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ALIMAK WINS CONTRACT FOR BATTERSEA REDEVELOPMENT
Battersea Project Phase 2 Development Co. Ltd. has selected Alimak Group's CoxGomyl building maintenance units (BMUs) for the second phase of redeveloping the decommissioned power station, which will be home to Apple's new London campus on the south bank of the Thames River. Worth approximately US$2.6 million, the contract includes several short-reach, roof-mounted BMUs, as well as gantry and monorail systems, support and maintenance. Following successful installation of CoxGomyl BMUs for phase 1, Alimak will install and supply the equipment from the end of this year through early 2020. In addition to Apple, the project includes 253 residences and a 6-acre park.
THYSSENKRUPP MARKS 125-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ESCALATOR
On January 16, thyssenkrupp celebrated the 125th anniversary of when the world’s first escalator went into operation in 1893 at Coney Island’s Old Iron Pier in New York City (NYC). Then known as an incline elevator and conceived by Jesse Reno while attempting to create NYC’s first double-decker subway, the unit ran for two weeks and carried passengers only 7 ft. at a 25˚ angle. The technology has come a long way since then, with escalators more than 53 m long traveling at up to 0.9 mps. With Germany’s only escalator factory, thyssenkrupp notes it maintains approximately 25,000 of the 136,000 escalators in Europe. In honor of the anniversary, the company released an impressive picture gallery of its escalator installations worldwide.
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN HENRY MAIDA
John Henry Maida, founder, chief engineer and former owner of Virginia Controls, Inc. (VCI), of Richmond, Virginia, passed away on January 7 in Richmond. He was 80 years old. Maida began his career as an engineer at Otis in the late 1950s, going on to found and lead VCI, which designs and manufactures automatic elevator controllers, in 1967. He retired from VCI in 1996. Survivors include sisters, Linda and Diane; son, Chris; daughters, Valerie, Susanna, Janice and Marjorie; and numerous grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Jehovah's Witnesses.
RENDERINGS SHOW BROOKLYN MEGAPROJECT HIGH RISE
New renderings from developer L&L MAG's website show Pacific Park, a megaproject in downtown Brooklyn, New York, surrounding the Barclays Center that will eventually have 14 buildings, including a high rise that appears to be approximately 800 ft. tall, New York YIMBY reports. COOKFOX and SHoP Architects are the designers for the site, which is 95% owned by Greenland Forest City, with L&L MAG owning the remainder. By the time of full buildout around 2025-2030, there will be Brooklyn buildings taller than both the Pacific Park tower and the borough’s current tallest, the 610-ft.-tall 333 Schermerhorn.
Image: thyssenkrupp:
https://transfer.thyssenkrupp.info/public/q55299r_262200622744b99693c779
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