SIXTEEN ELEVATORS TO SERVE SUSTAINABLE BANGKOK TOWER

Sixteen elevators will serve tenants of the 29-story O-NES office tower in Bangkok, for which a foundation stone was laid on March 12, the Bangkok Post reports. Developed by Thai Obayashi Corp. Ltd., the tower is in a busy area close to the Nana Bangkok Mass Transit Station and boasts an "urban forest" design. Walls and steel framing will allow for 20-m, column-free spans for the 2,000 m2 of space on each floor that will be occupied by offices, for a total of 46,000 m2. Shops and restaurants will occupy 1,200 m2 of the total project. A V-column steel façade, uncommon in Thailand, will increase transparency of the north and south sides of the building, according to the developer.