Elevator System Among Challenges of Tokyo Supertall

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A rendering of Mitsubishi Estate's planned skyscraper. Image via Nikkei Asian Review: http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Property/High-tech-at-work-in-designing-Japan-s-tallest-building Read your daily industry news update: http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/october-20-2016/ The Elevator Maintenance Manual by Zack McCain is an in-depth guide, designed for the service technician, covering elevator maintenance programs and practices as related to electric and hydraulic elevators. http://www.elevatorbooks.com/Products/MAINML2/elevator-maintenance-manual-2nd-ed.aspx ELEVATOR SYSTEM AMONG CHALLENGES OF TOKYO SUPERTALL Elevators to move people efficiently throughout Mitsubishi Estate's planned 390-m-tall, 490,000-m2 office tower in central Tokyo is among logistical challenges engineers will face as the structure, part of a four-building complex, takes shape, Nikkei Asian Review reports. More elevators are needed for taller structures. Tokyo's 180-m-tall, 160,000-m2 Marunouchi Building has almost 100 elevators, for example. Also needed to ensure efficient operation will be destination-dispatch technology drawing on the Internet of Things. The structural details for the Mitsubishi Estate building are expected to be hammered out by 2020, with construction starting in 2023. MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PITCHED IN TORONTO A mixed-use development featuring a pair of 32-story, 107-m-tall residential towers at 254 King Street East has been proposed in Toronto's Financial District, Urban Toronto reports. Owned by ODC Holdings Ltd., the property includes low-rise historic buildings along King, Adelaide and Princess streets, the façades of which would be preserved. The plan is to build several new low-rise buildings along with the towers, which would be situated close together and linked by a pair of glass bridges. Part of an overall resurgence of Toronto's "Old York" district, they are set to contain approximately 940 residential units along with three levels of underground parking and bicycle storage. THREE YEAR OLD INJURED IN MALAYSIA ESCALATOR FALL A three-year-old girl was in stable condition at a local hospital after falling from her father’s shoulders from an escalator on which the family was riding at a mall in George Town, Malaysia, on October 16, Free Malaysia Today reports. Mall officials say the father leaned down to check on another of his children, whose finger had become temporarily stuck in the escalator as it reached the first floor, when the child fell. A nearby medical practitioner revived the girl who fell. The mall reminded shoppers to keep close watch on children when riding escalators and observe riding rules posted on site. The Department of Occupational Safety and Health in Kuala Lumpur reports that from 2011 to May 2015, 97% of escalator accidents involved children. Advertise in the ELEVATOR WORLD 2017 SOURCE and the eDirectory to reach more than 60,000 industry professionals: http://www.elevatorworld.com/pdf/2017_source-mp.pdf Subscribe to ELEVATOR WORLD magazine: http://www.elevatorbooks.com/Products/CategoryCenter/SUBS/Subscriptions.aspx Online bookstore: www.elevatorbooks.com Blog: www.elevatorworld.com/blogs Website: www.elevatorworld.com