By William Beacom
Houghton, MI – Michigan Technological University has broken ground for the new Great Lakes Research Center. The building will be located on Michigan Tech's waterfront on the Keweenaw Waterway. The State is funding three-quarters of the roughly $25-million facility.
The center will house research and education on one of the world's most precious and rare resources fresh water. The facility will include aquatic laboratories, a hydraulics lab, coastal research instrumentation, and a boathouse. It will also house a research and educational partnership between Michigan Tech and the US Army Corps of Engineering's Research and Development Center and their Environmental Lab in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Construction is expected to be completed in about 18-to-24-months.