Multifunctional Group Presents a Single Face to Customers
In establishing its Worldwide Facilities Group (WFG) in 1993, General Motors created a new organization accountable for every aspect of facilities management--construction, operation, maintenance, and environmental and utility services--across all its corporate divisions.

Quality Program Enhances More Than 1.4 Million sf of Research Space
More than half of the 110 buildings located on the 68-acre campus of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Frederick, Md., are at least a half century old. Sixty-seven of the buildings date back to the 1940s and 1950s, while only 13 have been built since 1990. A campus-wide revitalization, estimated to cost between $1 billion and $3 billion, is expected to occur within the next five to 10 years. In the meantime, the aging structures present facilities management challenges for SAIC-Frederick Inc., a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp. Until new buildings are constructed to meet modern standards, SAIC-Frederick continues to find ways to maximize efficiency of the existing structures.

Final Version Published April 2005
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have published the final version of the Select Agent rules known as 42 CFR Part 73, 7 CFR Part 331, and 9 CFR Part 121. The final rules, which govern the possession, use, and transfer of biological agents and toxins that pose a threat to public safety, animal health, or plant health became effective April 18, 2005. The rules incorporate comments gathered since the interim rules were published in 2003, and impact all universities, private institutions, governmental, and non-governmental laboratories that handle select agents and toxins as defined in the rules.

Two Underwater Tunnels and Two Train Stations Back on Line in Two Years
The destruction of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center (WTC) on Sept. 11, 2001, decimated the busiest commuter rail station in Manhattan and heavily damaged two rail tunnels that transport tens of thousands of commuters between New York and New Jersey every day.