Skanska has completed the fourth and final building of William & Mary’s Integrated Science Center, delivering a 124,000-square-foot facility designed to support the university’s expanding focus on computing, data sciences, and physics.
Known as Integrated Science Center IV—or ISC4—the new building serves as the academic home for William & Mary’s School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics and represents a major milestone in the university’s long-term campus development strategy. The facility strengthens the institution’s ability to prepare students for a data-driven economy while encouraging collaboration across STEM disciplines.
“The completion of ISC4 marks an exciting milestone for William & Mary and for everyone who contributed to this project,” says Mark Balling, EVP responsible for Skanska’s Mid-Atlantic building operations. “We’re proud to have played a role in bringing this vision to life and look forward to seeing the incredible impact it will have on students, faculty and the broader Williamsburg community.”
Designed by Goody Clancy and Baskervill, ISC4 blends advanced research environments with flexible teaching and collaboration spaces. The building features cutting-edge laboratories and classrooms designed to support instruction, innovation, and forward-looking research. A ground-floor makerspace equipped with digital tools and fabrication equipment creates a hands-on environment where students and faculty can experiment, prototype, and collaborate.
That makerspace opens directly onto a “maker patio” extending into the courtyard, reinforcing indoor-outdoor connections and informal learning opportunities. At the heart of the building is “The Hub,” a vertical connector linking all floors and providing additional space for collaboration, presentations, and social gatherings. Together, these elements are designed to encourage interaction, idea-sharing, and interdisciplinary problem-solving.
“The delivery of the ISC Phase 4 facility, home to the university’s new School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics, is a seminal moment in William & Mary’s campus development,” says Sean Hughes, CBO at William & Mary. “The new building offers an abundance of innovative learning environments, laboratories, and workspaces and is sure to be a new favorite location of many students, faculty and staff.”
Beyond new construction, Skanska also completed renovations to approximately 10,000 square feet of the existing science center, ensuring a seamless physical and functional connection between ISC4 and the earlier phases of the complex. The integrated design supports the university’s goal of bringing diverse STEM disciplines together under one roof while maximizing shared resources and collaboration.
By uniting computing, data sciences, and physics in a single facility, ISC4 creates expanded opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in hands-on research alongside nationally recognized faculty. The project underscores William & Mary’s commitment to interdisciplinary education and reflects Skanska’s continued focus on delivering high-performance academic environments across the Mid-Atlantic region.
ISC4 officially opens for classes in January, marking the final chapter in the Integrated Science Center’s multi-phase transformation and setting the stage for the next generation of STEM learning on campus.
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