Students heading to class in the Farmer School of Business are being forced to make a detour for the time being.
The front doors of the building have been blocked off temporarily due to water damage caused by a frozen sprinkler head that burst in the vestibule over the weekend, according to Assistant Vice President of Operations Cody Powell.
Powell said the length of time required for repairs can't be estimated at this point because it may involve reworking the sprinkler system in the area, but the area should at least be usable for students in the next few days.
"We were beginning to make necessary repairs (Monday)," Powell said. "We're still sorting out the details on it, but it looks like it was an issue with how it was designed. You can't catch everything with a building like that."
Powell said members of the Physical Facilities Department are working with the designer of the building to look into solutions.
"We might want to make some changes to the way things were in there before to make sure this doesn't happen again," Powell said.
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Because plans are not set, there is currently no cost estimate for the repair.
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