Elevator World

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com KONE WINS ORDER FOR NEW OFFICE TOWER IN LONDON KONE recently announced it has won an order to supply vertical transportation for 8 Bishopsgate, a new, 50-story office building in the City of London. Rising 200 m, 8 Bishopsgate will include a public viewing gallery with two dedicated elevators to level 50. Altogether, KONE will deliver 19 MiniSpace™ elevators, 15 of which will be double-deck units using its UltraRope® carbon fiber-based hoisting technology. One group of four will travel at speeds up to 8 m/s. During construction, JumpLift™ solutions will speed construction time. In the podium, KONE will install two MonoSpace® 700 elevators and two TransitMaster™ 110 escalators, and the building will be equipped with the E-Link™ facility-management system. KONE will also install its destination-control system, and InfoScreens will provide multimedia information inside the elevators