Looking for a champion┬áContinuous improvement is a concept thatÔÇÖs easy to talk about, but as Alan T Swaby learns, the will to make it happen is often more difficult to find. The Invensys Foxboro facility in Massachusetts, a world leader in automation and process controls, is a living example of how easy it is to lead a horse to water, but guaranteeing that it will drink is a different story.The internationally famous Foxboro brandÔÇönow a key part of Invensys Process Systems (IPS)ÔÇöis named after the town where it all started before the Great War of

The problem solvers┬áThe US Army Corps of Engineers is guiding Fort Knox through a massive building program as part of an Army-wide realignment of services. Karen Sweeney and Tom McQuary tell Gay Sutton how the Corps is changing its mode of operation and delivering greater cost efficiency for the taxpayer. In 2005 the Department of Defense announced a sweeping program of rationalization and change for the US Army.

A green strategy┬áEmory University is changing the face of its Atlanta campus with a master plan update that reflects a belief in sustainability, while respecting the history of the century-old campus, as Keith Regan learns.┬á  Founded as a college in 1836, Emory University took a major step down the road to becoming a prominent southern institution in 1914, when Coca-Cola Company founder Asa Candler backed it with the donation of land in what was then suburban Atlanta.

Consistently outstanding┬áKeith Regan learns how the experience of working on similar projects means Embree Construction can offer customers consistency and confidence that work will be done right time after time.  Embree ConstructionÔÇÖs client list reads like a whoÔÇÖs who of national brand names in the retail, restaurant, auto service, healthcare and convenience store niches.

Pinnacle of success┬áEllisDon Corporation is midway through the construction of a prestigious new addition to the Toronto skyline. Senior project manager Jon Thompson talks to Gay Sutton about the challenges of building on a small footprint of land and how great relationships have kept the schedule on track. TorontoÔÇÖs skyline is evolving fast, and one of the newest additions to its cosmopolitan outline is a slim inspirational shaft of glass, rising 53 stories into the sky.

Let the train take the strain┬áBrendan A. Smith reports on plans to extend the light rail transit system in Edmonton, Alberta. Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, Canada, is about to complete one of the cityÔÇÖs largest infrastructure projects in recent years. The Edmonton South Light Rail Transit System (SLRT) was conceived in May 2005, when the City Council approved $595 million to fund the South LRT Extension to extend the line from Health Sciences Station to Century Park.

Winning big┬áDover Downs, Delaware has much to offer in entertainment. With the help of TN Ward Company, itÔÇÖs making its way towards the regionÔÇÖs top convention and entertainment destination. Jaclyn Beck reports. At first, there were horses. Then race cars zoomed into town. Now slot machines, singers, upscale retail and spas are making an appearance, enticing more customers through the doors of Dover Downs, Delaware.

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Ticket to rideGO Transit CEO Gary McNeil explains the advantage of using strategically based stations, and shares the companyÔÇÖs expansion plans with Jenn Monroe. The price of fuel should make public transportation an attractive choice for travel in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto, Ontario, but unlike in the 1970s, todayÔÇÖs consumers do not seem to be driving much less than usual.

Flight plansIn less than six years, GA Telesis has grown to become a worldwide presence in the aircraft business. CEO Abdol Moabery told Ruari McCallion how it got there and how it plans to continue to grow. The aircraft industry was showing signs of market decline before 9/11, but that disaster brought air travel to a juddering halt, directly affecting not only the airlines, but associated businesses. It may seem strange, then, to start a business to serve airlines and the aircraft industry shortly afterwards.