Although four high cranes crowned construction of Taiwan's Taipai 101 tower, an un-glamorous set of rack-and-pin-ion hoists are the job's access workhorses. Clinging to the outside of one of the building's facades, the world's tallest-ever hoist tower of its type continues serving contractors now that the heavy lifting is over. In countless creaky trips, six hoists have made virtually all deliveries of people, equipment and materials, except structural steelwork, to their work places. With sizes tailored even for curtain wall panels, the hoists were an efficient though unusual tool for facade subcontractor Josef Gartner & Co. (HK) Ltd., says General Manager Stuart Orr.
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