The Western Avenue utility crossing roadway work is finalized and is finishing up on Kresge Way and is being coordinated with University operations.
Kresge Way Temporary Relocation
As part of Harvard’s infrastructure improvements in Allston, the University has extended thermal piping and electrical/telecommunications duct banks from the District Energy Facility across Western Avenue to Kresge Way, the main driveway into the HBS campus. An interim drive further west off Western Avenue has replaced the original drive and will be shifting back to the original alignment targeted for this Monday, March 11. Signage will be out on Western Avenue.
Western Avenue Utility Crossing
The utility crossing at Western Avenue is complete. Final restoration is underway.
Kresge Way and Extension of Thermal Pipes and Electrical Duct Bank
- Restoration of the construction area continues. The roadway is paved and striped.
- Signage installation and guard shack restoration is nearing completion.
- The shift to the former Kresge Way alignment is scheduled for Monday, March 11.
- The sidewalk west of Kresge Way will remain closed, while restoration and paving takes place next week.
- The bypass road will be removed the week of March 18.
- Crews are preparing to install an underground electrical duct near the entrance of the Soldiers Field Garage the week of March 18.
- An interim temporary parking attendant’s booth on the shifted section of Kresge Way will be operational until the shift takes place.
- During project hours, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (at times may extend to 6 p.m.), the work will generate noise due to the presence of work crews and the use of construction equipment, including a vacuum truck.
Enterprise Research Campus (ERC)
- Work is scheduled for this Saturday, March 9, starting at 7 a.m.
- The Treehouse Conference Center will have crews working on the walls and core.
- The Residential/Hotel site will have crews preparing for concrete placements.
- Work is ongoing on the Residential/Hotel, Conference Center, and Laboratory mockups with an occasional lane shift on Rotterdam Street for use of a lift and possible deliveries.
- Concrete and rebar operations are ongoing at all three sites.
- More visible work is taking place on the sky deck, level 2, level 3 and the core at the Residential/Hotel site.
- Three tower cranes are operating on site and are designed to move or “weathervane” in the wind when not operational.
- Eversource is expected to connect temporary power to the Treehouse, which may require the use of a vacuum truck on Western Avenue.
- Drones will be in use weekly to monitor construction progress on site.
- Drones will be operated by licensed pilots in accordance with Harvard University and the City of Boston regulations.
- Flights are weather dependent and are scheduled Wednesdays or Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. alternating weekly.
- No drone flight is scheduled this week.
92 Seattle Street
- Street signage is in place to help prevent construction vehicles from cutting through the Allston neighborhood.
- Interior building work continues.
- Demolition and regulated materials removal on the east side of the building is underway.
- Roofing work will continue to take place with a lift in use in the adjacent bus lot.
175 North Harvard Street & 100 South Campus Drive
Crews will begin to mobilize on Monday, March 11 to begin construction on the new American Repertory Theater (ART), which will be located at the front of the 175 North Harvard parcel with the new Harvard University affiliate housing building already under construction behind it.
- The 100 South Campus Drive project is planning to work Saturday, March 9 within the building footprint, machine work and a small concrete placement will take place.
- South Campus Drive is planned to be shifted to one way traffic from Western Avenue to North Harvard Street.
- Vehicles will not be allowed to enter from the North Harvard Street entrance to South Campus Drive.
- The gate at North Harvard Street has shifted to South Campus Drive.
- Bulk excavation operations will continue.
- Mockup installation is ongoing across the street.
- Concrete operations are underway with mud mats being placed within the site foundation.
- Pre-trenching in preparation for sheet-pile driving will begin at the ART project.
- Because concrete pours cannot be stopped mid-pour, some of these operations may occasionally go slightly later than 6 p.m. The contractor will make every effort to minimize this.
- Wheel washing and street sweeping continues.
- Deliveries are ongoing.
- Site work hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- The MBTA bus stop in front of the building has been relocated closer to South Campus Drive.
114 Western Avenue
- Solar panel installation has been completed.
- The project team is awaiting the inspection and Eversource switchover.
Athletics Projects
Replacement Gas Line Installation
A gas line installation within the Athletics Campus is in the final stages near the Blodgett Pool, Lavietes Pavilion, Dillon Field House and stops near Bright Landry Hockey Arena.
- A gas line shutdown and cutover from the existing Eversource service to the new National Grid Service will take place beginning the evening of Monday, March 11 at 5 p.m. and continue into Tuesday morning, March 12, to 7 a.m.
- A gas odor may be present on the evening of Monday, March 11 as gas pipes are purged.
- Backfilling and restoration of Phase 4 work will occur.
- General work hours are 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
