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| Otis to provide elevators for Singapore public housing estates Otis Elevator Company's subsidiary Sigma Elevator Singapore was awarded two contracts from the Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) to supply and install 1,300 elevators in public housing estates. These contracts were awarded as part of HDB's Lift Upgrading Program to replace existing elevators and improve accessibility at each building floor. Otis is a unit of United Technologies Corporation. Sigma Elevator Singapore was awarded two contracts from the Singapore Housing and Development Board to supply and install 1,300 elevators. Singapore HDB, a government public housing authority under the Ministry of National Development, provides residential housing to more than 80 percent of the country's population. With 654 elevators awarded in 2005, Sigma Elevator is supplying a total 1,954 elevators for HDB Upgrading Program. In addition to supplying and installing the 1,300 units, both contracts also include maintenance contracts for the new units. To date, Sigma Elevator Singapore has earned maintenance contracts for all the elevators it has installed for HDB projects. The company currently provides maintenance service for more than 2,300 elevators. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |