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NIST History

Radiation Physics Building

Construction

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Original construction

Large excavation with equipment in hole
Construction of Radiation Physics Building (Building 245) looking north, Sept. 25, 1962
Credit: NIST

A large building under construction
Construction of Radiation Physics Building (Building 245) looking northeast, Sept. 23, 1963
Credit: NIST

A building under construction is surrounded by scaffolding.
Construction of Radiation Physics Building (Building 245) looking northeast, Nov. 18, 1963
Credit: NIST

A building under construction is nearly complete
Construction of Radiation Physics Building (Building 245) looking north, Feb. 18, 1964
Credit: NIST

 

A photo showing the construction of the “breezeway” in the 1960s. Two NIST "wise guys" clown for the camera by acting as though they're keeping the structure from collapsing.
A photo showing the construction of the “breezeway” in the 1960s. Two NIST "wise guys" clown for the camera by acting as though they're keeping the structure from collapsing.
Credit: NIST

 


Original building

Building exterior
Credit: NIST

overhead shot of buildings
An aerial shot of NIST's Radiation Physics Building circa 1960s
Credit: NIST

 

Groundbreaking, 2017

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Building 245 Modernization
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Building 245 Modernization

 

Construction, 2000s

A crane over an open hole
Building 245 modernization as of January 2018. This essential facility houses research programs supporting explosive and radiological materials detection tools for homeland security and calibration of nuclear dosimeters that monitor radiation exposure for workers in the nuclear power industry, medical profession, and the U.S. military.
Credit: Joy Asico/NIST

construction scaffolding attached to a building. A man stands on the scaffolding and a man stands below it.
Modernization of NIST's Radiation Physics Building as of February 2019.
Credit: ©David Hills

 

Exterior view of building addition, brown wall with dark windows
Curtain wall installation, north elevation, 2019
Credit: NIST

 

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for NIST Radiation Physics Building H Wing

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: NIST Radiation Physics Building H Wing
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: NIST Radiation Physics Building H Wing
Physics and Radiation
Created July 31, 2019, Updated October 3, 2019