More workers will head to the Science and Engineering Hall site this fall as the building is slated to reach its highest point in November, GW’s operations chief said Friday.

After workers completed the below-ground phase of the $275 million building in June, they will now begin mechanical, electrical and plumbing jobs, Senior Associate Vice President for Operations Alicia Knight said.

Some of the utility work will occur between JBKO and Munson residence halls. Crews will also come in before or after rush hours in September to work on water connections on 22nd Street.

The University can expect the building’s façade to appear later this fall.

Knight said the building’s above-ground work is “less complex” and can happen more quickly.

The project descends six levels below ground, which includes four levels of parking. The University broke ground on the 400,000 square-foot hall two years ago.

The building, which will bring courses in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences under one roof, will open in 2015.

“It will be a very active construction site for the academic year and beyond a little bit,” Knight said, adding that the site’s crane is there to stay for “quite some time longer.”

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 9:16 p.m. to reflect the following:

Correction appended
In a previous version of this post, The Hatchet included a photograph of the construction site for the University’s new School of Public Health and Health Services along with a caption for the Science and Engineering Hall. The post has been changed to include a photograph of the site for the Science and Engineering Hall. We regret this error.