Change Has Saved Millions, Increased Customer Satisfaction
The Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. has found a way to manage its North American facilities in a manner that has saved millions in operating costs while still meeting customer expectations. By switching to a management system that focuses on performance and outcomes, Toyota has eliminated wasted expense and freed operating dollars for more effective use.

Simple System Empowers Workers While Tightening Control
Managing facilities projects can be like playing the schoolyard game of "telephone." Information passes from one person to the next, changing slightly each time until the last person hears a completely different message. In the telephone game, the end result can be funny; in capital planning, it can be very costly. The solution is to simplify communication, says Arnold Breen, an experienced director of facility solutions and capital projects manager for a variety of industries.

Cleveland State University
The Cleveland State University Recreational Center is one of the first collegiate recreational facilities to make sustainability a key component to its success. The design / building team responsible for the project set its sights high from the outset, making LEED Silver a high priority.

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Programs Integrate Biomedical Research, Medical Training and Patient Care
Academic medical centers are meeting the demand for enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration by employing strategies to create a synergy between research scientists, clinicians, physicians, and medical educators. Traditionally, academic medical centers have attempted to link relative disciplines by being affiliated with local hospitals; operating a school of medicine, nursing, or allied health; conducting clinical trials for pharmaceuticals and medical devices; or developing alliances for joint funding to attract top researchers and clinicians.

R.W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Stresses Collaboration
Emory University has allocated $521 million to expand and modernize the R.W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center to address a predicted critical shortage of physicians, and to position itself as a national leader among academic medical centers by 2012. The University's investment includes nearly one million sf of new construction for a pediatrics clinic and research building, a new medical school facility, and most recently, the Rollins School of Public Health. Together, they create what Emory calls the "synergistic triangle" of research, patient care, and education.