Kresge Way and Extension of Thermal Pipes and Electrical Duct Bank
- Thermal striping in the Harvard Business School lot will take place in the spring.
Enterprise Research Campus
Residential/Hotel
- On Saturday, January 25, activities include installation of panels on the residential buildings. Storefront ground floor work may take place at the midrise. Hotel soffits and glass will be installed on level 13. Elevator and other miscellaneous interior work with hoists operational are planned.
- During the week windows are being installed on the high-rise building, and green exterior panels are being installed on the midrise building.
- A suspended scaffolding deck, like under a bridge is set up, on the underside of the cantilever section at the hotel.
- Storefront installation is underway on the ground floors.
- Mast climber scaffolding is set up and continues to be installed in sections on the high-rise building.
- Elevators are being installed.
- Other smaller concrete operations continue including a topping slab at the podium deck between the hotel and residential buildings.
- Roofing activities are underway.
- MEP work is ongoing.
- Framing is taking place inside the buildings.
- Temporary heaters are operating.
Laboratory and Office Buildings.
- On Saturday, January 25, pipes will be delivered and unloaded using the tower crane. Exterior soffits will be installed using boom lifts. Glass installation will take place on level 1. Interior framing and mechanical work in the lower level will be underway.
- Exterior curtain-wall panels are being installed during the week.
- Boom lifts are active around the perimeter of the buildings.
- Level 1 exterior work is underway.
- The site’s tower crane is operational. It is designed to move or “weathervane” in the wind.
- Smaller concrete operations continue.
- Roofing activities are underway.
- Elevators are being installed.
- MEP work is ongoing.
- Mechanical penthouse activities continue.
- Masonry work continues.
- Framing is underway
- Temporary heaters are operational.
Greenway
- Backfilling continues with the site leveling off
- Some drainage work is underway.
Treehouse Conference Center
- Mass timber and façade activities will take place on Saturday, January 25. A crane will be in operation
- Mass timber deliveries, activities and installation of the roof continue on the south side with a crane operating during the week.
- Façade frame installation continues using boom lifts.
- Possible concrete core placements if weather permits.
- MEP activities are ongoing.
Building Mock-Ups
Building mockups are on the corner of Hague and Rotterdam Streets.
Eversource Conduit Project
Eversource duct bank installation by G. Greene Construction is underway along Western Avenue after hours, typically from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Crews are near Travis Street. This public utility work is not under the supervision of ERC.
General
- Snow and ice removal and cleanup will take place as needed.
- The project’s work hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturdays/off hours as permitted by the City of Boston from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Hoists (exterior construction elevators) are operating on the residential, hotel and lab buildings.
- Drones will be in use bi-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.
- Weekly flights are weather dependent and are scheduled one weekday morning.
- A drone is scheduled to fly Thursday, January 30 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Signage Project at SEC and Stadium Way
- A signage installation project in front of the SEC building will be finishing up.
- Barriers surround the work area.
North Allston Storm Drain Extension Project (NASDEP)
The NASDEP, a project designed for Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) to alleviate the existing inundated storm water systems in North Allston, continues with enabling work on the ERC site.
- South of Science work between Rena Path and Rotterdam Street will continue this week.
- Science Drive is narrowed through fall 2025 with new line striping indicating the lanes.
- Excavation and installation of the support system to install structures will take place.
- Science Drive sidewalk will close, and pedestrians will be shifted to the SEC walkway when manhole work takes place in mid-February.
92 Seattle Street
- Renovation for reuse of this Harvard building is complete, and some final punch list items remain.
- Delivery for handrails on the east entrance expected to arrive on January 28 with installation to follow.
175 North Harvard Street, 100 South Campus Drive
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 finishing on upper levels. Steel decking installation and detailing is expected to be complete by the end of this month. Concrete deck placements will continue on upper levels to the roof and should be complete in early February, weather permitting. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades are working throughout the site. Crews continue fireproofing on several levels. This work is progressing up the building. Crews are backfilling foundations and performing site work.
- The tower crane will be in use for the next few weeks during normal working hours as crews continue to work through winter weather conditions. The crane is currently scheduled to be disassembled and removed from the site in mid-February. Because this is a sizeable undertaking, the crane removal will require after-hours work. More detail will be provided as the date gets closer.
- The height of the temporary construction hoist continues to be increased to the roof and will be complete in the next few weeks before the crane is removed. More details will be provided as that work gets closer.
- Crews continue to install building wrap to retain temporary heat on upper floors during concrete and fireproofing activities. A small amount of noise associated with the temporary heaters falls within normal limits and may be heard off-hours. Tarping is removed at the lower floors after the fireproofing is complete.
- For the next several weeks, work at the new affiliate housing building will require closures of South Campus Drive to all vehicles during working hours Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. All traffic leaving the Continuum and Trader Joe’s parking will be instructed to make a right turn only out of the garage. The road will be open to traffic each day after 5 p.m. and on weekends. Signage and details will be provided to divert traffic as needed, and police details will be on site to provide assistance.
- Occasional concrete deck placements continue on the upper levels to the roof level during regular work hours throughout this month – some finishing work will extend beyond 9 p.m. with the colder temperatures. Noise is generated by the power trowels used for finishing. The fresh concrete needs to be covered with blankets for warmth while curing. A pump truck will be present on South Campus Drive during concrete pours.
- 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, concrete placements and detailing continues through January. Backfilling for exterior walls and excavating for utilities continues. Utility work continues around the building perimeter. Steel detailing for the theatre’s stage and fly tower structure and concrete placements will run through January. An additional crane will be on site to support the removal of boom lifts from lower levels on Thursday, January 31.
- Mass timber (engineered wood products known for their strength, durability, versatility and sustainability) will follow beginning on Monday, February 24. A crane to support this work will mobilize mid-February.
- Adjustments continue on the building mock-ups to review design and constructability across North Harvard Street. A surrounding structure will be built at the housing building mock-up to retain heat for f lashing and masonry work. At the ART mockup, miscellaneous activities will take place intermittently.
- Crews at the affiliate housing building site will be working on Saturdays, January 25 and February 1, weather permitting, adding the upper levels of the material hoist, performing some welding and installing some steel sections. Heaters will be maintained by workers on Sundays through the winter.
- Off hours snow and ice removal are expected as needed.
- The project’s regular work hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturdays as permitted by the City of Boston from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
210 North Harvard Street
- Eversource or Verizon will remove an old pole and power line.
- The bakery Sofra is open.
168 Western Ave
- Crews will continue excavation trenches for utilities and will place concrete pads for dumpsters and refrigeration units.
- Interior work continues.
- The Swiss Bakers bakery operation will be temporarily relocated to 9 Travis Street at the end of the month while their space gets renovated.