MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Topping Off: Construction workers raise the last steel beam into place on the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) on the West Virginia University campus, Morgantown.

The $30 million project will house researchers at the leading edge of Alzheimer's studies.

Construction began on the 84,000 square-foot, three-story research building in May. Substantial completion is scheduled for March, 2008 with anticipated occupancy of the facility in Spring, 2008.

BRNI will provide state-of-the-art laboratory space and will support research activities of up to 150 scientists.

Following ironworker tradition, the last beam was festooned with an evergreen tree and an American flag.