{"id":802,"date":"2025-01-13T21:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/?p=802"},"modified":"2025-01-13T21:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:30:52","slug":"recap-october-2024-facility-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/2025\/01\/13\/recap-october-2024-facility-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: October 2024 Facility Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"802\" class=\"elementor elementor-802\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0645b87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0645b87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd18614\" data-id=\"dd18614\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764f316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764f316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 10\/24\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Ameren Missouri Development and Recource Center, 11149 Lindbergh Business Ct., St. Louis, MO. 63123<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 38<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s): <\/strong>John Baima and Doug VanBuren<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary: <\/strong>John Baima and Doug VanBuren did a fantastic job as our tour guides at the Ameren Training Center. With a strong emphases on safety and an updated facility, Ameren delivers an extensive training and testing program for fabrication and welding. It was a very eventful evening for all that came for the tour.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad3a0ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad3a0ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc75972\" data-id=\"cc75972\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef94fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ef94fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e9aaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63e9aaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241027_192020-ul4.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_20241027_192020 ul4\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjgyMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9zdGxvdWlzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMjFcLzIwMjVcLzAxXC9JTUdfMjAyNDEwMjdfMTkyMDIwLXVsNC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241027_192020-ul4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-820\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241027_192020-ul4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241027_192020-ul4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">personal training and development<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff4b18a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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training<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b58fe2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b58fe2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeb0965\" data-id=\"eeb0965\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d052a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31d052a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241027_192021-ul6-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pipe weld training and testing<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c3c776 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c3c776\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-095e7b3\" data-id=\"095e7b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43226e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43226e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/stlouis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241027_192021-ul8.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_20241027_192021 ul8\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjgzMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9zdGxvdWlzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMjFcLzIwMjVcLzAxXC9JTUdfMjAyNDEwMjdfMTkyMDIxLXVsOC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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