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BROOKLYN HOME TO WORLD’S TALLEST MODULAR HIGH RISE
Tenants began moving into 461 Dean (formerly called B2), a central Brooklyn residential building described by designer SHoP Architects as "the world's tallest modular tower," in November 2016. dezeen reported that the 32-story tower is billed a solution to meet the high demand for urban housing. Its 363 rental apartments with 23 different configurations were made possible by 930 steel modules fabricated offsite at the nearby Brooklyn Navy Yard. Rising to a height of 359 ft., it is to be an example of reducing environmental impact and offering a creative way forward for the construction industry to address the intersecting needs of cities.
THREE SURVIVE GATLINBURG FIRE IN ELEVATOR
Three people were found alive in an elevator after surviving the firestorm in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on the night of November 28. According to Nashville Public Radio, the survivors were trying to evacuate when power to their elevator went out, entrapping them. Someone on a cell phone was able to notify 911 that they were inside, and the fire department was sent to extract them. At least seven people were killed, and hundreds of structures burned in what Governor Bill Haslam called the worst fire in Tennessee in 100 years.
MIXED-USE 32-STORY TOWER UNDERWAY NEAR D.C.
Construction recently began on the Lumen at Tysons, a mixed-use 32-story apartment building adjacent to the Greensboro Metro station in Tysons Corner just outside Washington, D.C. In addition to the apartments, the development will have more than 11,000 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail space, The Washington Post reported. LMC, a Lennar company that focuses on building rental properties, is including 398 apartments of 500-1,600 sq. ft. each. It is expected to be complete in fall 2018.
KONE CHOOSES CRM SERVICES
KONE has selected the Service Cloud Lightning and Field Service Lightning services from Salesforce for its customer relations management (CRM), Field Technologies Online recently reported. Used with its current deployment of Sales Cloud Lightning, the other platforms will become central to KONE’s service workforce. Benefits include an improved all-round view of its customers, and a significant reduction of the current complexity of its interfaces and systems. KONE will be able to connect and mobilize its entire service workforce with a single view of the customer. Its more than 20,000 field service technicians at customer sites will have the ability to access the latest customer information from their mobile devices. KONE expects to connect its more than one million elevators and escalators over the next few years.
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