175 North Harvard Street Project Construction Impacts Update
• The pile driving work is complete. Sitework and demolition, including concrete and soil removal, will continue for at least another week. Truck activity will remain steady to support this activity. Crews are grading the site down to the interim elevation and removing existing tree stumps as well as asphalt and sidewalks.
• Project enabling activities will continue this month and through January followed by the anticipated start of building construction. These activities include pile driving and vibrating sheet piles into the ground in preparation for building construction.
o The installation of sheet piles using a vibratory hammer is expected as soon as next week, the week of December 11. This work will last for about one month.
o Please note that these types of activities, while safe, do generate noise and may also generate some perceptible vibrations during regular work hours between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
o Third-party engineers will continue to monitor the dust, noise, and vibration monitors that are positioned around the work site to ensure construction activities remain within safe and acceptable levels.
• Third-party engineers continue to monitor the dust, noise, and vibration monitors that have been positioned around the work site to ensure construction activities remain within safe and acceptable levels.
• Sub-surface drainage installation on South Campus Drive is nearing completion. The contractor is targeting mid-December to have South Campus Drive re-paved and back to its original configuration.
• Piping installation work will be ongoing with anticipated completion planned for late December 2023.
• The project’s regular work hours are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Some work on Saturdays may be necessary as permitted by the City of Boston also from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.