KONE Wins Order For New Office Tower In London

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 and improve guidance inside the building. 8 Bishopsgate will be certified with the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method's Excellent Standard, a green building certification system. The developer is Stanhope Plc, in partnership with Mitsubishi Estates, and the project is being constructed by Lendlease. Other project partners include architect WilkinsonEyre, technical consultant Arup and construction cost consultants Alinea Consulting. Construction began in March 2019 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. Image credit: courtesy of KONE To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn