Tornado’s Cause Damage to UW Platteville Campus

In the late evening and early morning hours of June 16-17 two tornado’s struck the city of Platteville as a powerful line of storms rolled across southern WI. The first tornado was identified on the UW Platteville campus and was considered a low-end EF2 with 120 mph max wind speed.  The track was about two miles west of Platteville running through the UW Platteville campus and causing damage to numerous buildings including Rountree Commons, Brideway Commons, Southwest Hall, Engineering Hall and Pioneer Stadium. The second tornado was identified near Platteville Golf and Country Club and was considered a high-end EF1 tornado with 105 mph max wind speed.  Damage included downed trees and a roof off an apartment. Engineered Construction was brought in to assist with the repairs and reconstruction of numerous buildings on campus including Southwest Hall, the Engineering Hall, three Greenhouse structures and some misc. repairs at Memorial Park.  The most significant repairs were needed at Southwest Hall and Engineering Hall which included roofing, masonry, windows, curtain walls, lighting, drywall, paint, floor coverings and other various finishes. Construction has remained on or ahead of schedule with both the Engineering Hall and Southwest Hall scheduled for occupancy on August 15th with faculty and staff to move back in on August 18th.