WORLD’S FASTEST ELEVATOR NOW EVEN FASTER
Mitsubishi Electric announced on May 10 it has increased the speed of one of the elevators in the 632-m-tall Shanghai Tower to 1,230 mpm, or 20.5 mps, which will be the fastest elevator in the world. It will travel from the second-basement level to 119th floor in 53 s. The previous top speed of the Shanghai Tower elevators was 1,080 mpm. In this new, fastest elevator, which serves the observation deck, the operator will be able to switch between 1,080 and 1,230 mpm, depending on passenger traffic. Mitsubishi Electric achieved the new top speed through new equipment, including a control panel that maximizes the traction machine's performance and an improved speed governor, brake device and buffer. The company tells ELEVATOR WORLD installation is expected to be complete by July.
KONE TO INSTALL 130 UNITS AT TURKISH HEALTH COMPLEX
KONE has been awarded a contract to install 130 elevators and escalators at the Adana Integrated Health Campus in Adana, Turkey. Incorporating innovative earthquake-resistant features, it will be the largest health campus in the Middle East, consisting of three hospitals -- including a four-tower main facility -- containing 1,550 beds. The complex is scheduled to be complete by the start of 2017 and will have 100 MonoSpace® and four TranSysTM elevators and 26 TravelMaster® escalators. The project is being done in a public/private partnership, the first in Turkey, with developer Meridiam.
DOWNTOWN DENVER CONSTRUCTION BOOM CONTINUES
Downtown Denver's construction boom shows no signs of slowing, with US$2.5 billion in hotel, residential and office projects underway or on the drawing boards, The Denver Post reports. The Downtown Denver Partnership annual report stated there were 18 projects underway as of May, with another 14 in the works. Towers under construction now include a 40-story office building, 1144 Fifteenth at 15th and Lawrence streets that will house more than 600,000 sq. ft. of office space when complete in 2018 and a 22-story, 311,000-sq.-ft. office building at 14th and Lawrence streets, 1401 Lawrence, expected to be complete later this year.
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