WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 23 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
INDIANAPOLIS - Purdue University celebrated a milestone Sept. 17 as the final steel beam was lifted into place - or topped out - on the south side of the Academic Success Building (ASB) in Indianapolis, marking the highest point of construction on a facility designed to support student success for generations to come. Before the beam was raised, students, faculty, staff and project partners signed the steel, leaving their mark on a building that will become a centerpiece of the Indianapolis experience.
As is traditional, the beam carried several topping-out symbols, including an American flag; a Purdue flag; and an evergreen tree, representing safe, suc...