Innovation Campus construction update: Academic Building One rises above ground this summer - Virginia Tech Daily

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The Whiting-Turner site crew includes Senior Project Manager Summer Cleary ’00. Cleary began working for Whiting-Turner after graduating from Virginia Tech with a major in civil engineering. She oversees the Innovation Campus site, which is the third largest project she has worked on in her career. All of Cleary’s projects for Whiting-Turner have been located in Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.

“Living in Alexandria, I never thought the chance to work on a Virginia Tech project would arise – it’s a great opportunity,” said Cleary, who visits Blacksburg a few times a year to represent Whiting-Turner at job fairs. “It is exciting to be part of a project that will provide a new learning environment for students.”

Virginia Tech expects to welcome students, faculty, and staff into the completed 300,000 square foot building in the fall of 2024. Plans call for two other buildings, measuring about 150,000 square feet each, to be built as the campus grows.

Once complete, the Innovation Campus, designed by SmithGroup, will provide instruction, research, office, and support spaces for graduate-level programs in computer science and computer engineering and select other programs. There also will be flexible multi-purpose areas, research and testing labs, and maker spaces. A virtual tour is available online for viewing of interior and exterior 3D renderings of Academic Building One.

For the next two academic years, classes for the Innovation Campus Master of Engineering program will continue to be offered at the university’s Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church. Additional updates on the Innovation Campus faculty, curriculum, and research areas can be found in this story about Dr. Lance Collins' recent update to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

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