ABSTRACT
Successful projects were conducted on the crown assembly and the slides and uprights. The crown was a self-contained unit and included the drive system. However, the slides were a part of the vertical structure, and any changes in the slide mechanism would probably lead to accommodating changes in the upright structure. Standard designs were developed for several parts of the facility to reduce overall design and development time, and a single source contracting procedure was developed to reduce contractor project interface time. The result of these recommendations was a potential average time saving of 262 days, or a 47% average saving in time per project. Based on the average annual construction program the yearly benefit in increased rents would be over $1,250,000 per year. Most new cars with manual transmissions have an automatic clutch adjusting mechanism of some type to eliminate the need to periodically adjust the clutch.
