Built on Strategic Planning, Web-based Reporting, and Metrics
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., a division of DuPont, is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, with approximately 160 locations in nearly 70 countries worldwide. As the world's largest producer/seller of seed corn, the company also markets and sells hybrids or improved varieties of sorghum, sunflower, soybean, alfalfa, canola, and wheat, as well as forage and grain additives.

Life Sciences and Chemistry Buildings Linked by a Gateway to the Sciences
Penn State University is bringing together chemistry and life sciences by constructing 339,000 sf of new research space in two conjoined buildings at its University Park campus. The Life Sciences Building, scheduled for completion in July, will house teachers and researchers from diverse disciplines, including plant biology, neuroscience, animal development, and molecular toxicology. The Chemistry Building, completed in December 2003, contains office, laboratory, and classroom space. The buildings are joined by a two-story glass-enclosed gateway that offers opportunities for the occupants of both buildings to interact and collaborate.

Creating a Universal Metric to Drive Spending
Intel's new competitive services model challenges conventional thinking about budgeting to reduce facilities costs. Instead of tackling the budget process from the top down to cut existing expenses, the model starts from the bottom up with a hypothetical plant and builds in costs according to data reflecting best-in-class spending performance.

Survey Documents Challenges
A recent Tradeline Inc. survey on "project shaping" for successful large and complex projects shows preliminary, yet rather inconclusive findings on how much project shaping should occur relative to project size, and which industry sectors have the greatest (and least) appreciation of the project shaping task.