On the right trackCapital MetroRail project director John Almond tells Jenn Monroe how the City of Austin is getting rail-ready. Before the end of this year, those traveling to and from the city of Austin, Texas, will have an alternative to sitting in traffic. As the central piece of the Capital Metro Transportation AuthorityÔÇÖs All Systems Go plan, its new Capital MetroRail is on track for service to begin in the fall of 2008. This is not the first time Austin has used rail to move people around the city.

One child at a timePresident Jim Dredge shares with Jenn Monroe Aspen Education GroupÔÇÖs formula for helping troubled kids. With a combination of therapy and education, Aspen Education GroupÔÇÖs programs have been changing the world one child at a time for more than 20 years. According to president Jim Dredge, the organizationÔÇÖs 30 programs are designed for students who have demonstrated behavioral issues that are interfering with their performance in school and life.

Ship shapeAbdon Callais Offshore, LLC may have charted a course through deep waters, but its commitment to strong family values keeps it on an even keel. Kate Sawyer reports. More than a half century has passed since old Abdon Callais had the inspired idea to convert his barebones shrimp trawler into an offshore service vessel. Since that moment, family-owned and -operated Abdon Callais Offshore has employed the best talent and equipment in the service of far-flung oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Funding a major renewal program at the University of British Columbia requires some creative thinking, Gary Toushek learns from Suzanne PoohkayThe University of British Columbia (UBC) has its main campus on Point Grey, a large peninsula overlooking the Pacific Ocean about 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver. A smaller campus, UBC Okanagan, which opened in 2005, is located farther north in Kelowna, with nearly 5,000 full-time students and 260 faculty members.

Legendary careSunnybrook Health Sciences Center is expanding its already comprehensive facilities and services. Kate Sawyer investigates. Toronto-based Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center (SHCS) is a forward looking organization, but has a solid legacy of 60 years to stand on while doing so. In almost every discipline, it is regarded as CanadaÔÇÖs beacon for medical excellence, service, and teaching.

Prepare for take-offWith increased passenger traffic comes the need for smart growth. Pensacola Regional Airport employs a multifaceted strategy to get the job done. Kate Sawyer gets onboard. Pensacola Regional Airport has something to smile about. It is the fastest growing airport between New Orleans and Jacksonville, Florida, with a reported 1.6 million passengers served in 2006. Since 2001, the Airport experienced a 53.5 percent boost in passenger growth, an increase not seen since the early 1990s.

North Carolina State University has expanded its campus with help from a state bond bill and by embracing creative private-public partnerships, as Keith Regan learns from Kevin MacNaughtonNearly every public university struggles to secure the funding needed to fuel its facilities expansion plans. North Carolina State University is no exception, and its creative approach to enabling growth is getting noticed. For years, the North Carolina legislature backed a pay-as-you-go approach to capital investments on its publicly funded college campuses.

Healthcare facility design and construction is a booming business, Allina Health SystemÔÇÖs Bill Dunham explains to Gary Toushek Allina Hospitals & Clinics is a not-for-profit regional health network headquartered in the Twin Cities and has 11 hospitals and 64 clinics (25 of them within hospitals) throughout eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Bill Dunham, director of facilities design and construction, is in charge of AllinaÔÇÖs facilities planning and construction services.

Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, the major shareholder in steelmaker ArcelorMittal, is considering entering the takeover battle for Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, according to the Financial Times. ┬á┬á Citing unnamed individuals familiar with the matter, the FT said that Mittal was interested in securing larger supplies of iron ore.┬á┬á "Mr Mittal has considered some involvement in the takeover, such as the idea of taking a stake in Rio through buying from existing shareholders," an unnamed banker was quoted as saying.┬á┬á "On the other hand, he could wait until l