Northeastern’s newest research building moves toward completion

The corner of EXP closest to both the footbridge and ISEC, photographed June 14 while the exterior was still under construction. The project managers for the new building are hoping to have the structure weather tight this fall so focus can move to interior details.

While students have watched the construction site looming over Ruggles train station slowly come to resemble a building over the past two years, the project’s final year of construction will bring less outwardly noticable changes as it sprints toward completion. 

The large construction site is none other than the final building in the complex containing the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, or ISEC, and the iconic rust-colored bridge across the Ruggles train tracks. The new building is called EXP, which,…