Worker Hurt in Construction Elevator

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This week’s featured product is: The Elevator Agency http://www.elevatorworld.com/pdf/marketing/TheElevatorAgency.pdf JOHNSON LIFTS ENTERS HEAVY-DUTY PUBLIC ESCALATOR MARKET India’s Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. has set up a heavy-duty escalator factory in Oragadam near Chennai, India, The Hindu reports. Johnson officials held a media event on May 31 to announce the move, prompted by the announcement of metro projects and construction of foot overbridges across India. The new facility is equipped to test all equipment before it’s shipped, enabling customers to inspect their products before they leave the factory. Johnson Lifts bought the technology from SJEC of China, and funded the project in-house. Approximately 80 percent of components will be produced domestically. WORKER HURT IN CONSTRUCTION ELEVATOR A worker at a building site in New York City (NYC) suffered life-threatening injuries June 7 when a construction elevator malfunctioned and pinned him against a wall, DNAinfo reports. The man was on the job at Pier 57 when the elevator malfunctioned, ejecting him and pinning him against the wall, the NYC Fire Department said. He was freed from the wall and taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Pier 57 is undergoing a major renovation that, when finished, will include 480,000 ft.2 of offices and retail space, including a market planned by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. RESIDENTIAL SUPERTALL BY MOSCOW FIRM FOR NYC Moscow-based architecture firm Meganom has designed its first U.S. project, a 1,001-ft.-tall, skinny residential tower at 262 Fifth Avenue in the NoMad (north of Madison Square Park) neighborhood of New York City (NYC), dezeen reports. Demolition of two vacant structures is underway. A historic, 12-story limestone building will be incorporated into the building's base. According to the architect, the structure will be unique with its "forward-thinking contemporary design" featuring an aluminum and glass façade, floor-to-ceiling windows in some units and a mechanical core running up the west side, allowing for column-free living spaces. The tower is being developed by Five Points South, with New York City's SLCE as the architect of record. Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes?Google Play | SoundCloud?Stitcher?TuneIn Image source: www.ny.curbed.com via YoungWoo & Associates