Balfour Beatty announces the start of construction on the Northern Virginia Science Center in Dulles, Virginia, for the Science Museum of Virginia. Once complete, the project will fulfill the region’s long-held vision for a world class, interactive and innovative science center which is expected to serve over 300,000 visitors of all ages each year.
The Northern Virginia Science Center features a state-of-the-art facility that includes five main exhibition galleries that will provide high-quality interactive and hands-on experiences and incorporate nature and the surrounding environment. Planned exhibition galleries include: Flow, Helios, Wonder, Human and Habitat.
The science center will also feature classrooms and multi-purpose rooms, administrative areas and exterior terraces. Additionally, Balfour Beatty will work with its design partners HGA in leveraging sustainable design and building elements such as materials that minimise embodied carbon and inclusion of pollinator gardens into the landscaping.
Art Malacarne, Balfour Beatty Vice President in the Mid-Atlantic said: “Balfour Beatty looks forward to delivering the new 70,000-square-foot Northern Virginia Science Center in our community.
“Our project team is dedicated to being a champion for our client and plan to implement a collaborative, project-first approach to bring this landmark project to fruition. In partnership with the Department of General Services, our trade partners and project stakeholders, we will provide a premier facility that will inspire a love of learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics that fuels the next generation workforce.”
Balfour Beatty has delivered various museums in the Virginia area including the National Museum of the Marine Corps located in Quantico. The two-story, 120,000-square-foot facility features a museum gallery space, an orientation theater, expansive entry lobby/atrium and more. Balfour Beatty continues to improve and expand the museum and galleries for visitors and veterans. Additionally, the company has completed notable memorials in the area such as the Pentagon Memorial, and the Air Force Memorial.
Construction is underway for the Northern Virginia Science Center with expected completion in late 2026. For more information on the new science museum located in the Dulles Technology Corridor, please visit novasci.org.
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About Balfour Beatty
- Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with over 26,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
- We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
- Over the last 115 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at one of the busiest airports in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.
About Balfour Beatty US
- Balfour Beatty’s US construction business is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company performs heavy civil, rail and a broad variety of vertical construction, and part of Balfour Beatty plc a leading UK listed international infrastructure Group with interests in the UK, US and Hong Kong. Balfour Beatty’s US construction business is ranked among the top domestic building contractors in the United States by Engineering News-Record. To learn more, visit www.balfourbeattyus.com.
