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on-Way Transportation, a US$2.6-billion freight forwarding and logistics specialist based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has a vast and growing portfolio. The company employs nearly 20,000 and operates about 28,000 trucks, tractors and trailers with about 450 facilities of various sizes and functions.




     Bill Giles, Con-Way's national pre-construction coordinator, sets things in motion for projects in the company's $200 million capital program. Construction runs the gamut from a relatively small $50,000 remodeling of company facilities up to a new $12-million motor freight complex that includes dock space and offices.



     "Most of our projects aren't large, but they're repetitious," Giles says.



     For about four years, Con-Way has been using e-Builder, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based provider of Web-based technology for construction management and facility operations. Hines says Con-Way uses e-Builder to disseminate information to various parties involved in a project, retrieve information and track the status of projects.



     "We use it for information management within the traditional triad of owner, architect and contractor, and also with subcontractors," Giles says, adding that e-Builder is a great tool for improving communication.


Design-build firm James N. Gray is using e-Builder to monitor construction progress of the Toyo Tire North America plant being built in Bartow County, Ga., about 50 miles (81 km.) northwest of Atlanta.



     James N. Gray, a Lexington, Ky.-based engineering and construction firm, also uses e-Builder to help it be an online project honcho. Gray focuses on industrial construction and its current projects include the $392-million, 900-worker Toyo Tire North America plant now going up in Bartow County, Ga. The company has cultivated a special relationship with Japanese firms, having built about 250 facilities for them over the past 20 years, says Randolph Wilson, Gray's director of technologies.



     Gray has been using e-Builder for about a year for tasks such as posting engineering documents for customers to download, review, make comments and re-post.



     "We then make the design changes or the customer can simply approve the documents," Wilson says. "It allows online collaboration with subcontractors and vendors. We can literally pull in the design team, even if they're located around the world, and have a design meeting without leaving the office. E-Builder has a good look and feel, is very intuitive and the company offers great support. It performs our intended function exceptionally well. They add functions all the time like a custom form process and photo management."



     Wilson says Gray chose e-Builder after a thorough evaluation of a number of service providers in the field. That field has narrowed to a handful over the last few years with e-Builder being one of about a half dozen major providers still standing.



     Jonathan Antevy founded e-Builder in 1995 and is the firm's CEO. The company is a pioneer in development of online construction management technology.






     One of the latest enhancements to e-Builder's capabilities is one Antevy calls "intelligent faxing." He says the concept is a solution for about 20 percent of e-Builder users who have some issue with going online, whether it be lack of Internet skills or simply not having access while in the field.



     "What we've done is create the capability to fax information from a fax machine and have it show up online in the appropriate place within e-Builder. That's different from other systems that throw the information all into one folder. We've added a bar code onto the fax cover page. It's uniquely generated by the system. It's the biggest old technology that has been reinvented. We have about 20,000 pages per month that come into the system."



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     Most upgrades to e-Builder have been client-driven, Antevy says, adding that new releases take time to develop correctly.



     "Wireless integration is an area we hear a lot about from our clients and we are working on it. Using a Blackberry with the system is one concept we've talked about for quite some time. We're always refining reporting aspects and adding modules. Facility maintenance is an area where we're making headway."



     Most e-Builder users sign on for a yearly contract or for a multiple-year contract depending on the duration of the construction program. Antevy says the cost depends on what services the user receives.



     "Usually we put a package together based on what modules they use and how many people are involved," Antevy says.



     Training clients to use the system can take from two days to two months, depending on the size of the client and the project. But Antevy says it's generally easy to get started.



     "We spend quite a bit of time up front doing quite a bit of hand holding," he says. "At the end of the day, these systems do what the project teams want them to do."

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EDITORS"S VIEW

cores of corporate real estate executives are by MARK AREND working today at leading industrial manufacturing companies with insights and intelligence their counterparts elsewhere are doing without. I am referring to those executives who participated in the Industrial Asset Management Council’s (IAMC) Fall 2004 Professional Forum in late September. From BASF to Boise Cascade, Philips […]

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The Drive to Globalize: Profit Motive Rules as Foreign Direct Investment Soars

Highlights from Site Selection ? December 1997/January 1998 The Drive to Globalize: Profit Motive Rules as Foreign Direct Investment Soars by Tim Venable How global is your company? If you’re committed to making your firm as profitable as it can be, it must be increasingly worldwide in scope. Your headquarters might be in Peoria, but […]

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The FTZ Appeal

Three resources paint a valuable picture of the opportunities, prosperity and potential perils to be found in free zones worldwide.

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World Power

A wide ranging strategic partnership announced in April between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG

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Scottsdale Airpark Evolves into an Urban 18-hour City

A Colliers report outlines a renaissance at the airport park that today is home to 3,300 companies.

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Game On

Higher education meets the talent needs of the media and entertainment industry.

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World Reports: Europe, China, Iran, South America

From Site Selection magazine, November 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Automakers Revving Up South American Production Several major European auto builders plan to increase or resume production in South America’s two largest countries. The projects will serve the Mercosur market.        Renault is investing US$70 million in a new production […]

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EDITORS’S VIEW

ven as Korean automobile manufacturer Kia was finalizing a U.S. site-location decision in late 2005, U.S. companies continued to move some or all of their manufacturing operations to Mexico, China and other destinations at a rate that has some wondering just what the U.S. will be producing within 10 years. New plants are opening in […]

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The Right Consistency

Good ingredients are essential, in cooking and industrial growth.

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How the Detroit Tigers Hit a Grand Slam in Loyalty

What do baseball, Michigan and a second-tier city in Florida have in common?

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New Reports Reveal New Location Trends

The North American data center market made gains in construction and net absorption in this year’s first half as cloud service providers and social media companies drove demand, according to CBRE.

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A Third Biotech Coast Takes Shape

Does the moniker “The Third Biotech Coast” apply to Texas yet?

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

eptember 2004 saw hurricanes on two coasts and a major earthquake on another, but it was a federal appeals court decision in the U.S. heartland that packed an economic development wallop still awaiting measurement.       On Sept. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit — whose jurisdiction encompasses automotive corridor […]

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Dream Comes True – Again – in South Carolina

Less than one full year after rolling out its first aircraft at its assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C., Boeing announced April 9 that it will invest $1 billion and create 2,000 new jobs over eight years at its manufacturing complex for the 787 Dreamliner.

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Rivers to Cross, Bridges to Build

Rivers by definition drive apart. But there's no shortage of examples where they've served to bring regions together. Think Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Greater Pittsburgh or Minneapolis-St. Paul.

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Right at Home

Sharp just made its 2-millionth solar panel in Memphis. CT&T is going to make electric cars in Spartanburg County, S.C.

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Tribal Economic Development: An Oklahoma Story

Native tribes contribute more than $15 billion.

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IAMC INSIDER

Dear IAMC Members and Prospective Members,       Our capacity for getting things done often runs up against two barriers: time and trust. Both are essential to everyone, but sometimes the inventory of both seems like it’s flagging.       That’s why opportunities like the IAMC Memphis Fall Forum stand out even more […]

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High Rate of Conversion

Fronius converts momentum into new sites in Indiana, Ontario and beyond.

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Made in Kansas

For more than a century Kansas has helped the aviation industry soar to new heights.

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Zooming Into Secondary Hubs

Why Zoom and Microsoft picked markets outside the usual global ‘Top 20.’

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EDITORS’S VIEW

ur May issue each year salutes the economic developers vying for your capital investment – the sell side. We keep the cover story and primary editorial focus on the buy side, where it belongs, which is on project information and location intelligence as communicated to us by your peers in corporate real estate. But there […]

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Warp Speed

From Haas Automation to Virgin Hyperloop to aerospace, southern Nevada’s manufacturing leadership is leaping forward fast.

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TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

T Realty, the real estate arm of conglomerate United Technologies, is in the midst of a program aimed at centralizing real estate operations with a goal of realizing $50 million in occupancy cost savings. Headquartered in Hartford, Conn., United Technologies is a $31-billion company and ranks as the 22nd largest U.S. manufacturer according to Industry […]

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The Middle Of Everything

A boost in funding continues to support Illinois’ legacy as a top tier tourist destination.

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East-West All Star

A specialist pharmaceutical firm founded in Buffalo hits its stride as a multinational with major investments in the US and China.

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TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

T Realty, the real estate arm of conglomerate United Technologies, is in the midst of a program aimed at centralizing real estate operations with a goal of realizing $50 million in occupancy cost savings. Headquartered in Hartford, Conn., United Technologies is a $31-billion company and ranks as the 22nd largest U.S. manufacturer according to Industry […]

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Southwest Louisiana Out in Front and Not Looking Back

Southwest Louisiana continues to improve a business climate that is already a national leader.

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Making Third Places First in Your Heart

Integrating Third Places into Urban Planning

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