The Western Avenue utility crossing roadway work is finalized and is finishing up on Kresge Way and is being coordinated with University operations.
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
• Restoration of the construction area continues.
• Landscaping crews continue sod and tree installation.
• Removal of barriers at parking lot and final striping will occur.
• Final sidewalk finish work and installation of a berm off Western Avenue in front of Harvard Business School will take 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.
Enterprise Research Campus (ERC)
• Work is scheduled for this Saturday, April 27 starting at 7 a.m.
• Utility tie-ins will occur inside the site.
• The Treehouse Conference Center will have crews prepping for concrete placements and core work.
• The Residential/Hotel site will have crews preparing for concrete placements and steel installation.
• The Laboratory site will have a small crew doing welding and surveying.
• Punchlist work and adjustments are 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.
• Structural steel continues to be delivered and installed using the tower cranes.
• Concrete and rebar operations are ongoing.
• The Treehouse conference center cores and utility work are underway.
• Intermittent use of power trowels for concrete finishing may take place after 6 a.m.
• Visible work is taking place on level six and seven of the high rise and midrise residential buildings.
• Four tower cranes are operating on site and are designed to move or “weathervane” in the wind when not operational.
• Eversource continues to connect temporary power to the Treehouse, which may involve the use of a vacuum truck and other equipment intermittently 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 alternating weekly.
• A drone flight is scheduled for Thursday at 7 a.m.
92 Seattle Street
• Drywall and roof work will take place this Saturday, April 27.
• Use of a crane may be necessary to hoist equipment onto the roof.
• East side demo work continues to take place.
• Roof replacement work remains ongoing.
• Interior work continues to progress.
• Small concrete placements will take place.
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.
• Utility work on Ivy Lane continues. One lane of traffic will be maintained during work hours. The road will be plated after hours with two lanes of traffic reopened. Work may take place on Saturday. Planning overnight work, currently scheduled for Wednesday, May 7.
• A tower crane is operating on site. At the end of each shift, the crane will be left in weathervane mode with safety lighting turned inward.
• 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.
• Concrete form work and placement continues on the first residential elevator core tower.
• Utility work will take place inside the site.
• ART project soil removal continues.
• Mockup framing and masonry work is underway across the street from the site.
• Concrete operations are underway within the site foundation.
• Because concrete pours cannot be stopped mid-pour, some of these operations may occasionally go slightly later than 6:00 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.-4 p.m.
• The MBTA bus stop in front of the building has been relocated closer to South Campus Drive.
210 North Harvard Street
• Permanent power feeds will be connected.
• In early May crews will begin replacing the sidewalk adjacent to the building at Bertram and North Harvard Streets.
108 Holton Street
• Crews will be preparing to demolition this building during this three-month project.
• Abatement work will take place for a couple of weeks on the roof.
• Utility work will take place in the roadway necessitating a sidewalk and lane shift.
