Dubai-based Techno Lift considers the award of the contract for vertical transportation at the prestigious new Dubai headquarters for United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) as a matter of great honour.

"We were able to comply with the project requirements of the elevators, specially speed and capacity, without compromising on quality, despite the building height constraints, due to higher degree of technical flexibility with Schindler products," says a company spokesman. "We supplied top-of-the-range VVVF gearless machine drives combined with the state-of-the-art Miconic TX control system for greater travel comfort and optimum service. Three Schindler passenger elevators of 1,000 kg capacities and speeds of 2 mps (metres per second) cater to the demanding vertical transportation requirements of this building," he says.

Established in 1994, Tehcno Lift (LLC) is a member of Al Shafar Group of Companies and represents Schindler products, which include elevators, escalators and passenger conveyors, in Dubai and the Northern Emirates. Over the past years the company has provided vertical transportation for various projects such as the Etisalat buildings in Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai Municipality's new building, and the new headquarters of Union Properties.

Projects currently being executed by the company include the Sheraton Plaza Hotel and Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road and the 45-storey Fujairah Tower, a commercial/residential development. ''The Fujairah Tower elevators are provided Schindler's unique Miconic 10 destination control elevator management system,'' the spokesman says.

"This year we introduced Schindler's Smart MRLs (machine roomless elevators) in the UAE. The response has been very encouraging and we have contracted many orders," says the company spokesman.

Techno Lift, with full support of Schindler, is in a position to provide effective solutions for vertical transportation requirements for all types of buildings, he says. "We provide support to architects, consultants and planners from the planning stage of the project. We provide traffic calculations for various type of buildings which help ascertain exact type and number of elevators, escalators and passenger conveyors required for the individual projects," the spokesman adds.