Enterprise Research Campus Phase A
Development work is underway of the future Enterprise Research Campus (ERC) in Allston across from Harvard Business School (HBS) bordered by the Mass Pike, Western Avenue, Hague Street, and the National Resilience Inc. facility at 500 Soldiers Field Road. Phase A will consist of two lab buildings designed for research and development; an apartment building with roughly 345 units, including approximately 86 affordable units (25%) available to households with incomes ranging from 30-100% of the Area Median Income (AMI); a hotel; and a conference center operated by Harvard University. The Greenway will be central to the site and become an active public space with programming and events.
Residential/Hotel
Curtainwall continues at the residential buildings and is finishing at the hotel. Boom lifts are operating on all sides of the buildings. Occasional cranes are set up on site. A suspended scaffolding deck is being systematically removed on the underside of the cantilevered section of the hotel. The hoist on the mid-rise has been removed. Later this month the hoist on the hotel will be removed. Mast climber scaffolding and swing staging are operational on the high-rise building. Windows are being installed. Utility tie-in and MEP work inside the site continues. Eversource in finishing the electrical tie-in. Masonry is underway. Elevator installation continues. Framing and bathrooms are being installed. First floor storefront work is underway. Smaller concrete placements continue. Temporary heaters are being removed.
Labatory and Office Buildings
Minor curtainwall work continues. Boom lifts operate around the perimeter. Ground floor work is underway. Masonry work continues. MEP work continues. Roofing activities are underway. Elevators are being installed. Framing and bathroom work is underway. Mechanical penthouse activities continue. Underground gas tie-in work is finishing. Temp heaters are being removed.
Greenway
Some drainage and minor utility work will be underway including backfilling. A shared-use roadway will be constructed. Landscaping crews are prepping for hardscape and tree planting.
Treehouse Conference Center
Mass timber is done. Façade frame and glass installation will continue to take place using boom lifts. A crane will be frequently be operating on site. Framing is underway. Roofing and terrace activities continue. MEP work is ongoing.
Nighttime Sewer Work on Western Avenue
Nighttime sewer tie-in work has begun to take place in front of the Treehouse Monday through Thursday for the first two weeks of April 3 from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.
- Between Hague and Milestone streets, pedestrians will shift at night to the Harvard Business School side of the road and cyclists will share the road during these activities.
- A vehicular travel lane will be taken when crews are working in sewer manholes.
- Signage will be in place and two police details will be scheduled.
- Crews will also be patching the roadway at night.
Milestone Thermals
Another phase of work to tie-in to the Treehouse continues early this month with testing involving the District Energy Facility. Crews will be working on a sewer line on Milestone adjacent to the Greenway.
Building Mock-Ups
The five Laboratory, Residential/Hotel, and Conference Center mockups are in place near Rotterdam Street at the Hague Street lot.
Eversource Conduit Project
Eversource duct bank installation is complete with cabling to take place on Western Avenue. This public utility work is not under the supervision of ERC.
General Information
- Project work hours will be Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Saturday and interior Sunday and possible other after-hours work is targeted to take place this month starting at 7 a.m.
- Drones will be in use every Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. to monitor construction progress.
- Drones will be operated by licensed pilots in accordance with Harvard University and the City of Boston regulations.
- Flights are weather dependent.
- Off-hour equipment drop-offs/pickups may be necessary with no unloading until 7 a.m.
- Contractors and subcontractors are directed to have all trucks follow approved truck routes to/from the jobsite to ensure they are not traveling on neighborhood streets. A security officer has been monitoring truck routes at Cambridge and Windom/Seattle streets and at North Harvard Street for early hour concrete placements.
- Construction noise will continue to be perceptible during work hours.
- Dust control measures remain in place.
- All construction hoists (exterior elevators) are operational.
- After hours snow and ice removal may take place as needed.
North Allston Storm Drain Extension Project (NASDEP)
NASDEP is a project for the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) that is designed in collaboration with Harvard University to alleviate the existing inundated storm water systems in the North Allston neighborhood. The proposed modifications to the BWSC stormwater management system will significantly improve its performance by providing much needed additional conveyance capacity. The enabling work for the project began in 2021 and will continue into 2025. The increased capacity systems are designed to extend from the area south of the new Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), connecting to an existing stormwater drain system in Rena Park, routing through the ERC and following behind the National Resilience Inc. (formerly Sanofi/Genzyme) facility before crossing Soldiers Field Road to an outfall in the Charles River.
- South of the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) work between Rena Path and Rotterdam Street continues throughout the next several months.
- Science Drive is narrowed with a new lane, line striping.
- Excavation for structure and culvert installation will continue.
- Construction noise continues to be intermittent with a generator and a staffed, motorized dewatering equipment operating 24 hours.
- Project work hours will be Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
92 Seattle Street
The building is occupied. Punch list rail work at the entrance and adjustments to tenant spaces will take place this month.
175 North Harvard Street/100 South Campus Drive/201 Western Avenue
Harvard University is constructing a new home for the American Repertory Theater (ART) at 175 North Harvard Street and on the adjacent site at 100 South Campus Drive, a new Harvard University Affiliate Housing building for Harvard graduate students.
- Occasional mobile cranes are on site.
- South Campus Drive, the one-way street from Western Avenue to North Harvard Street, will be closed frequently this month with traffic directed to Ivy Lane.
- MEP work is underway at both buildings.
- Smaller concrete placements continue.
- A crane is set up on the ART to support the installation of mass timber for the next several months. Daily wood deliveries are underway. Steel installation using the crane is also underway, A police detail is assigned to North Harvard Street/South Campus Drive to help facilitate mass timber trailer deliveries. Wood protection trades and mechanical systems installation are underway as mass timber gets installed. Columns, beams, trusses, stairs, walls, roofs and flooring are also being installed.
- Later this month the brick façade will begin to go up on the residence building with prep work underway. Mast-climber scaffolding, swing staging and boom lifts are being used.
- Utility work and backfilling will continue inside the site perimeters.
- The hoist (exterior elevator) on the residential building is operational.
- Minor mock-up adjustments are ongoing across the street near Academic Way.
- Trucks will adhere to the Harvard truck route and stage at Beacon Park Yard to avoid traffic congestion in and around the site.
- The MBTA bus stop and Blue Bike station have been relocated to the McCurdy track side of South Campus Drive.
- Lot expansion is complete at the 201 Western Avenue lot, where construction workers park and field offices are set up and in use.
- Project work hours will be Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday work will continue later this month as permitted by the City of Boston, also from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
210 North Harvard Street
- A pole and temporary cable will be removed by Eversource/Verizon. Sofra Bakery and Café is open.
Signage Project at SEC
- A signage project is finishing up off the Western Avenue sidewalk in front of the SEC building.
168 Western Avenue
- Work will continue inside the building and miscellaneous roof activity including crane work at the end of the first week in April. Swiss Bakers has temporarily relocated their bakery portion of their store to 9 Travis Street. Swiss Bakers will be operational in that building through the end of May while the kitchen area is renovated.
1340 Soldiers Field Road
- Renovation work is underway inside this building through May.
100 Holton Street
- Roof replacement work will take place this spring.
Harvard Business School Utility Investigation
- A couple of additional test excavations may be conducted to determine underground utility conditions.