After 3 years, neuroscience building construction to be completed next fall

All of the structural components of the new neuroscience and psychology complex have been completed and the two buildings will be fully operational next fall, according to program manager in the Universitys Office of Design and Construction Mark Wilson.

The construction company Barr & Barr the same firm that worked on Lewis Library and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, among other buildings broke ground on the new site in 2010, and the construction is expected to be fully complete by spring 2013.

The two buildings located behind Poe Field on Washington Road are connected by a public foyer whose main doors face Carl Icahn Laboratory and can be accessed from across Washington Road, via Streicker Bridge. A tunnel in the A-level will lead to the B-level of Icahn and continue up-campus along Washington Road all the way to Guyot Hall.

Currently, the company is laying the stone flooring and carpeting, Wilson said. Window installation will occur within the next two to three weeks.

Our biggest push is to finish before winter hits so that we can have good humidity control, Wilson said.

Once the humidity is controlled, Wilson explained, the construction crew will be able to place wooden furnishings such as desks and shelves in faculty offices.

The new psychology building will replace the functions of Green Hall, located across Washington Road from Firestone Library. The neuroscience building will house the interdisciplinary Princeton Neuroscience Institute, which is temporarily located in Thomas, Moffett and Schultz laboratories with the molecular biology department.

The psychology building will be closer to Washington Road than these temporary laboratories. Stretching seven stories above and below ground, the building has a total of 46,000 square feet.

Data processing rooms in the upper levels of the building have a view of Poe Field and the Graduate College tower. Faculty offices will be located along the Washington Road side of the building.

The public space connecting the two buildings will be 30,670 square feet in size and will be one level above ground. The lobby will look down into the A-level student center, where tables and chairs will be set up and provide a place for students and faculty to work.

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After 3 years, neuroscience building construction to be completed next fall