FIELDBOSS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GETS MAJOR UPDATE
FIELDBOSS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GETS MAJOR UPDATE
Rimrock Corp. has unveiled FIELDBOSS Lift 2.5, a major update for its award-winning elevator contractor management solution built for the Microsoft Cloud and within the Microsoft Dynamics platform. FIELDBOSS Lift 2.5 adds more than 100 new functionality and performance improvements. Key enhancements include: configurable violation management; a service task configurator for customized and automated electronic checklists; maintenance contract management, which optimizes maintenance contract creation with automated scheduling and billing; a field request entity that enables technicians to communicate with the office for common situations, such as parts requests; automated time card functionality giving real-time tracking of data and a paperless process for billing and payroll; and enhanced business intelligence dashboards for billing, case management, dispatch and many other functions. More information is available at website.
GREEK MANUFACTURER BIOFIAL ENTERS NEW MARKETS
Biofial Hydraulics, manufacturer of components for hydraulic elevators and other equipment, as well as specialty freight and automobile lift systems, has entered new markets in Europe, South America and the Middle East, the company has announced. The maker of hydraulic cylinders, power units and car frames based in Thessaloniki, Greece, has begun distributing its components directly to elevator companies in Lithuania, Peru and Qatar. In addition to components, Biofial markets complete lift solutions: compact cargo lifts, hydraulic automobile platforms and hydraulic scissor platform lifts.
BREXIT TO ACCELERATE FRANKFURT'S SKYSCRAPER BOOM
Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital, is set to see a boom in skyscraper construction, thanks to Brexit, the U.K.'s exit from the European Union, Bloomberg reports. Local economists expect at least half of London’s financial jobs will relocate to Frankfurt over the next several years. The population increase, added to the fact that there is little available land for residential construction in Frankfurt, has created upward pressure on home prices, making them high enough to justify the higher cost of high-rise buildings. Eight residential towers have been built in Frankfurt since 2014, and five are currently under construction. Another 15 are in the planning stages, meaning the city could see 20 new high rises by 2022, including the 172-m-tall Grand Tower, currently under construction.
MAN HURT IN CONSTRUCTION SITE ELEVATOR SHAFT FALL
A man at a construction site in Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand, was seriously injured after falling down an elevator shaft, stuff.co.nz reports. Fire crews were dispatched to the scene on November 29 after the 30-year-old man fell 3-5 m down the shaft. Special aerial equipment was used to rescue the man, who was then taken to Auckland City Hospital.
