5 Year Anniversary of the YSB Topping Off Ceremony

Signing Beam Initial Lift_March 1 2018

Photo credit: Joe Wolenski

A tradition in the construction trade is for the last beam placed by iron workers to be painted white and signed by everyone involved in the project during a “topping-off” ceremony.

The final beam placed in the Yale Science Building was secured in place five years ago on March 1, 2018.