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From Coal to Hydrogen: Understanding the Role of Engineered Fabric Structures

You’re constantly looking for ways to make your power plant more efficient. But where exactly do you start? The reality is, one of the best ways to improve your power plant operations is to make the switch from coal to sustainable hydrogen. Companies all over the world are embracing the coal

COVID-19 and the Need for Smaller Class Sizes

The new school year is finally upon us, and so is another debate. Should we reopen schools, and if so, how? Should we maintain virtual schooling despite its many challenges and pitfalls? How will our classrooms look and operate in the age of social distancing? COVID-19 was never

Portable Classrooms for Reopening Schools This Fall

Will schools reopen this fall? That has been the question on everyone’s minds over the recent months as cases of COVID-19 rise and fall. Despite the fact that cases have nearly returned to April’s peak levels, many schools are now confirming that they will indeed reopen amid growing

Social Distancing Measures to Help Reopen Schools

Educators, parents, and students around the country are wondering when schools will reopen after closures due to COVID-19. While no simple answer to their questions exists, reopening dates will depend largely on schools’ ability to follow federal guidelines, including actions related to health and safety and ongoing monitoring. Social distancing measures figure prominently

Implementing measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has come as a challenge to communities around the world, but is especially complicated for remote camp systems. How can man camps — which often consist of hundreds or even a thousand-plus workers in close quarters — stem disease spread and prevent a potentially catastrophic

How to Set Up a Drive-Through Testing Station

As the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 continues to spread, it’s becoming increasingly clear that widespread testing is a prerequisite to virus containment and any return to normal life. Drive-through testing centers have quickly presented themselves as an effective option for low-risk testing, but setting up these centers requires tactical considerations. Learn

Health & Safety Best Practices for Man Camps

Industries such as mining and mineral exploration, oil and gas, construction, and research often require work in remote locations, prompting the creation of temporary or long-term workforce accommodations, generally referred to as “man camps.” Far from any outside development, many man camps become mini cities of their own, forced to provide their own

How to Create a Positive Culture in Your Man Camp

Man camps in the oil and gas, mining, construction, mineral exploration, natural resources, and research industries rely on skilled crews to run their operations, but the very nature of man camps makes it difficult to attract and retain such workers: man camps tend to be in the middle of nowhere, feature harsh climates

Temporary worker housing, also known as “man camps,” have been around for hundreds of years, providing accommodations to everyone from 19th-century railroad workers and gold miners to displaced World War II veterans and modern-day construction laborers. These temporary houses can consist of RV parks or durable fabric structure buildings, and oftentimes are

Temporary School Structures in Saipan Deployed for Disaster Recovery

Super Typhoon Yutu hit the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth north of Guam, on October 23 and 24 of 2018. Raging winds that reached 180 miles per hour devastated the area, including two schools in Saipan, the largest of the islands. Just a

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From Coal to Hydrogen: Understanding the Role of Engineered Fabric Structures

COVID-19 and the Need for Smaller Class Sizes

Portable Classrooms for Reopening Schools This Fall

Social Distancing Measures to Help Reopen Schools

Operating Remote Camps During COVID-19

How to Set Up a Drive-Through Testing Station

Health & Safety Best Practices for Man Camps

How to Create a Positive Culture in Your Man Camp

History of Man Camps

Temporary School Structures in Saipan Deployed for Disaster Recovery

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