The Nucor Mineral Industries Building is now under construction at South
Dakota Mines. A Topping Out Ceremony celebrating the placement of the final
steel beam will take place at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2023.
The
Nucor Mineral Industries Building being constructed on the Mines campus
will pass a major milestone at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 with the placement of
the final steel beam at the Topping Out Ceremony.
Mines
President Jim Rankin and other dignitaries will sign the final steel beam before
it is placed on the building by a crane. Nucor Corporation donated the steel
for the building as part of the largest corporate gift in university history.
Media are welcome to attend the event beginning at 1
p.m. located outside the construction site in front of the O’Harra Building
(Museum of Geology) on the Mines campus.