St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. has completed construction of the $185 million Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 12, a research facility at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus in Mesa, Arizona, according to a Nov. 11 news release.
The 173,194-square-foot building, which has opened for the 2025 fall semester, will provide specialized laboratory, research, instructional and collaboration spaces for students and faculty at the school, according to the news release.
ISTB 12 is the first structure at the university to use various prefabrication innovations, which include multi-trade corridor racks, prefabricated enclosure panels and an embedded overhead uni-strut system, according to McCarthy.
“As the construction partner, we’re proud to deliver a facility that reflects innovation not only in its purpose but also in the way it was built for opening day and decades of adaptability,” said Carlos Diaz, project director for McCarthy, in the news release.
The project took 22 months to complete, per the release. McCarthy worked alongside integrated design team SmithGroup to build the ASU structure and dealt with supply chain challenges via an early procurement strategy, which McCarthy said helped the materials arrive on time and aided in the sequencing of critical electrical and mechanical equipment.
The building will provide collaboration space for additive manufacturing; robotics for smart manufacturing and industry automation; cyber manufacturing and operations research; semiconductor manufacturing; and manufacturing systems for the energy sector, per McCarthy.
The build also targeted sustainability goals via LEED Gold certification, energy recovery through preconditioned exhaust air capture, a building wide chilled beam system, advanced building controls and solar-ready infrastructure.
This isn’t the only recent higher education project for McCarthy. Earlier this year, the builder broke ground on California’s San Bernardino Valley College’s new, $94 million Student Services building, and the company highlighted higher education jobs as a strategic priority for the firm.
