The new 75,000-square-foot Science and User Support Center (SUSC) will serve as a welcome center for guests, researchers, and facility users arriving at Brookhaven National Laboratory, which is home to seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries and hosts thousands of guests annually. It is also the first building planned for Discovery Park, which is a new vision for the gateway to BNL with approximately 60 acres of previously used, publicly accessible land.

The new facility will offer workspace for approximately 250 Brookhaven employees as well as space for collaboration and conferences. The SUSC is part of a larger effort to redevelop an existing on-site apartment area near Brookhaven Lab’s entryway.

On October 26, 2022, officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Brookhaven Lab commemorated the start of construction during a groundbreaking ceremony.

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