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Campus Events Office helps make MSU events a success

Events both large and small are a common occurrence at MSU, and the IPF Campus Events Office coordinates many of the logistics and services to ensure events run smoothly. 

Day or night, IPF's Trouble Truck crew is on the job

Michigan State University is a town in and of itself. And just like in any town, repairs and other issues can crop up when you least expect them. That’s where IPF’s Trouble Truck crew comes in.

The unmarked, unassuming building that once supplied water to campus for 7 decades

Unlabeled on campus maps, this nondescript brick building and its adjacent raised grass mound sit just west the Engineering Building and south of the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility. Its only sign gives its address, 874 Red Cedar Road.

Summer Construction Update

Campus crews will be busy this summer with multiple significant construction projects moving forward. Here’s a summary of what you can expect to see under construction on MSU’s East Lansing Campus this summer.

Key Shop Resumes Deliveries

The IPF Key Shop will deliver keys to customers at no additional cost if delivery is requested in the service request. The service had been suspended due to the effects of the COVID pandemic.

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.