MEC&F Expert Engineers : FROZEN PIPE BURSTS, CLOSES MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN PLYMOUTH, N.H.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

FROZEN PIPE BURSTS, CLOSES MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN PLYMOUTH, N.H.



FROZEN PIPE BURSTS, CLOSES MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN PLYMOUTH, N.H.

  Restoration services set up vents to pump hot air into Speare Memorial at Boulder Point to help dry out the building following extensive water damage due to a frozen pipe that burst on Sunday. 


PLYMOUTH — Speare Memorial Hospital’s medical office building, Speare Memorial at Boulder Point, is closed due water damage from a frozen pipe that burst on Sunday. The pipe was a water feed for a rooftop unit that controls the building’s humidification system.

According to Director of Facilities Dennis Patnaude restoration services are onsite mitigating the extensive cosmetic water damage including carpeting, flooring and some furniture. While a damage estimate is unknown, Patnaude states there was no structural damage to the building.

Speare Memorial at Boulder Point is located on Boulder Point Drive off Tenney Mountain Highway in Plymouth.

The building is home to the hospital’s affiliated practices including Plymouth Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Clinic, Speare Primary Care, White Mountain Eye Care & Optical, as well as Choice Physical Therapy and RehabFIT Medical Fitness.

White Mountain Eye Care & Optical is expected to reopen as early as Friday, but the rest of the building will remain closed for cleanup and repair for up to three weeks.

Plymouth Orthopedics, Speare Primary Care and Choice Physical Therapy have relocated their practices to the hospital while Boulder Point remains closed. Patients with appointments should report to the following locations:

• Plymouth Orthopedics will see patients in the Oncology Clinic located on the first floor, just off the Main Entrance on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and in Surgical Services on Wednesdays.
• Speare Primary Care patients are being seen in Plymouth OB/GYN, located in the hospital’s northwest wing. Building access and parking are off Avery Street.
• Choice Physical Therapy will begin seeing patients at the hospital on Thursday, January 15. Patients should take the main elevators to the second floor. Patient check-in will be located off the elevators to the left.
  

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PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Speare Memorial Hospital's medical office building has been closed after a frozen pipe burst and caused water damage to the floors and furniture.

Speare Memorial at Boulder Point is in Plymouth and is home to the hospital's affiliated practices, including an orthopedics and sports medicine clinic, primary care, eye care and physical therapy.

The Citizen reports (http://bit.ly/1DFmNXn) White Mountain Eye Care & Optical is expected to reopen as early as Friday, but the rest of the building will remain closed for cleanup and repair for up to three weeks.

The orthopedics, primary care and physical therapy practices have relocated to the hospital for now.