The display screens are getting mounted. A laser-cut metal ceiling is installed. The filtered fume hoods await students’ chemistry experiments.
As the clock ticks down to a September opening, the finishing touches are being added to EXP—Northeastern University’s new eight-story, 357,000-square-foot facility that will further the horizons of science, engineering, teaching and creating.
“We’re in the final sprint of the marathon,” says Jacqueline Valencia, a senior capital project manager at the university.
EXP rises next to the complementary Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, and it is wrapped in distinctive, horizontal stainless-steel “fins” that can…