GE Aviation found itself distributing sheds this week.
The company has donated five wooden sheds initially built for COVID-19 screenings to area organizations, exposing a wider need in the process.
âI have about 40 emails from people looking for sheds,â GE business leader Drew Smith said.
Smith said GE assembled the sheds back in April.
âWe basically had tents set up at the mall where we did COVID screening,â he said. âWe wanted to get back on our own property.â
The maintenance staff built the wooden sheds, which he said were roughly 12 feet by 16 feet and insulated, with space to install a heater or air conditioner. They were made to hold one employee at a time along with the person tasked with taking employee temperatures before employees could enter the factory. About a month ago, Smith said, the company has acquired thermal scanners and moved the screening process indoors.