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MCE PORTFOLIO — HOTELS, UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS, & SIGNATURE BUILDINGS


Contents HOTELS AND RESORTS

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UNIVERSITIES

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HOSPITALS

14–17

SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

18-25


Motion Control Engineering has a proud history of working with owners and managers of exceptional buildings across the United States, South America, and Europe. We have found that no two projects are exactly alike and have learned to thrive on the challenges presented by unique requirements. We have especially made hotels, universities, hospitals, and signature buildings an MCE tradition. This brochure captures just a few projects over our thirty years of leadership in the non-proprietary elevator market.

The Motion Advantage Motion Control Engineering understands the specialized internal traffic requirements, use, and modernization strictures that make elevator controls in many buildings unique. Hotel elevator traffic may be more continuous than other buildings, with up traffic to many different floors, and down traffic from many different floors to predominant destination floors including the lobby, parking, and recreation or spa floors. Modernization projects must emphasize continuing to provide the best possible service, possibly using cross registration systems to maintain service from legacy cars as modernization proceeds. At least one car will typically be a dedicated freight or a heavy duty passenger car that is “swung out� from the group for feight service as needed. VIP service is frequently required. University buildings may be characterized by short periods of intense elevator use separated by hour or more intervals during the day. Intelligent parking may be very important, positioning empty cars prior to anticipated demand. As with hotels, modernization projects must emphasize continuous service. Hospital elevators are in continuous demand to and from mixed floors with some emphasis on lobby and special function floors. Cars are frequently multi-purpose

passenger, patient transportation, and freight. Typically there is at least one dedicated freight car moving supplies and equipment. In addition, hospitals use special emergency risers for urgent medical calls and require controllers with medical appropriate behavior modes. Signature buildings include high rise edifices, iconic structures, and national monuments. High rise structures demand performance – fast floor-to-floor times, high speed cars, and exceptional dispatching technology. Monuments can sometimes require the unusual, for example, floors that are really historical viewing opportunities. At MCE, we work with you to address special needs and ensure a successful project. Motion Control Engineering is the largest provider of nonproprietary elevator controls, with an installed base of nearly 200,000 units worldwide. Non-proprietary means that building owners are not locked into a specific service provider by long-term contracts and special, proprietary tools. Our non-proprietary philosophy ensures building owners the freedom to choose the installer and service provider of their choice, without constraint. MCE controls never require special, proprietary tools and MCE technical support is available to all service providers, without regard to their corporate affiliation.


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HOTELS AND RESORTS

New York Helmsley New York, New York, USA

Park Lane Hotel New York, New York, USA

NEW YORK HELMSLEY 2 1 2 E 4 2 n d S t r e e t , N Y, N Y

PA R K L A N E 3 6 C e n t r a l P a r k S o u t h , N Y, N Y

Cars:

15*

Cars:

12

Control Type:

AC

Control Type:

AC

Floors:

46

Floors:

46

The New York Helmsley is in Midtown Manhatten

The Park Lane Helmsley features a panoramic view of

within walking distance of Times Square, Grand Central

Central Park and the New York skyline and is located

Station, and the United Nations.

just a short walk from the theater district and Fifth Avenue shopping.

* In this publication, this number reflects the number of cars in a particular modernization episode, not necessarily the number of of cars in the hotel.


HOTELS AND RESORTS

Wedgewood Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sunrise Bay Resort Club Marco Island, Florida, USA

WEDGEWOOD HOTEL 8 4 5 H o r n b y S t r e e t , Va n c o u v e r,

S U N R I S E B AY R E S O R T C L U B MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA, USA

Cars:

3

Cars:

1

Control Type:

AC

Control Type:

Hydraulic

Floors:

12, 83 rooms

Floors:

5, 20 condominiums

Hilton Hotel Miami, Florida, USA

Gramercy Park Hotel New York, New York, USA

H I LT O N M I A M I D O W N T O W N 1601 Biscayne Ave, Miami, FL, USA

G R A M E R C Y PA R K H O T E L 2 L e x i n g t o n A v e , N e w Yo r k , N Y, U S A

Cars:

12

Cars:

5

Control Type:

iControl, AC

Control Type:

AC

Floors:

20, 527 rooms (58 are suites)

Floors:

16, 185 guest rooms, luxury suites

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HOTELS AND RESORTS

Royal Hawaiian Hotel Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Crown Plaza Edmonton, Montreal, Canada

R O YA L H AWA I I A N 2259 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI USA

C R O W N P L A Z A - C H AT E A U L A C O M B E 10111 Belamy Hill, Edmonton

Cars:

3

Cars:

3

Control Type:

AC

Control Type:

AC

Floors:

6, 529 rooms, luxury suites

Floors:

24, 307 rooms

Built in 1927 on the Waikiki beachfront, the Royal

The Crown Plaza - Chateau Lacombe is located in

Hawaiian offers activities from catamaran cruises to

the heart of downtown Edmonton and Edmonton’s

para-sailing and was among the first of the Hawaii

picturesque River Valley.

luxury resorts.


HOTELS AND RESORTS

Warwick Hotel New York, New York, USA

Holiday Inn, Capitol Washington DC

WARWICK HOTEL 6 5 W 5 4 t h S t r e e t , N Y, N Y

H O L I D AY I N N , C A P I T O L M A L L 550 C Street sw, Washington, DC

Cars:

6

Cars:

4

Control Type:

iControl SCR

Control Type:

AC

Floors:

36

Floors:

5, 532 rooms

The Warwick was commissioned by William Randolph

Easy access to national monuments and museums,

Hearst in 1926 and built opposite the Ziegfield Theater.

congressional offices, and federal agencies. Multi-

The luxurious hotel has 359 large rooms and 67 suites.

lingual staff.

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HOTELS AND RESORTS

Embassy Suites, Ft Lauderdale Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Embassy Suites, Kingston Plantation Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

EMBASSY SUITES FT LAUDERDALE 1100 SE 17th St, Lauderdale, FL

EMBASSY SUITES KINGSTON 9800 Queensway Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC

Cars:

5

Cars:

4

Control Type:

AC

Control Type:

AC, 1 hydraulic

Floors:

12, all suites

Floors:

20, 255 suites

Sun and water vacation spot on the Intracoastal

Southern coast sun and water vacation spot with

Waterway. Close to Port Everglades and Florida's

Atlantic vistas. Broadway at the Beach, House of

beautiful beaches.

Blues, and golf.


HOTELS AND RESORTS

Westin Embassy Row Washington D.C., USA

Langham Hotel Boston Boston, Massachusetts, USA

WESTIN EMBASSY ROW 2100 Massachusettes Ave., Washington D.C.

LANGHAM HOTEL BOSTON 250 Franklin St., Boston, MA

Cars:

5

Cars:

4

Control Type:

AC, 1 hydraulic

Control Type:

AC

Floors:

xx, 259 classically appointed rooms

Floors:

318 guest rooms, suites

Sweeping views of Embass Row, the National Cathedral, and

Overlooking Post Office Square. Near the Boston Financial

the Washington Monument.

District.

iCONTROL AC and DC Elevator Controls from MCE No other controller even comes close. iControl provides performance, with car speeds to 1800 feet per minute in AC or DC configurations, service to 150 landings with two openings each, and group dispatching for up to 15 cars, But performance takes a back seat to iControl adjustment, diagnostic, and monitoring capabilities. Exclusive iView technology allows iControl configuration to be minutely viewed and adjusted from anywhere an Internet connection is available. iMonitor and iReport applications allow iControl elevator groups to be monitored in real time, again from any location with an Internet connection. iControl dispatchers use artificial intelligence to dynamically determine the best minute-to-minute response to building traffic. Choose iControl when your building needs the best.

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UNIVERSITIES

Universities and educational institutions across the United States consistently choose Motion Control Engineering for elevator modernizations. With the introduction of our Freedom line of complete elevator packages in 2009, our institutional customers are quickly discovering the quality and value of using MCE as their single-source provider — choosing the simplified logistics, superior products, and unified support MCE has come to personify. Many of the universities in this brochure have from dozens to well over one hundred MCE elevator controls providing the day-in, day-out reliability they have come to expect when they specify Motion Control Engineering.

Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

Michigan State University Lansing, Michigan

AC, Permanent Magnet, Synchronous Machines 35% more efficient Quieter Better control across the speed range Lower operating temperatures, no fan needed


UNIVERSITIES

Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona

University of California Davis, California

A R I Z O N A S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Cars:

73

Cars:

100 plus

Control Type:

Mixed

Control Type:

Mixed

Additional

Additional

The MCE iMonitor application is used to provide extensive

UC Davis is the University of California campus nearest

monitoring of elevator installations in buildings across the

to MCE headquarters in Rancho Cordova, California. In

ASU Tempe campus. iMonitor allows elevator status to be

addition to many MCE elevator controllers, UC Davis will be

monitored and appropriate elevator control to be exerted

installing four MCE complete Freedom elevator packages

through Ethernet connection from virtually any geographic

over the next 12 to 18 months. MCE complete elevator

location. The 3-dimensional, campus monitoring view is

packages include rails and hardware, hoist machine,

illustrated below.

controller, car and platform, governor, safeties, buffers, counterweight, ropes, car doors, door operator, hall entrances, operating panels, position indicators — In short, everything except the hoistway itself.

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UNIVERSITIES

Yale University New Haven, Connecticut

Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey

University of California, Berkely Berkely, California

California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, California

Destination Based Dispatching Replace your car calls, eliminate your car operating panels. Assign passengers to specific cars and dispatch those cars efficiently — fewer stops, better service. Ask your MCE representative.


UNIVERSITIES

University of Texas, El Paso El Paso, Texas

University of Georgia Athens, Georgia

University of Miami Miami, Florida

University of Washington Seattle, Washington

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UNIVERSITIES

Boston College Boston, Massachussetts

Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina

Cornell University Ithaca, New York

Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana

Motion 4000 AC Elevator Controls from MCE Clean, simple, no nonsense elevator control. Speeds to 400 feet per minute. Up to 32 landings at two openings each. Dispatching groups to 6 cars. On board diagnostics. iMonitor, iReport, and BMS-LINK connectivity – Internet monitoring and reporting – integration with your building management system.


UNIVERSITIES

University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

Texas A and M College Station, Texas

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

George Washington University Washington D.C.

Motion 2000 Hydraulic Elevator Controls from MCE Clean, simple, no nonsense elevator control for hydraulic elevators. Up to 32 landings at two Cl openings each. Dispatching groups to 6 cars. On board diagnostics. iMonitor, iReport, and BMS-LINK op connectivity – Internet monitoring and reporting – integration with your building management system.

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UNIVERSITIES

Columbia University New York, New York

Syracuse University Syracuse, New York

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts


UNIVERSITIES

New York University New York, New York

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts

University of Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Kentucky

University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon

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HOSPITALS

Massachusettes General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California

Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota

University of Kentucky Medical Center Lexington, Kentucky

TA P S Tr a c t i o n A u x i l i a r y P o w e r S u p p l y f r o m M C E MCE’s Traction Auxiliary Power Supply (TAPS*) for VVVF Controllers provides backup power when commercial power is lost, safely delivering the elevator car to a landing and maintaining door power so passengers can exit.


HOSPITALS

Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

Hospital University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Childrens Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

Stanford Medical Center Palo Alto, California

PowerBack R6 Regenerative Drive Capture and re-use overhauling energy with MCE PowerBack R6 regenerative drives. • Return energy to the utility and reduce kW hours consumed by the building. • Reduce braking resistors use the heat they radiate into the building.

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HOSPITALS

University of Texas SW Medical Center Dallas, Texas

Louisiana State University Medical Ctr New Orleans, Louisiana

University of Virginia, Health System Charlottesville, Virginia

VA Medical Center Asheville, North Carolina


HOSPITALS

Beth Israel Medical Center New York, New York

Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital San Diego, California

Columbia Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Palo Alto, California

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HOSPITALS

SUNY Hospital Syracuse, New York

University of Nevada Medical Center Reno, Nevada

University of Cincinnati Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio

UC San Francisco Moffitt Hospital San Francisco, California


HOSPITALS

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SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

Fulbright Tower Houston, Texas

270 Park Avenue New York, New York

FULBRIGHT TOWER HOUSTON, TEXAS

2 7 0 PA R K AV E N U E NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Cars:

29

Cars:

31

Control Type:

iControl

Control Type:

SCR

Floors:

55

Floors:

52

Originally known as Chevron Tower, Fulbright Tower was

270 Park Avenue is locally known as The Chase Building –

renamed for its major tenant Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.

world headquarters of JP Morgan Chase. The building was

Constructed in 1982, Fulbright Tower’s structural frame is

originally constructed in 1960 as the corporate home of

steel with suspended concrete on metal deck floor slabs.

the Union Carbide Company. The building exterior evokes

Exterior cladding is aluminum and insulating glass curtain

strength with its protruding stainless steel mullions and the

wall with polished granite spandrels.

bold facade pattern of the black matte metal spandrels.


SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

2 Prudential Plaza Chicago, Illinois

One Boston Place Boston, Massachusetts

2 PRUDENTIAL PLAZA CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

ONE BOSTON PLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Cars:

26

Cars:

19

Control Type:

SCR

Control Type:

iControl

Floors:

69

Floors:

41

1995 winner of the Best Structure Award presented by the

One Boston Place is prominent on the Boston skyline. The

Structual Engineers Association of Illinois, Two Prudential

tower is steel frame construction on a concrete over metal

was the U.S.A.’s tallest reinforced concrete building when it

decking floor with a masonry core. The lobby entrance

was completed in 1990. Currently, Two Prudential is the fifth

features a planar glass wall highlighted by four pyramid

tallest building in Chicago; the eleventh tallest in the United

skylights. Initially constructed in 1970, the tower underwent

States.

extensive modernization in 2005.

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SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

Bank of New York New York, New York

50 California San Francisco, California

BANK OF NEW YORK NEW YORK, NEW YORK

50 CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Cars:

35

Cars:

18

Control Type:

SCR

Control Type:

SCR

Floors:

50

Floors:

37

Located at 1 Wall Street, the “most expensive Real Estate in

50 California never fails to impress visitors to San Francisco.

New York” at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway. The

The lobby features flame-cut red and black granite finished

fifty-story building was constructed between 1929 and 1931.

floors and mahogany wall panels trimmed with black reveals

The facade is limestone with the surface carved to resemble

and polished bronze. The exterior facade uses vertical

draped fabric. The banking hall in the building has the largest

precast concrete columns with opaque spandrel and clear

mosaic work of modern times — 850 m2 by mosaicist Hildreth

glass panels. 50 California occupies one of the most strategic

Meiere. The building was designated a landmark in 2001..

locations in the heart of the central business district.


SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

Chase tower Chicago, Illinois

One Liberty Plaza New York, New York

CHASE TOWER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

ONE LIBERTY PLAZA NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Cars:

50

Cars:

39

Control Type:

SCR

Control Type:

SCR

Floors:

60

Floors:

54

The tallest building in Chicago’s “loop proper.” The building

2002 - 2003 Pinnacle Award (BOMA/NY) Operating Building of

features a plaza two levels deep with a large fountain at the

the Year Award winner, One Liberty Plaza was built in 1972.

bottom with nine square tubes of water rising to varying

The 54-story steel and glass tower was designed for U.S.

heights. One of two buildings in the U.S. that slope upwards ,

Steel and features an open plaza at its entrance.

Chase Tower rises 60 storys above ground and was completed in 1969. The granite for the facade came from Marble Falls, northwest of Austin, Texas.

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SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

Washington Monument Washington D.C., District of Columbia

11 Wall Street New York, New York

WASHINGTON MONUMENT WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COL U M B I A

11 WALL STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Cars:

1

Cars:

11

Control Type:

SCR

Control Type:

SCR

Floors:

50 stops/Tourist stages

Floors:

23

Officially opened to the public in 1888, the monument is a

11 Wall Street is a major addition to the New York Stock

tribute to the first President of the United States. The

Exchange built in 1909. Designed by Trowbridge & Livings-

monument is 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall. The observation

ton to harmonize with the original George Post design for

level is at the 500 foot elevation. The exterior is constructed

the exchange. The building is 23 storys tall, 258 feet, and

primarily of white marble from Baltimore, Maryland. The

was completed in 1922.

interior is granite from the state of Maine.


SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

Supreme Court of the United States Washington D.C., District of Columbia

Statue of Liberty Liberty Island, New York

U N I T E D S T AT E S S U P R E M E C O U R T WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COL U M B I A

S TAT U E O F L I B E R T Y LIBERTY ISLAND, NEW YORK

Cars:

8

Cars:

1

Control Type:

SCR

Control Type:

Hydraulic

Floors:

5

Floors:

N/A

The Supreme Court Building is the seat of the Supreme Court

Presented by France to the U.S.A. in 1885, the statue has

of the United States. The building is located in Washington

become an icon of liberty and freedom recognized around the

D.C., One First Street Northeast. Completed in 1935, both

world. “Liberty Enlightening the World� was shipped in 350

exterior and interior are constructed of marble of different

separate sections and assembled on site. The statue was

origins. The scale of the building is quite grand; five stories

made a national monument in 1924 and completely refur-

rising 92 feet above grade.

bished during the Centenial Celebration in 1986.

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SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

Department of National Defence Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Co-op City New York, New York

D E P A R T M E N T O F N AT I O N A L D E F E N C E O T T A W A , O N TA R I O , C A N A D A

CO-OP CITY NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Cars:

27

Cars:

179

Control Type:

iControl

Control Type:

AC, SCR, Hydraulic

Floors:

18

Floors:

N/A

The Department of National Defence is the headquarters for

Co-op City, The Bronx, New York City, is the largest cooperative

Canadian forces including the Forces Maritime, Land Force

housing development in the world. Completed in 1971, Co-op

Command, Forces Air Command, Canada Command, Expedi-

city has 15,372 residential units in thirty-five high rise buildings

tionary Forces, Special Operations Forces, and Operational

and seven clusters of townhouses. This middle-class, planned

Support Command.

city also has eight parking garages, three shopping centers, six

The Defence Headquarters is actually housed in several sites across the national capital region but the term has come to mean primarily the Major-General George R Pearkes Building in Ottawa.

schools, and a fire house. The high rise residential units range from 24 to 33 floors. In the mid-2000s, the city underwent a major renovation. Motion Control Engineering was selected to modernize all the elevators in the city structures.


SIGNATURE BUILDINGS

Flat Iron Building New York, New York

Carlsbad Caverns Carlsbad Caverns Park, New Mexico

F L AT I R O N B U I L D I N G NEW YORK, NEW YORK

C A R L S B A D C AV E R N S C A R L S B A D C A V E R N S N AT I O N A L P A R K

Cars:

6

Cars:

2

Control Type:

SCR

Control Type:

AC

Floors:

22

Floors:

N/A

The Flatiron Building at 175 Fifth Avenue has been a New York

Designated a National Monument in 1923 and re-designated as

landmark since 1902. Originally called the Fuller Building, the

a National Park in 1930, Carlsbad Caverns exists within a

unique triangular lot on which it was built had traditionally

Permian-age fossil reef and boast the deepest limestone cave

been called the Flatiron and the building quickly came to be

in the United States at 1,597 feet.

called by that name. The building is a steel frame structure with a limestone and terra-cotta facade. It was originally equipped with its own generator, generating its own electricity for the lights, power, and original hydraulic elevators. Along with the Empire State Building, the Flatiron is symbolic of the New York skyline.

Carlsbad Caverns became a World Heritage Site in 1995.

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916.463.9200 direct 800.444.7442 toll free info@mceinc.com

www.mceinc.com

Kinetek Preliminary Hotels——March May 2010 2009


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