LAUREL HOLLOW, NY —  Skanska, a global construction and development firm, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) finished the Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Biology (AIQB) mass timber building at CSHL. This marks a key milestone in Phase I of CSHL’s Foundations for the Future campaign, which aims to invest in the institute’s infrastructure to support research and educational programs in confronting the scientific challenges ahead. Skanska is providing construction management services for the $248 million, 379,500-square-foot campus expansion, which, upon completion of this first phase, will feature state-of-the-art neuroscience and cancer biology labs, an AI research building, and a parking garage.

The three-story structure was built using mass timber glulam columns and beams with cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor decks. The timber used in the AIQB was responsibly sourced from sustainably managed forests in the Southeastern United States, and fabrication waste such as sawdust and scrap material was recycled and repurposed for other applications. The $28 million main facility will house four laboratories, 15 principal investigator offices, 96 postdoctoral researcher workstations, seven research administration offices, three administrative offices, and 10 meeting rooms.

Substantial completion of the Foundations for the Future campaign initiative will be achieved in early 2027. The CSHL campus is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.

Empire State Development is supporting the campus expansion with $55 million in funding, including a $25 million grant for the construction of the Artificial Intelligence Quantitative Biology (AIQB) building and a $30 million grant for the Neuroscience Research Complex (NRC). These investments are helping to advance Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s leadership in neuroscience, cancer biology, and next-generation artificial intelligence research.