Enterprise Research Campus
Residential/Hotel
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, November 22, electrical, wall covering and painting work will take place in the hotel.
- On Sunday, November 23, six workers will be installing wall coverings in the hotel.
- No work is planned for November 29 and November 30.
Weekday/Night Activities
- Trotting Avenue is open to the public as the midrise and highrise residential buildings (Verra) continue to be occupied.
- Paver, planter and other installations will continue on the podium between the buildings.
- Punch list work is finishing in the midrise and continuing in the highrise and hotel.
- Fit out work continues in the highrise.
- Elevator work is underway.
- The hotel received its temporary certificate of occupancy.
- Fit out and finish work continue at the hotel.
- Garage clean-up and finish work is underway.
- Furniture and other operator supplies are being delivered to the hotel.
Laboratory and Office Buildings
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, November 22 and November 29, terrace, exterior level 1 hardscape, penthouse mechanical, elevator, interior lobby and miscellaneous work will be underway.
- On Sunday, November 23 and November 30, four electrician programmers and ten elevators installers will be working.
Weekday Activities
- Preparation and clean-up for testing and inspections will be ongoing. Boston Fire Department tests including fire-alarm testing may be scheduled off hours and may generate some noise.
- Terrace paver and finish work continues.
- Elevators are being adjusted and inspected.
- MEP detail and start up activities are ongoing.
- Mechanical penthouse detail and start up activities continue.
- Lobby and other fit out detail work continues.
- Garage finish work continues.
- Hardscape site furnishings will be installed.
- Punch-list work is underway on the building’s interior and exterior as well as on the land/hardscaping areas.
Treehouse Conference Center
Weekend Activities in Coordination with Treehouse Operations
- On Saturday, November 22 and November 29, interior work only will take occur.
- On Sunday, November 23 and November 30 no work will take place.
Weekday Activities in Coordination with Treehouse Operations
- Interior and operational punch list activity will continue.
- Roof detail and terrace paver installation continue.
- Façade punch list detail work will take place.
- Exterior landscaping/hardscaping detail will be underway.
- Loading dock activities will finish.
- Operational deliveries and work will take place.
Greenway
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, November 22 and November 29, pavers and softscape will be installed.
- On Sunday, November 23 and November 30, no work will take place.
Weekday Activities
- Remaining shrubs will be planted.
- Water features finish work and testing will take place.
- Pavers will be placed
- Bioswale deck, concrete footings and plantings will be placed.
- Punchlist work has begun.
Streetscape and Western Avenue
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, November 22, prep work for concrete on the corner of Western Avenue will take place near the bike land and temp paving work will be underway at the north end of Trotting, closing the roadway in that area. All will be directed to Milestone. On Saturday, November 29, no work will take place.
- On Sunday, November 23 and November 30, no work will take place.
Weekday/night Activities
- Sidewalk ramp installation, drain work and electrical conduit install across and on the Harvard Business School side of Western Avenue will take place beginning on Monday, December 1 to prepare for paving. The roadway will be narrowed and two-way traffic maintained with police directing traffic and will begin at 9:30 a.m.
- Sidewalk crews will begin working between Milestone Street and the National Resilience entrance.
- Shrub, benches and amenity installation will be ongoing at Milestone and Trotting North.
- Light pole installation will occur.
ERC Balance 1.4 Streetscape
- Crews are working on installing site lighting, low voltage power, and tel com conduits along interim Trotting Ave south of Axle Way and at Milestone Street near National Resilience.
- Lighting load concrete pads will be installed.
- Ongoing site maintenance.
- The Eversource feed to Western Ave is ongoing.
Building Mock-Ups
- Preparations are underway to remove the building mockups on the corner of Hague and Rotterdam Streets. The demolition work is targeted to begin on December 1 and is expected to take two weeks. It will mainly take place from inside the Hague Street lot, however, a lane on Rotterdam Street will be used intermittently. This work will generate noise.
General
- No construction work is planned for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 27.
- The projects work hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturdays/Sundays/off hours as permitted by the City of Boston from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Crews will coordinate work in accordance with building operations for those buildings that have opened.
- 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.
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 is complete.
- Traffic markings will be completed.
92 Seattle Street
- The building is occupied.
- Flooring contractor will mobilize at an occupant agreed upon time.
- A crew addressed a leak in the wind driven rain, and the situation will continue to be monitored.
175 North Harvard Street Project Construction
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):
- Exterior swing staging and a scaffolding lift system are being removed where curtainwall installation and masonry are complete. Scaffolding is set up and curtainwall is underway on the north side of the site (the Harvard track side) inside the tarped working enclosure for the next three weeks. Temporary heaters have been set up in this area. Brick is topped off on the low-rise and will be topped off on the mid-rise later this fall. The south side of the tower is anticipated to be topped out by Thanksgiving. Three cranes are supporting the brick installation. Brickwork is taking place in the courtyard and is moving up the building. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades continue working on multiple levels. Miscellaneous deliveries to the hoist will continue. The hoist will be taken down in the first week of January. Elevators are progressing for a November turnover. Finishing work on the lower floors is ongoing. Site work and small utility work continue. Dry wall work continues. Dry wall deliveries are slowing down, yet continue to take place on Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays. Drywall should be completed by the end of the year. Interior fit outs and framing beginning on lower floors continue throughout the building. Window installation is complete. Kitchen and bathroom work is underway. Utility drainage work continues. Bike pavilion work adjacent to Ivy Lane continues with the foundation finishing up. Ramp work in the garage will start soon. Lighting has been adjusted to account for the shorter days. After Thanksgiving, crews will be mostly work in the interior of the building.
- PLEASE NOTE: South Campus Drive will be closed to vehicles during regular work hours through May 2026 from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to accommodate crane access and large delivery vehicles. The road will be open to traffic each day after 5:00 p.m. Adjustments have been made to roadway lighting to account for the shorter days.
- Access to Ivy Lane for the general public and the Continuum, Sloane’s, and Trader Joe’s deliveries will remain a priority. If necessary, construction delivery vehicles will be diverted until they can unload in a way that does not impede traffic on Ivy Lane.
- 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. 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.
- A light pole has been removed along the walking path adjacent to McCurdy Track along South Campus Drive to provide truck turn radius access for trailers.
- 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, mass timber structural and detail installation is complete. Roofing is underway. A crane on the Ivy Lane side of the building is scheduled to assist with exterior steel roof wall framing on Tuesday, November 25. A crane is on the Harvard track side of the building to assist with block work on the roof for the next month. Masons are also working on walls. Exterior façade work is underway. Staging is up to support the brick façade work and will be removed on the courtyard side of the building. On the north side of the building closer to the Harvard track, winter scaffolding wrap is in place for the brick work, which is scheduled to be completed on that side in December. All mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades are mobilized. Drywall work is taking place around the mass timber components. Wood protection trades and mechanical systems installation continue. Concrete slab placement continues. Exterior tarp protection at openings is installed throughout the building. Exterior wall framing and insulation to prepare for wood cladding installation will come around on North Harvard Street sections of the building followed by the two sections along Ivy Lane. Work on overhead balconies and catwalk systems continues into December. The building is scheduled to be weather-tight by mid- December. Daily steel, block, and wood deliveries continue. Scaffold erection at the roof for the fly tower and chimneys will take place. Temporary heaters are in use.
- Drones are flying over the site on a bi-weekly basis to capture project progress.
- Work will be taking place at the affiliate housing building on Saturdays, November 22 and November 29, doing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work, exterior masonry, some interior finish trades and general clean up. Some Saturday work can be expected each week going forward. Road closures are not anticipated on Saturdays.
- A crew at the ART project will be working on Saturday, November 22 and November 29, installing roofing, curtainwalls, and tarps at temporary openings as well as general clean up. Saturday work can be expected through the winter.
- There are no plans to work at either building on Sunday, November 23 or Sunday, November 30.
- Both project sites will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 27.
- There is no work taking place at the building mock-up across North Harvard Street.
- The projects are under camera surveillance, with live monitoring and audible messaging.
- 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.
- 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
- Minor punch list is ongoing.
100 Holton Street
- A roofing project on two back older sections of the roof of 100 Holton St started on September 2.
- Crews will be working the next two Saturdays, November 22, and 29.
- Crews are more than 60 percent through making repairs and applying a liquid applied roofing membrane on the roof above Red Sky Studios and other businesses at the back of the building closer to Everett Street. The product approved by Harvard’s Environmental Health and Safety department.
- Targeting project completion in December.
- Storm project will take place next spring.
38 Travis Street
- A drainage project will begin in the parking lot. The project will take about two weeks to complete.
- Soil preclearing and drainage infrastructure installation will occur.