A decade in the making: Leadership, adaptability, and delivery of FSU’s interdisciplinary research and commercialization building

What does it take to deliver a major research facility when funding gaps, a global pandemic, and institutional uncertainty stretch a project timeline over a decade? This session traces Florida State University’s Interdisciplinary Research and Commercialization Building from concept in 2013 to construction completion, examining the leadership and persistence required to maintain momentum. Perspectives from FSU’s project management team, HGA architects, and Whiting-Turner reveal how the project accommodated evolving user needs including a late-added Quantum Sciences program, and how a complex, technically demanding research facility was successfully delivered in a smaller regional market with limited specialized trade resources.