WMATA Replacing Medical Center Station Escalators

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Your daily industry news update: www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/april-17-2017/ Elevator World is the leading publisher for the International Building Transportation Industry. Our magazines cover the latest news, events, new technologies, market trends and education. Sign up for a print subscription or read the issue on any tablet, PC or mobile device. Purchase a one-year subscription or any single issue on the Elevator World apps available at no extra charge from the Apple or Amazon App stores. Purchase Monsters in the Elevator: http://www.elevatorbooks.com/Products/MONSTERCARD/monsters-in-the-elevator.aspx COLUMBIA PROMOTES EMPLOYEES TO DIRECTOR, CONTROLLER Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. has advanced Dione Birdsall to director of customer operations and Darcy Bacon to controller. Birdsall is responsible for training, managing and supervising department personnel, including account representatives, order-entry clerks and receptionists. In her new position, she provides oversight and support of the complete sales and estimating team and works collaboratively with sales engineering. In Bacon’s new position, she oversees the accounting department’s daily activities, prepares financial reports and works closely with the chief administrative officer. U.K.’S ROSEMOR EXPANDS INTO CHINA U.K.-based Rosemor International has partnered with Shanghai EMC to bring its escalator deep-cleaning machine, Rotomac ET15B, to China. It was displayed at the World Elevator & Escalator Expo in Shanghai and is being heavily marketed throughout China. Rosemor explained it had been working on a Chinese partnership for some time prior to joining forces with Shanghai EMC Managing Director Jonathan Zhang. Rosemor stated that EMC has become one of the most well-known cleaning brands in China and has its own manufacturing facility, R&D team and technical support center in Shanghai. CAPTIVATE ADDS OTTAWA TO RAPID CANADA EXPANSION Captivate, provider of displays in office buildings throughout North America, has expanded into six office buildings in Ottawa, bringing Captivate's footprint to more than 30 markets, including Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. Elevators and lobbies featuring Captivate flat-panel displays in Ottawa now include World Exchange Plaza and Place de Ville Towers. The company is also expanding in current markets, adding 15 buildings, including Toronto's EY Tower. Captivate stated its "valuable news and entertainment network brings life to work by connecting upscale tenants to the world outside their office." WMATA REPLACING MEDICAL CENTER STATION ESCALATORS The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is set to start replacing a trio of 35-year-old escalators at the Medical Center station in Bethesda, Maryland, The Journal reports. Each 202 ft. long and carrying riders 101 ft., the escalators will be replaced one at a time and only when the station is closed to the public. Because of their length and the fact the project will require more crane activity than usual to remove the structures and their trusses, the project, part of a larger WMATA escalator overhaul, is expected to take approximately two-and-a-half years. Subscribe to ELEVATOR WORLD magazine: http://www.elevatorbooks.com/Products/CategoryCenter/SUBS/Subscriptions.aspx Online bookstore: www.elevatorbooks.com Blog: www.elevatorworldunplugged.com Website: www.elevatorworld.com Submit your photos to our 2017 Elevator World Photo Contest! http://www.elevatorworld.com/photocontest Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/elevatorworld Photo by Andrew Damstedt via The Journal: http://www.dcmilitary.com/journal/features/medical-center-escalators-to-be-replaced/article_f56f912e-d5c3-5744-9c33-add23c024428.html