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Originally Posted by xitaqua
Hello All,
Thanks for all the comments.
From the previous postings, I gathered the following team build on corporate campuses :
Team #1718 (The Fighting Pi) Ford Plant
Team#0365 (MOE) Dupont
Team#XXX (Wildstang) Motorola
Team#1714 (More Robotics) American Acrylics
And the PRO/CONS might be summarized as follows :
PRO
- Better access to Industry Mentors.
- Less “site closing” due to weather or “school day off”.
- Access to tools / facility and materials.
CON
- Access to students to site. (eg. Transportation, site security process)
- Student may not be able to use tool himself/herself due to liability.
- Company Policies / Union Policies may limit “build process”.
- Availability after business hours (5PM>). School maybe out 3 hours earlier.
Let me know what you guys think !.
Cheers,
Marcos.
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33 builds out of the Chrysler Tech Center. It's always been a great experience, but the shop space is tight.
469 also has a corporate campus shop, but I can't remember the name (sorry Marjie!)
...it's interesting to see the collection of responses here.
One thing to consider is that each shop space has it's own individual pros/cons. I'm hesitant to accept any of these reasons as absolute, simply because it is a corporate shop space. Every school/district has their own rules just as every corporation has their own rules.
Is the purpose of this thread to decide whether to build on a corporate campus? Is is to understand potential issues with dealing with a corporation?