AUSTIN, Texas, June 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- KONE, a global
leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has won an order to
provide 14 elevators at 500 West 2nd Street, the office
tower that is part of the redevelopment of the decommissioned
Thomas C. Green Water Treatment Plant site in Austin, Texas.
KONE solutions will include eight KONE MonoSpace® machine
room-less elevators, and six KONE EcoSystem MR™ machine room
elevators. All of the elevators will be equipped with the
energy-efficient KONE EcoDisc® hoisting machine. The KONE Polaris™
destination control system (DCS) will also be utilized on 10 of the
office elevators. This dispatching system significantly improves
efficiency of the elevator system, and also will interface with the
building's access control system to provide the most efficient
People Flow for customers and workers at the
site.
Originally opened in 1925, the site of Austin's first water treatment plant is being
redeveloped to include 500 West 2nd Street, a 32-story,
537,134 square-foot office tower. Green Water is the largest
privately-developed project in Austin's history. Gensler did the master
planning and Trammell Crow is
developing this mixed-use site, which includes two residential
towers, a boutique hotel and the office tower building. The Beck
Group leads construction of the 16-level office tower, which sits
atop 14 levels of parking.
"We're excited to partner with a progressive and innovative
company like KONE on 500 West 2nd Street," said
Tom Woods, Project Executive from
The Beck Group. "With the use of elevator technology that will help
efficiently get people to their desired floors quickly and safely,
we look forward to bringing this project to life for the city of
Austin."
"Being part of Austin's
economic growth is an exciting opportunity for KONE and we're proud
to be working with Gensler, Trammell
Crow and The Beck Group," said Larry
Wash, Executive Vice President for KONE Americas. "We're
especially proud to be part of a development such as Green Water,
where KONE can help contribute to redeveloping a nearly century-old
part of the city."
About KONE
KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator
industry. KONE's objective is to offer the best People Flow®
experience by developing and delivering solutions that enable
people to move smoothly, safely, comfortably and without waiting in
buildings in an increasingly urbanizing environment. KONE provides
industry-leading elevators, escalators, automatic building doors
and integrated solutions to enhance the People Flow in and between
buildings. KONE's services cover the entire lifetime of a building,
from the design phase to maintenance, repairs and modernization
solutions. In 2014, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 7,3 billion, and at the end of the year over
47,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
For more, visit www.kone.us
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