Industry News Missouri S&T Residence Halls To Serve As Phelps Health Living Space


Missouri S&T will convert two of its student residence halls into temporary housing for Phelps Health medical staff who work with corona-virus patients. The university’s Residential Commons 1 and 2, two suite-style residential life complexes, will provide a home away from home for the medical personnel. Due to the possibility of exposure to the virus, these professionals may not be able to safely return to their homes due to the risk of exposing others. “Phelps Health asked what facilities


the university might have available to house employees who were potentially exposed to the virus, and we are able to assist them during this time of crisis,” says Fred Stone II, director of design, construction and space management at Missouri S&T. “It’s been a team effort to prepare the lease agreement between Phelps Health and S&T’s student affairs, residential life and COVID-19 Incident Command Team’s logistics team.” “Part of Phelps Health’s emergency preparations


operations include


planning for all possible situations,” says Shawn Hodges, administrative director of ancillary and surgical services at Phelps Health. “At this time, the leasing of this location


is a precautionary measure


in case we begin to see an increased number of suspected COVID-19 patients. We are preparing for these situations now to ensure we are able to continue to provide for the health and safety of our employees, their families, and our patients and communities.” The two residence complexes have


a combined total of 336 bedrooms and 147 suites. To make room for Phelps Health staff,


Missouri S&T relocated


students who were living in those buildings into the University Commons living space on campus. After Missouri S&T moved to online-only instruction March 16 for the remainder of the semester, about 90% of the university’s residence hall students have moved out of the residence halls. In preparation for this temporary use, Residential Commons 1 and 2 have been thoroughly cleaned by S&T’s residential life and facilities services staff. The university has also relocated a small number of staff offices that were in the buildings and adjusted locks to better serve the buildings’ temporary role. Our intent is to hand over the facility to Phelps Health, and the operation and maintenance of the facility will be their responsibility,” says Stone. “No S&T staff


Remet is Adapting To The Changing Times During The COVID-19 Pandemic REMET has embraced the challenge of the current


COVID-19 pandemic by holding webinars for existing customers and potential future customers. The online webinars cover topics appropriate for engineers, apprentices and lab technicians on wax and shell materials as well as testing. Gavin Dooley, REMET Group Technical Director, describes the webinar as a “perfect lockdown” activity – “As many engineers and support staff are currently in isolation, we thought it would be the ideal time to provide the opportunity for some extra training.” With the power of teleconferencing systems like Zoom™ and GoToMeeting™, REMET believes the technology is there to reach out to a wide audience from home offices. Due to the depth of the technical expertise within REMET, the series has been delivered by different presenters on different topics. Gavin goes on to explain – “We believe we’ve put together trainings that offer something for everyone. We have


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National Metalworking Reshoring Award 2020


Companies that have successfully reshored metal-worked products, parts or tooling, including castings, are invited to compete for the National Metalworking


Reshoring


Award. The Reshoring Initiative, PMA, NTMA, and AMT are pleased to sponsor this competition. Applications must be submitted by June 30, 2020. There will be a 2021 Award also. To view award details and enter to win, visit www. amtonline.org/reshoringaward. OEMs and contract manufacturers are both eligible. FDI (foreign direct investment), is also eligible. The Award winner will be announced at IMTS in Chicago, IL, September 14- 19, 2020.


will need to enter the building over the term of the lease. That includes food services, resident advisors and custodial staff.”


Phelps Health will lease the location


until mid-July, giving the university time to prepare the complex for students’ return in the fall. For more information, visit


coronavirus.mst.edu.


combined basic content for those finding their feet in the industry with advanced insights and topics which will push more experienced attendees to rethink how current materials are used and to make impactful process improvements”. Oğuz Özyoldaş from Gür Metal Casting, based in Turkey, who attended the conference described how the webinar has helped them during the current lockdown situation in Europe – “The webinar series is very informative, well delivered, and has already allowed us to learn more about the materials we use in our foundry every day”. To date, four webinars have been held for European customers with more planned for May.


A similar schedule


is planned for US customers beginning 7th of May. To ensure you don’t miss out on the chance to join these useful webinars, follow REMET on LinkedIn or join the mailing list on the remet. com website.


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