Paving the way to the future┬áStoney Trail Constructors is a joint venture formed to build the Northeast Stoney Trail outside Calgary. Keith Regan learns how the public-private partnership design-build-operate approach is reaping savings in both time and cost. Compared to their neighbors to the south in the United States, Canadian government agencies have become far more comfortable with the public-private partnership model of designing, funding, building, and operating highways, bridges and other┬á infrastructure under a single contract.

Immaculate timing┬áJanet Mann tells Gay Sutton how Spartech CorporationÔÇÖs turnaround initiative has helped the company weather the financial downturn and prepared it for strong growth in the future. Being in the right place at the right time is acknowledged to be an essential ingredient for individual personal success. But for a business, the secret is in doing the right thing at the right time.

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The next stage┬áAfter 12 years of false dawns, Sedgwick County, Kansas is set to unveil the flagship in its revitalization of downtown WichitaÔÇöthe 15,000-seat INTRUST Bank Arena.

Standing tall┬áThe San Joaquin County Administration Building to open in August 2009 is a testament to the fiscal responsibility of the county working in conjunction with the revitalization efforts of downtown Stockton, California. Gabe Karam tells Linda Seid Frembes all about it. CaliforniaÔÇÖs San Joaquin County is a beautiful stretch of land located on the San Joaquin River.

Casting forward┬áRoss Aluminum Castings has been supplying quality aluminum castings to a wide range of industries since its founding in 1931. Jaclyn Beck reports on the companyÔÇÖs recent investments. Six thousand years ago, when the art of metal casting was first used to make idols of worship, jewelry, or basic tools, natural clay from river banks would be pasted over carved beeswax, and then placed in the sun to dry.