175 North Harvard Street Project Construction Impacts Update
The following is an overview of the work taking place at the 175 North Harvard construction site at the
future location of the new Harvard University affiliate housing building and American Repertory Theatre
(ART):
- There may be periods of time where road closures on South Campus Drive are required due to
increased trucking and the job site’s logistical constraints. When closures are needed, signage,
police details, and traffic cones will be in position to provide guidance. Only construction vehicles
are permitted to turn onto South Campus Drive from North Harvard Street for safety reasons and
to improve traffic flow. All other vehicles are directed to access South Campus Drive from Western
Ave. - South Campus Drive will need to be closed on Tuesday, July 16, to support the concrete slab pour
operations. The road will be closed between 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. supported with signage and
police details. - The North Core elevator shaft work is complete. Miscellaneous mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing trades will be on site working on under slab utilities. - The tower crane will be in use for the next nine months during normal working hours and will be
placed in weathervane mode with safety lighting turned inward at the end of every shift. - The structural steel phase of the housing project is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, July 17. Steel beams will be delivered on flat-bed trucks and will be offloaded and installed using the tower crane.
- Bond will be installing thermal piping between July 15 and August 23 in the Northeast corner of the job site.
- Wheel washing and street sweeping continues to ensure soil is not being tracked through the
neighborhood streets. - On the new American Repertory Theater (ART) work site, crews are excavating for the final
sequence of foundation and backfill. This foundation work will continue into August. Concrete
and rebar work will continue through August. Backfilling is ongoing in the substage area.
Formwork and waterproofing are underway. - As noted in previous weekly updates, the contractor working on the ART project is targeting Friday, July 19, or Monday, July 22, for a mat slab placement, which will require an early morning start given the length of time this work takes to complete.
- The project team is targeting a 5:00 a.m. start for this work. Concrete pump trucks will arrive on site to prepare as early as 4:00 a.m. The contractor will do its best to keep noise levels to a minimum. Neighbors can expect to experience some intermittent noise due to the presence of a work crew on site and the use of equipment needed to perform this work, including concrete pump trucks, and trucks arriving on site to deliver concrete.
- Building mock-ups to review design and constructability are underway across North Harvard
Street. The curtain wall for the mock-up will be delivered in late August/early September. There is
no work planned on the building mock-ups next week. - On Saturday, July 13, the contractor will be on site removing formwork and equipment in
preparation for steel delivery. This will require the shutdown of 100 South Campus Drive to
accommodate crane access. Proper signage with detours will be in place and police details will
be coordinated. - The project’s regular work hours are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and
Saturdays as permitted by the City of Boston from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.