Jun 22 2010
Schindler is to supply 109 elevators for the "Costanera Center," a major urban development in the Chilean capital, Santiago, in a contract worth about US$40 million. The company is already supplying 86 escalators and moving walks for the project, in a separate agreement signed in 2008.
The contract for the 109 elevators was awarded after work resumed on the Costanera Center project, following a temporary stoppage because of the economic crisis. Schindler is the sole supplier of elevators, escalators and moving walks for the complex, which includes a multi-storey shopping mall, as well as four office towers, one of which – the Costanera Tower - will be the tallest in South America, at 300 meters. Installation of the Schindler equipment is due to start in 2011.
Double-deck elevators traveling at seven meters per second
The tallest tower will be equipped with 24 elevators, including 19 with two decks, which serve two floors at the same time and are capable of speeds up to seven meters per second. The elevators will be controlled by Schindler ID, a state-of-the-art traffic management and access-control system.
Schindler Elevators
The other three towers will be equipped with Schindler's hall-call destination system, Miconic 10, which groups passengers according to destination, cutting journey times and reducing journeys overall to save energy.
The Costanera Center's developer, Cencosud, is one South America's largest retail groups, with operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru. The main Costanera Tower was designed by Cesar Pelli, who is well-known as the architect of Malaysia's Petronas Towers.
Source: http://www.schindler.com/