INTECH Construction recently celebrated a major milestone on the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC) project with the completion of the structure’s frame and the placement of the final, highest piece of steel. The topping off ceremony marked an important step forward for this significant new facility.

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) Innovation Center is the first new building on the PPPL campus in decades and will anchor the International Hub for Fusion Energy. Featuring adaptable labs and collaboration spaces, the center will support PPPL’s work in fusion energy as well as expanding research in microelectronics, quantum information science, and sustainability.

INTECH Construction Associate Principal Colleen Mills joined the project team to commemorate the milestone as she continues to help guide the project forward. The final steel beam—signed by the INTECH project team, representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Princeton University, and architecture firm SmithGroup—served as a meaningful symbol of the collaboration behind this achievement.

Photo by Michael Livingston Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)