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. The original entrance and drive alignment is back in place off 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
- Crews will install an underground electrical duct near the entrance of the Soldiers Field Garage. Access to the garage will be maintained with some shifts in traffic.
- Restoration of the construction area continues.
- Landscaping crews will be installing irrigation, sod and trees.
- The bypass road will begin to be removed later next week.
- The interim temporary parking attendant’s booth will finish being removed.
- 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 23, starting at 7 a.m.
- The Treehouse Conference Center will have crews prepping for concrete placements.
- The Residential/Hotel site will have crews preparing for concrete placements and removing core equipment.
- Punchlist work is ongoing on the Residential/Hotel, Conference Center, and Laboratory mockups with an occasional lane shift on Rotterdam Street for a lift and possible deliveries.
- Concrete and rebar operations are ongoing.
- Intermittent use of power trowels for concrete finishing may take place after 6 a.m.
- Visible work is taking place on level three of the high rise and midrise residential buildings.
- The hotel core is complete.
- 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 involve 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.
- A drone flight will take place on Friday, March 22 if weather allows from 10 a.m. to noon.
92 Seattle Street
- Street signage is in place to help prevent construction vehicles from cutting through the Allston neighborhood.
- Interior building work continues.
- Roofing work will continue with intermittent use of a lift in the adjacent bus lot.
- A second shift (3 p.m. to 10 p.m.) spray-on insulation work will be underway Monday through Saturday the week of March 25.
175 North Harvard Street & 100 South Campus Drive
Construction has begun 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.
- 100 South Campus Drive project may need to temporarily close a section of South Campus Drive bordering the McCurdy Track during work hours between March 27 and April 7 to repair an unforeseen geotechnical issue. Police details and signage will be in place to help with the flow of traffic.
- South Campus Drive has been redirected 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.
- Bulk excavation operations will continue.
- Mockup installation is ongoing across the street with concrete placements.
- Concrete operations are underway within the site foundation.
- Crews will be setting up the concrete footings and base for the tower crane which is scheduled to be installed in early April.
- 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 7a.m.-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 inspection and Eversource switchover.
Athletics Projects
Replacement Gas Line Installation
A gas line installation within the Athletics Campus is finishing near the Blodgett Pool, Lavietes Pavilion, Dillon Field House and stops near Bright Landry Hockey Arena.
- Punchlist work and restoration of Phase 4 work will occur.
- General work hours are 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
