A pandemic, Wisconsin winter, growing need and a tight deadline: all things standing in the way as Engineering crews work as fast as they can to put together a temporary homeless shelter for men in need in our community. City agencies pulled together in December 2020 to open a temporary homeless shelter in the City’s former Fleet services building located at North First Street in Madison, Wis. This included pop-up showers, bathrooms, more than 200 bunk beds and maintenance to the building that helped make it livable. City of Madison Engineering Division Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts Engineering Division Facilities Services Coordinator Stephen King and City of Madison Community Development Grants Supervisor Linette Rhodes to answer the questions of why the City needed this so quickly, how it was possible to whip together in seven short weeks and where will men be placed when the City finds a more permeant location? It’s all explained in 20 minutes in this episode.