Michigan Tech M& M Building Water Leak on Freezing Morning: NMU had leak at Superior Dome on Friday and this morning it happened at MTU

Cold Monday at MTU Minerals and Materials Engineering Building

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director – 1-906-273-2433

(Houghton, MI) – A water pipe reportedly burst water at Michigan Technological University this morning causing a big mess on a morning that has some schools called off due to the dangerously frigid morning.

An alarm triggered about 8:15 this morning at the MTU Minerals and Materials Engineering Building for a reported water sprinkler burst on the 7th floor. However it was later reported as a pipe burst and was causing a mess in the mining education building.

“A frozen sprinkler exploded,” stated the first report.

A few minutes later an update did not bring better news.

“There is a lot of water running on the 7th floor,” stated one witness.  “It’s leaking water everywhere.”

It’s not clear how much damage the leak has caused or how uickly it can be fixed.

Known as the M&M Building, it houses the College of Engineering, the Department of

Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Pavlis Honors College (on the 7th floor).

The city of Houghton Fire department was dispatched but cancelled while enroute to the scene. MTU Public Safety was reported on the scene.

On Friday, the NMU Superior Dome offices and other areas were damaged when water leaked apparently from a sprinkler or pipe.

At 3 p.m. Friday, “the water puddle was visible outside the door and freezing,” said a U.P. Breaking News source. “No fire trucks were called. Lots of NMU employees though.”

 

The water was pouring down “against the glass in the entryway,” said our source.

“The drains couldn’t keep up with it and there were no drains close,” our source said.

The flood “cleared everyone out of the building,” sources say.

 

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fyi from an MTU Brochure:

Minerals and Materials Engineering Building—12

Known as the M&M, this building houses the College of Engineering, the Department of

Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Pavlis Honors College.

The lakeshore section of the M&M has more than 80 labs, and the undergrad labs on

the sixth floor—which include a scanning electron microscope facility—are some of

the best in the nation.

Pavlis Honors College is located on the seventh floor and offers all students the opportunity to customize their degree through industry, innovation, research, service, and global pathways.

The M&M building has one of the few university-run foundries in the nation, and it houses three cutting-edge biomedical engineering research labs: the Regeneration and Repair, Engineered Biomaterials, and Biosensors Laboratories.

Dome sprinklers make for crazy Friday at NMU

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Marquette, MI) – The Superior Dome was apparently flooded today (Fri., Dec. 16, 2016) after the fire sprinklers decided to spread a little holiday cheer at the hot spot for Northern Michigan University athletes.

We are told everyone took the whole event in spirits fitting the season – another exciting Friday of university life in Marquette, MI. Those of us who live on the Chocolay River didn’t expect that 2016 fall food, and its likely nobody was prepared (or dressed) at NMU for a mid-day shower.

At 3 p.m. today, “the water puddle was visible outside the door and freezing,” said a U.P. Breaking News source. “No fire trucks were called. Lots of NMU employees though.”

 

The water was pouring down “against the glass in the entryway,” said our source.

“The drains couldn’t keep up with it and there were no drains close,” our source said.

The flood “cleared everyone out of the building,” sources say.

 

U.P. Breaking News has left a message for the NMU Department of Communications and Marketing and the NMU News Bureau – but so far no info. Sources say the sprinklers flooded the hallways and other areas for at least 10 minutes.

The above photo was reportedly taken after the Dome wash had been going for five minutes. It is not clear if this flood caused thousands of dollars of damage to carpets and other property, but likely insured.

We’d love to hear from anyone who was present as the dome rained.