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Training the next generation of skilled tradespeople: Avery Cervantes Lalone
An important part of ensuring the future of the skilled trades is attracting and training new talent, and part of that process is offering new tradespeople real life experience in their chosen field.
New CNC machine reduces time and cost to manufacture precision components
Sustainability is one of IPF's key missions, and its application can be seen in projects as big as the STEM Teaching and Learning Building and as small as a golf ball-sized piece of plastic.
Drones to aid in building inspections, surveys
MSU faculty and staff can expect to see drones flying near buildings regularly now that Infrastructure Planning and Facilities has put autonomous drones into operation as a safer and cheaper alternative to having work crews use aerial lifts.
IPF skilled tradespeople provide hands-on instruction for construction management students
Established in 1948, Construction Management Program in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is once again incorporating hands-on construction experience to their curriculum.
MSU worm farm turns food waste into profit
MSU vermicomposting operation at the Surplus Store and Recycling promotes campus sustainability and research projects with 1 million worms, and lots of leaves and food waste.
STEM building wins multiple national, state awards for innovation, construction and design
A brief tour of the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility showing its mass timber framing while it was in the final stages of completion.
MSU begins campus planning efforts, needs campus feedback
Beginning in March, MSU is conducting a comprehensive Facilities and Land Use Plan review for the East Lansing campus and statewide facilities and properties. Campus planning is an essential opportunity for users of MSU's physical space to provide feedback to those who build and maintain it.
2022 Arbor Day Celebration
MSU will celebrate the 150th Arbor Day with a tree planting and more.
It's Women in Construction Week
March 6—12, 2022 is Women in Construction Week (WIC Week). To help us celebrate, take a look at some stories that highlight the work of women not only in construction but in the larger umbrella of skilled trades.
Making a home for falcons at Spartan Stadium
A pair of nesting peregrine falcons at MSU's East Lansing campus have a new nesting box they could call home thanks to the work of the student Fisheries and Wildlife Club with a little help from Infrastructure Planning and Facilities.