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):
- The structural steel phase of the housing project is ongoing and should be complete by Thanksgiving. Decking and detailing continues through late December. Steel beams deliveries are offloaded and installed using the tower crane. Crews are working on level 6 and 7. Level 8 and 9 will start at the end of October and levels 10 and 11 will follow. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades are working on site. Rebar installation continues as well as exterior waterproofing. Crews are also fireproofing at the garage and first floor levels. This work will be progressing up the building next week.
- Neighbors can anticipate several road closures on South Campus Drive in support of concrete operations to allow for concrete pump placement and site access. All pours are anticipated to take place on weekdays during normal working hours with the road being returned at the end of each day. All signage and details will be provided to divert traffic as needed.
- Three concrete deck placements can be expected each week this month during regular work hours – some finishing work may extend beyond 6:00 p.m. depending on weather conditions. A pump truck will be present on South Campus Drive during concrete pours. Within the next few weeks, additional work will include concrete deck placements on levels four through eight, and exterior building wrap to retain heat (late October).
- The housing contractor is grading and prepping an area for the temporary construction hoist. Work includes sitework, rebar, and concrete. The hoist is expected to go up by November 18.
- As the building grows in height, there is an increase in personnel on upper floors and on exterior staging.
- The tower crane will be in use for the next three months during normal working hours and will be placed in weathervane mode with safety lighting turned inward at the end of every shift.
- 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, a mix of excavating, backfilling, placements, footings, and walls continues. Excavation for footings and concrete operations continue with regular concrete placements (an early morning one on Friday, October 18). Structural slab placements continue at the lower level. On the east side, crews are working on underground electrical with placements every couple of days. Concrete placements will continue through November. A concrete slab placement will take place at the end of next week with another placement targeted for the first week of November. Structural steel will be arriving on site at the end of November.
- Ivy Lane utility work is finishing up with testing, removing plates, patching and paving the road where the new domestic water and fire pipe lines are located.
- Work continues on the building mock-ups to review design and constructability across North Harvard Street. At the ART mockup, small light fixture work took place this week. Adjustments continue intermittently on the housing mockup.
- Miscellaneous steel and concrete work will be taking place on the next two Saturdays, October 19 and 26, on the new Harvard University affiliate housing building. At the ART building site, a subcontractor is scheduled to work this Saturday, October 19, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. backfilling electrical conduits at our south side foundation area along Ivy Lane.
- 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.