The latest progress on the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
Less than one year after demolition began on Yost Hall to make way for the 189,000-square- foot Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), crews locked the final structural beam into place on the new research hub.
This topping-out ceremony in late March marked the latest progress point for the ISEB, which is on budget and on time for completion in fall 2026in line with the universitys bicentennial. The next phase of construction is to apply the spray-on fire protection to the structural steel, a process that likely will continue through the summer.
When complete, the state-of-the-art building will house dedicated research and lab space for 65 principal investigators and their research teamsincluding students, faculty and staff from the College of Arts and Sciences, Case School of Engineering, the School of Medicine, and selected others.
Youre not just building a building, Vice President for Campus Planning and Facilities Management Dean Tufts told the crews from Discovery Builders, a joint venture among Turner Construction Co., Adrian Maldonado & Associates Inc., Next Generation Construction and the AKA Team. Youre doing big, big things. Youre helping to cure cancer. Youre gonna help vets that dont have arms take their prosthetics and hold their spouses hands. ... So I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Originally published in the summer 2025 issue of Forward Thinking magazine