Macklowe Properties, is poised to start taking shape at 200 East 59th Street in Midtown, New York YIMBY reports. At the corner of Third Avenue, the building has a design that hearkens to 1960s-era Modernism with an exterior mixing glass and a "basket weave of metals." New York YIMBY called the plan "crowd pleasing," and observed it promises to enhance both skyline and neighborhood. The building is set to contain close to 70 spacious residences with terraces. No completion date been announced, but structures on the site have been demolished.
