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Last year, KONE initiated the very first phase of its
elevator installations at the construction site of the
impressive Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, formerly known
as the Kingdom Tower. The project, which is owned and
developed by the Jeddah Economic Company (JEC), will
be the world’s tallest building once completed in 2018
and is expected to rise to a height of more than one
kilometer.
For such a historic landmark project, KONE will deliver
57 elevators and eight escalators as well as uniquely
advanced technology: the world’s fastest and longest
DoubleDeck elevators and the latest People Flow
Intelligence solutions. The DoubleDeck elevators will
travel at more than 10 meters per second. At 634
meters, the elevator travel will be the world’s longest.
KONE Areeco, KONE’s Saudi Arabian joint venture, has
been involved in the planning and design of all vertical
transportation systems for Jeddah Tower over the past
two years in conjunction with KONE’s global experts.
Laying the groundwork
KONE’s project team arrived on site in January 2015 and
worked throughout the entire year on pre-installation
JEDDAH TOWER – JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
THE TALLEST JOURNEY
Standing at over a kilometer high once completed, the Jeddah Tower will be the glittering centerpiece of Jeddah’s
Kingdom City development. KONE is heavily involved in the project as the exclusive vertical transportation provider.
activities concerning the fitting of the elevator system’s
guiderails and the first elevator cars for the lowest
elevator groups.
“We are absolutely thrilled at having our operations up
and running at the Jeddah Tower construction site and
to have started our installation activities alongside the
construction of the tower’s core structure,” says
Sascha
Brozek
, who heads the Major Projects unit at KONE.
“Without a doubt, this is a project that pushes the
industry’s limits to new heights, and we are very proud to
be an integral part of that journey.”
The actual installation of the guiderails and KONE elevator
cars will begin in the summer of 2016 and will progress as
the tower’s central structure rises over the coming years.
Working with the best
“Building the tallest tower in the world is about human
ingenuity and the strength of the materials used,” says
Mounib Hammoud
, CEO of the Jeddah Economic
Company, owner and developer of the Jeddah Tower.
KONE is the only vertical transportation service provider
in the world capable of delivering what we need at the
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