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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com NYC’S FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC TOWER TO RISE IN BROOKLYN The 38-story mixed-use tower representing phase one of Alloy Development's 80 Flatbush project in downtown Brooklyn is set to break ground in spring 2020 as one of the must sustainable towers in NYC, New York YIMBY reports. The upper, residential levels of the 500-ft-tall structure will be 100% electric (fossil-fuel independent), a first in the city. Two public schools in the lower levels will aim for Passive House architectural standards requiring extremely low energy consumption. The stepped, narrow design of 100 Flatbush Avenue is by Architecture Research Office, and Thornton Tomasetti is providing consulting. There will be 256 residences, 100,000 ft2 of office space and 30,000 ft2 of retail. Future phases include a 69-story mixed-use building and rehabilitation of a pair of older, existing structures. Image credit: courtesy

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com OFFICIALS OK RULE TO ALLOW TALLER BUILDINGS IN SYDNEY The New South Wales (NSW), Australia, government has given in-principle approval to planning controls that will remove a 40-year cap on building heights in Sydney's CBD, The Urban Developer reported on December 10. The draft Central Sydney Planning Strategy, the first major change to the city's planning regulation since 1996, was unveiled in 2016. The new regulation would allow developers to build taller than the current height limits — 300 m for CBD towers restricted to exclusively commercial use. The new rule would allow buildings 24 stories taller than the city's current tallest commercial building, the 244-m, 50-story Chifley Tower. NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes and Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore have given their approval to the new development strategy, which would also require new towers taller than 55 m to be at leas

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON NYC UPPER WEST SIDE’S TALLEST New York YIMBY says construction on what would be the tallest tower on NYC’s Upper West Side could restart in early 2020. Designed by Snøhetta and developed by Extell, the 775-ft-tall residential skyscraper at 50 West 66th Street progressed quickly in 2019 but stalled recently; currently, materials such as rebar and scaffolding are onsite waiting for progress to resume. The site is between West 65th and West 66th streets, within sight of Extell’s Central Park Tower, and within walking distance of the west side of Central Park, numerous restaurants and a Whole Foods Market. Image credit: By Michael Young for New York YIMBY To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com IGV GROUP APPOINTS PIZZIE COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR IGV Group of Milan, Italy, has appointed Robert Pizzie commercial director, responsible for marketing and sales. Pizzie was owner and managing director of Easy Living Home Elevators, in Willoughby, Australia, and has more than 25 years of management experience in Australia. IGV CEO Michele Suria observed Pizzie has worn many hats in the industry and dealt with many challenges. Pizzie said: "The challenge to grow the IGV business, as well as having a seat at the table in strategy and future direction of the company, is a rare opportunity, and I'm excited and ready for the challenge." Image credit: courtesy of IGV To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com THYSSENKRUPP ATLANTA TEST TOWER DESIGN REVISED Updated renderings of the thyssenkrupp Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC), which includes the tallest elevator test tower in the Western Hemisphere, have been revealed by architect Gensler, showing revisions that provide a look at the tower's inner workings, Curbed Atlanta is among news outlets to report. Rising next to SunTrust Park and The Battery adjacent to Interstate 285, the 420-ft-tall IQC will be the "tallest manmade, inhabitable structure" in Cobb County, Georgia, the source observes. thyssenkrupp tells EW completion is anticipated in Summer 2021, with move-in by the end of 2021 or early 2022. John Haba, principal in charge, Gensler Houston office, shares: "To best showcase [thyssenkrupp’s] elevator systems, we created a complete glass exterior façade for the test tower. . .that allows millions of visitors to view the

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CTBUH ANNOUNCES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS 2020 The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the Award of Excellence winners for its 2020 awards program. CTBUH observes the winning projects “represent the very best tall buildings, urban contributions, technologies and innovations emerging recently in cities around the world.” Winners were selected across a variety of categories, including Best Tall Building in five height categories ranging from less than 100 to more than 400 m tall. Quite a few honorees are in Australia, with skyscrapers in China, the U.K., North America, Europe and the Middle East also garnering recognition. North American cities NYC, Chicago and Miami were represented. The winners now move to the next stage of the program, sending representatives to the CTBUH 2020 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference in Chicago in April 2020 to compete

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HITACHI ELEVATOR PROVIDES VT FOR NEW BEIJING LANDMARK Hitachi Elevator provided the vertical-transportation (VT) equipment for Leeza SOHO, a 45-story office building designed by the late Zaha Hadid and developed by SOHO China in the new Fengtai Business District in Beijing. The highly anticipated skyscraper, boasting the world’s tallest atrium at 623 ft and comprising two halves straddling a new subway tunnel, formally opened on November 19, “becoming another landmark in Beijing,” Hitachi Elevator observes. VT solutions included 16 double-cab elevators up to 6 m/s and marks the OEM’s first collaboration with SOHO China. Designed to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold standards, the building has connecting skybridges within its rotating atrium at levels 13, 24, 35 and 45. Look for our Web Exclusive story on the project in January. Image credit: courtesy of Hitachi

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HITACHI ELEVATOR CHINA WINS MANUFACTURING AWARD Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. was awarded the 2019 China Manufacturing Golden Great Wall (CMGGW) Award — Industry Benchmark Company of the Year — at the China Smart Manufacturing Annual Summit in Guangzhou on November 18. The summit is organized by the 21st Century Business Herald, which, each year since 2016, has recognized companies for innovations in technology, investment in R&D, accumulation of intellectual property rights, revenue attributable to high-tech products and organizational structure. The company observed it was honored for its "efforts promoting industrial intelligence across the elevator industry and integrating intelligent elevator technology into a variety of scenarios." Image credit: courtesy of Hitachi Elevator To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com PROGRESS REPORT ON 43-STORY 45 PARK PLACE IN TRIBECA On its list of 31 NYC skyscrapers that made significant progress in 2019, New York YIMBY provided an update on the 43-story, 667-ft-tall 45 Park Place residential skyscraper in the Tribeca neighborhood. Designed by SOMA Architects with Ismael Leyva Architects as executive and residential architect, the structure topped out in summer 2019. The "modestly slender" skyscraper is being developed by Sharif el-Gamal of Soho Properties. In Glass curtain-wall installation now appears stalled, and construction has not yet begun on 45 Park Place's future neighbor, 51 Park Place, a 71-story tower that will include an Islamic Cultural Center. Image credit: by Michael Young for New York YIMBY To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitc

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com SCHINDLER AWARDED “HISTORIC” BART ESCALATOR CONTRACT Schindler has been awarded a contract to replace and install 41 escalators at four downtown Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations in San Francisco, a project described by Schindler U.S. Operations President Greg Ergenbright as "historic," Schindler announced on November 26. Work on the multiyear contract, the largest escalator replacement in BART's history, is set to begin in spring 2020. Schindler will install 41 9700 heavy-duty escalators at the Embarcadero, Montgomery, Powell and Civic Center/United Nations Plaza stations under BART's Market Street Escalators Renovation Project. Many of the units being replaced are among the oldest in the system, which opened in 1972 and has 48 stations. The Embarcadero and Montgomery stations are among BART's busiest, with more than 93,000 people passing through on an average weekday in 20

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com VT PART OF LARGEST MONTREAL TRANSIT INVESTMENT SINCE 1960s New vertical-transportation (VT) equipment is a key part of approximately CAD16 billion in infrastructure underway over the next 10 years at stations of the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) public transport agency in Montreal, Canada, the Montreal Gazette reports. What the source describes as the "largest phase of development since the metro opened in the 1960s" includes bringing the number of elevator-accessible stations from 15 to 41 by 2025. Toward that goal, elevator installation is underway at an unprecedented 11 stations. Comparing the work to "repairing a plane when it's in full flight with passengers onboard," STM CEO Luc Tremblay says adding elevators involves major reconstruction of some stations. In addition to elevators, STM is upgrading or replacing its 293 escalators. Image credit: photo courtesy of

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CLOSINGS FOR THANKSGIVING The offices of Elevator World, Inc. will be closed on November 28 and 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. They will open for regular business hours on December 2. Image credit: by Sue Junky from Pixabay To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com ELEVATOR TOWER AMONG DETAILS APPROVED FOR TORONTO TOWER New details, including an adjacent, 15-story elevator core, have been approved for Northam Realty Advisors' and BTS Realty's 70-story, 277-m-tall condominium tower set to rise on top of the Bell Trinity Square office complex at 483 Bay Street in Toronto, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing Urban Toronto. Revealed in renderings, a façade of staggered, rectangular frames and a landscaped "reveal" between the 29th and 30th floors distinguish the structure. According to the plan by architect IBI Group, the elevator tower would rise next to Bell Square's existing atrium. "Residents would first ride these elevators to and from the ground, with a transfer to the new building at any level from 11 to 15," the source observed. Image credit: courtesy of IBI Group To read the full transcript of today's p

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com EESF PROMOTES MEETING, ASKS FOR FEEDBACK The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) will be holding its annual general membership meeting on February 26-28, 2020, in Tampa. It recently invited volunteers, donors and supporters to attend. Executive Director Shelly Johnson invited donors and supporters to email her any specific issues they would like addressed. There is also still time to nominate an individual to serve as a board of regents member-at-large, but nominations will be closed on November 29. Johnson also requests stories of how National Elevator Escalator Safety Week (November 10-16) was celebrated. Efforts will be shared with the industry in EESF news updates, and Facebook and LinkedIn pages. To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com SLOW VT REPAIR VEXES MIAMI TRANSIT PASSENGERS Riders of Miami's Metrorail and Metromover systems are lodging complaints about the slow progress on bringing broken-down elevators and escalators back into service, but the city's mayor said the problem was caused by changes in the business model of repair companies, CBSMiami 4 reports. Hundreds of thousands of people use the systems every week, but many say vertical-transportation (VT) equipment that goes down has tended to stay down for long periods. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Giménez said the county has the money to repair the units, but VT companies have narrowed down who can make repairs. “The elevator companies have changed their business model. . . . We used to be able to hire different elevator repair companies to repair our elevators,” Giménez said, adding, “Now, elevator companies are saying only [certain] folks can

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com ELEVATOR ENTRAPMENTS KEEP RICHMOND FIREFIGHTERS BUSY Firefighters in Richmond, Virginia, have been called out for nearly 500 elevator rescues over the past two years, with many of the units being repeat offenders, WRIC 8News reports. Since 2017, the Richmond Fire Department has responded to 23 calls at Johnson Hall, on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). “It’s kind of normal, actually, just to see fire trucks and people getting stuck in the building,” said VCU freshman Samantha Griffin. “Basically, for the whole month of September, at least once a week, I could recall that somebody got stuck in the elevator.” VCU is responsible for its elevators, but a recent radio dispatch call noted that the nearest available elevator technician was several hours away. Other elevator problems have been reported at hotels and apartment buildings around the city. A tenant in one

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com EW PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNERS ELEVATOR WORLD is pleased to report the winners of the 2020 Project of the Year contest. Winning projects, which will be featured in our January 2020 issue, are (with category): “The Vessel” in NYC submitted by Liberty Elevator (Elevators, New Construction); “Empire State Building” in NYC submitted by Otis (Elevators, Modernization); “Jewel Changi Airport” in Singapore submitted by Schindler Singapore (Escalators, New Construction); “San Diego Convention Center” submitted by KONE (Escalators, Modernization); “Riosol Hotel” in Gran Canarias, Spain, submitted by thyssenkrupp (Inclined Lifts); “Yacht Obsession” in Mystic, Connecticut, submitted by Gillespie (Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts); “Mega Elevator” in Tel Aviv, Israel, submitted by ELMAS (Special-Purpose Lifts); and “Device for Assessment of Technical Condition of Guides” in Chełm, Pola

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com STEEL PILINGS PLACED FOR HUDSON YARDS SKYSCRAPER Work has begun on the pilings for a 58-story residential building in Hudson Yards, NYC, New York YIMBY reports. The 695-ft-tall tower is one of two expected to rise at 601 West 29th Street. The long, hollow steel pilings have been placed into the ground, and a completion date of September 2023 has been posted on the construction fence. Image credit: courtesy by Michael Young for New York YIMBY To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com WMATA COMPLETES US$176-MILLION ESCALATOR OVERHAUL The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has announced the completion of a US$176-million, multiyear escalator overhaul that included 145 new units, The Washington Post is among news outlets to report. The last escalator replaced in the project was at Court House Station earlier this month, marking a milestone for a journey that began after an escalator malfunction at L'Enfant Plaza injured six people nine years ago. In addition to 145 new escalators, 153 units received new motors, steps, handrails, safety devices and electrical systems. WMATA has also been installing canopies over station entrances where escalators are exposed to the elements. Eight have been installed, and six more are planned at Smithsonian, Judiciary Square, Archives, U Street and Arlington Cemetery.   Image credit: courtesy of WMATA To

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com KONE LANDS 74-UNIT DEAL FOR PROJECT IN TIANJIN, CHINA KONE has won a contract to supply 74 total units to Tianjin Pingan Teda IFC, a luxury mixed-use development planned in Tianjin, China, the company announced on November 14. The development will have two towers, rising 313 m and 240 m in height, and will bring office space, apartments and high-end shopping to the city. KONE will deliver 54 elevators for the project — 12 MonoSpace®, 37 MiniSpace™, four MiniSpace DoubleDeck and one MiniSpace Transformer — as well as 20 TravelMaster™ 110 escalators to the development. The complex, which includes a 68-story residential building, will also be equipped with the E-Link™ monitoring system, and the contract includes two years of standard maintenance. The project is being developed by Tianjin Meiyin Real Estate Co., Ltd., and is scheduled for completion in 2022.   Image credit: court