Kresge Way and Extension of Thermal Pipes and Electrical Duct Bank
- Thermal striping in the Harvard Business School lot will take place this fall.
Enterprise Research Campus
Residential/Hotel
Holiday Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, April 19, exterior green panel installation and activity will take place on the midrise and high-rise residential buildings with several boom lifts operating including the infill hoist area. Elevator and miscellaneous interior work with operational hoists at all three buildings are planned.
- On Patriot’s Day, Monday, April 21, carpenters and plumbers will be working inside the mid-rise and high-rise buildings. Hoists will be operational.
Weekday Activities
- Eversource may be on site making connections between their Trotting Avenue manhole and the building.
- Exterior wall sheathing, panel clips and green exterior panels are being installed on the residential buildings.
- At the midrise the hoist has been removed and infill work is underway.
- Ground floor work is underway on all three buildings, including soffit panel installation using lifts at the
- hotel.
- Mast climber scaffolding and swing staging are set up on the high-rise building.
- Elevators are being installed.
- Other concrete operations continue.
- Roofing activities are underway.
- MEP work is ongoing.
- Framing and bathroom installation are taking place inside the buildings.
- Temporary heaters are being removed.
Laboratory and Office Buildings.
No construction work will be taking place this holiday weekend.
Weekday Activities
- Boom lifts are active around the perimeter of the buildings.
- Level 1 soffit and exterior work is underway.
- Smaller concrete operations continue.
- Roof activities are underway.
- Elevators are being installed.
- MEP work is ongoing.
- Mechanical penthouse activities continue.
- Masonry work continues.
- Framing and bathroom install are underway
- Spray-on insulation work will take place.
- Temporary heaters are being disconnected.
Treehouse Conference Center
Holiday Weekend Activities
- Work includes façade, sub-floor, insulation and dry-wall installation as well as roofing activity on Saturday, April 19. A duct bank delivery will take place.
- No construction work will be taking place on Patriot’s Day, Monday, April 21.
Weekday Activities
- Façade frame and glass installation continues during the week using boom lifts.
- Roofing and terrace activities are underway.
- Framing and drywall continues.
- Elevator work has begun.
- MEP activities are ongoing.
- Sub-flooring work continues
- Small concrete placements will take place.
Greenway
- Landscaping crews continue prepping for hardscape and tree planting.
- Trees will begin to be planted.
Streetscape
- Duct bank and road work excavation has begun.
Western Ave Utility and Roadway Work
- Nighttime utility tie-in work is scheduled to take place in front of the Treehouse Conference Center site on Western Avenue, Tuesday, April 22 through Friday, April 25 from 7 p.m. to 5 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. Two-way traffic will be maintained.
- Crews will also be patching the roadway at night.
- The roadway will be plated during the day and on the weekend.
Building Mock-Ups
- Building mockups are on the corner of Hague and Rotterdam Streets.
Eversource Conduit Project
- Eversource electrical cabling will be taking place in the future along Western Avenue. This public utility work is not under the supervision of ERC.
General
- The projects 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, April 24 at 2:30 p.m.
Signage Project at SEC and Stadium Way
- A signage installation project in front of the SEC building is finishing.
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 into fall 2025 with new line striping indicating the lanes.
- Box culvert installations are ongoing.
- A pump truck will be needed for wall replacement operations.
- An onsite crane is needed for box culvert installation.
- Backfilling operations intermittently occur.
- A temporary drainage bypass system with an operator is running.
- A generator and motorized dewatering equipment operate on site.
92 Seattle Street
- Project has received a COO. Minor punch list items are finishing.
- Interior fit out work is complete.
- Knee wall work continues.
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).
- Small miscellaneous concrete pours will occur as needed on the upper portion of the building. Window and doorframe deliveries and window installation using boom lifts continue. Exterior wall sheathing continues. Exterior swing staging and a scaffolding lift system are set up on the buildings to assist with curtainwall installation. Exterior brickwork in the courtyard begins this month. Boom lifts and swing staging are on the low rise working on window installation. Roofing is progressing. Once it is in place, the swing staging will be removed from the level 12 roof. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades continue to work throughout the site. Interior fit out and framing continue. Work continues on doors and ramps. Stairs are being installed.
- The contractor will need to close South Campus Drive on Wednesday, April 23, (weather dependent) to accommodate a crane needed to lift insulation to the roof. Approximately once a week, a pumper truck will be on South Campus Drive to support concrete placements.
- On other days during the week of April 21, the contractor will need to periodically close South Campus Drive between 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to support lift access to the building’s west elevation, which cannot accommodate swing staging. The only available access for this work is via a large boom lift that will not fit within the fence line.
- When South Campus Drive is closed, all traffic leaving the Continuum and Trader Joe’s parking garage will be instructed to make a right turn only out of the garage. South Campus Drive will be open to traffic each day after 5 p.m. and on Sunday. Signage will be provided to divert traffic as needed, and police details will be on site to provide assistance. The signage will be covered after the end of each shift so vehicles can use South Campus Drive.
- Wheel washing and street sweeping continue to ensure soil is not being tracked through the neighborhood streets.
- On the new American Repertory Theater (ART) work site, the project has a crane in place to install mass timber (engineered wood products known for their strength, durability, versatility and sustainability) for the next several months. Daily wood deliveries are underway. The rest of this month will focus on wall panels. An increase in trucking is expected for panel delivery.
- Steel detailing work continues. 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 continues as mass timber gets installed. Columns, beams, trusses, stairs, wall panels, beams and flooring have been installed in the first sector near the west stage. The south tower stage wall is now up.
- Periodic adjustments will take place on the ART building mock-up to review design and constructability across North Harvard Street.
- Work will be taking place at the affiliate housing building on the next two Saturdays, April 19 and April 26, to do some exterior wall sheathing, masonry, and window installation. This work is dependent on the weather.
- The crew at the ART project will be working on Saturdays, April 19 and 26, installing mass timber. This work is dependent on the weather.
- Both job sites will be closed for the Patriot’s Day holiday on Monday, April 21.
- 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.
- Off-hours water management may be needed for the ART mass timber roofs and structures during and after rain events.
210 North Harvard Street
- Eversource or Verizon will remove an old pole and power line.
- The bakery Sofra is open.
168 Western Ave
- Interior and roofing work continues.
- A crane pick is scheduled for Thursday, April 24 from 2 to 6 p.m. Parking spaces will be occupied by the crane. No traffic impacts are associated with this work.
- Pre-clearing for gas line work is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, April 22 and continue into the following week. Excavation will begin on Wednesday, April 23 and National Grid will be installing the pipe on Monday and Tuesday, April 28 and 29. Sidewalk, the MBTA bus stop and Travis Street entrance to Swiss Bakers will be impacted during this work.
- The sidewalk adjacent to Swiss Bakers on Travis Street will be closed with pedestrians shifted to the opposite side of the street.
- A temporary walkway will be in place at the corner of Western Avenue and Travis Street while work is underway on that section of the Western Avenue sidewalk.
- The MBTA bus stop in front of Swiss Bakers on Western Avenue will move a few yards east away from the work zone.
- The Travis Street entrance to Swiss Baker’s will be closed with customers directed to the parking lot entrance.
- Workers in protective clothing will be meeting all regulatory requirements while removing soil.
- Construction equipment and trucks will be active in this area.
- The Swiss Bakers bakery operation is temporarily relocated to 9 Travis Street while their space gets renovated.