[COM] 52-66 King William Street | 65m | 15 Levels | Southern Cross Arcade

[Spotto]

When did Telstra switch back to the Blue and Orange?

[Ursus Maritimus]

This is what it looks like now, taken a few minutes ago:

[Algernon]

Telstra logo looks like when you have high rise council flats and someone dangled a TV satellite over their balcony

[Eurostar]

https://www.facebook.com/100046755082 ... id=hubsqH

[Ursus Maritimus]

The NAB branch and Breitling shop have opened.

[A-Town]

The NAB branch and Breitling shop have opened.

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Looks good. Do you know when the stores on the eastern side of the building on James Place are set to open?

[Ursus Maritimus]

The NAB branch and Breitling shop have opened.

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Looks good. Do you know when the stores on the eastern side of the building on James Place are set to open?

I have no idea sorry - no communications about that or King's Lane eateries.

[Vasco]

Waymouth St vantage point


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[Eurostar]

Waymouth St vantage point


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That top floor would make for a good observation deck or a restaurant/bar space

[Ursus Maritimus]

I can't say it looks great from a distance or from a high vantage point - it can look stumpy and the glazing doesn't reflect well. However it really shines literally and figuratively when viewed from ground level and it reflects the sky.

[Ursus Maritimus]

For what it's worth, I think fellow Sensational Adelaide members would want to know what happens when energy efficiency is done poorly.

When you request a lift, the wait for one to even arrive can be a minute or more. The afternoon is the worst, when it stops at every floor on the way down, including when it's already full. This makes people miss their public transport and leads to a lot of unnecessary stress and frustration. Two to three minutes may not sound like a lot of time to get out of a building, but it seems like forever when you've been using conventional lifts all your life, and such a trip used to take 45 seconds. I thought technology was supposed to make our lives better, not annoy us when we're just trying to get on with our day.

They also break down awfully frequently for brand-new units - one goes out of order at least every couple of weeks, adding more minutes to the waits. We were advised that the building managers are working on re-programming the lifts, and flew in Schindler specialists from Sydney.

I'm sure they'll work something out. It's a very in-your-face teething problem in what is otherwise a fantastic place to work. The hot-desking is not an issue - you just plug your Surface Pro into the desk and away you go. The views are beautiful and the air conditioning maintains an absolutely perfect temperature no matter what's happening outside - no hot or cold spots or moments. The moral of the story is not to go overboard with energy efficiency in lifts - it leads to irritated workers.

[Llessur2002]

For what it's worth, I think fellow Sensational Adelaide members would want to know what happens when energy efficiency is done poorly.

When you request a lift, the wait for one to even arrive can be a minute or more. The afternoon is the worst, when it stops at every floor on the way down, including when it's already full. This makes people miss their public transport and leads to a lot of unnecessary stress and frustration. Two to three minutes may not sound like a lot of time to get out of a building, but it seems like forever when you've been using conventional lifts all your life, and such a trip used to take 45 seconds. I thought technology was supposed to make our lives better, not annoy us when we're just trying to get on with our day.

They also break down awfully frequently for brand-new units - one goes out of order at least every couple of weeks, adding more minutes to the waits. We were advised that the building managers are working on re-programming the lifts, and flew in Schindler specialists from Sydney.

I'm sure they'll work something out. It's a very in-your-face teething problem in what is otherwise a fantastic place to work. The hot-desking is not an issue - you just plug your Surface Pro into the desk and away you go. The views are beautiful and the air conditioning maintains an absolutely perfect temperature no matter what's happening outside - no hot or cold spots or moments. The moral of the story is not to go overboard with energy efficiency in lifts - it leads to irritated workers.

We had a similar problem in an office I previously worked in when the company installed new smart lifts. It caused several weeks of disruption but, as in your case, Otis came back a couple of times to modify their programming and eventually all was good. I'm not sure what level of modelling goes in to smart lift programming but presumably local and building-level intricacies can mean that people movement at peak times can end up being quite different in reality to what was envisaged during planning.

[Ursus Maritimus]

Giving the benefit of the doubt, I guess modelling the people movements before the tenants actually move in is an inexact science. It's much better than what it was a few weeks ago. It's just a very annoying thing to deal with day in, day out. Getting to work and getting home to your family are very basic things.

[abc]

smart lifts

[AG]

One of the biggest problems with smart destination control style lifts is that not everyone taps on to the control panel, which results in the lifts constantly underestimating the demand. Classic case is when a group of coworkers walks back into the building, one person scans to get the lift, and then no one else does. The lift thinks there is only one person waiting when it could be 5 or 6.