Enterprise Research Campus
Residential/Hotel
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, December 13, crews will be splitting up the triple-wide trailer off Trotting Avenue and painting in the hotel will be underway.
- On Sunday, December 14, no work will take place.
Weekday/Night Activities
- The triple-wide trailer sections at Trotting Avenue will be removed from site exiting via Milestone Street.
- Move-ins continue at the midrise and highrise residential buildings (Verra).
- Generators and heaters will be used while crews waterproof underground tanks for recaptured water.
- The hotel has its temporary certificate of occupancy.
- Punch list work continues in the midrise, highrise, hotel and podium.
- Some elevator work continues in the hotel and garage.
- Garage clean-up and finish work is underway.
- Furniture and other operator supplies continue to be delivered to the hotel.
Laboratory and Office Buildings
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, December 13, penthouse mechanical, elevator, interior lobby and miscellaneous general clean-up work will be underway.
- On Sunday, December 14, four electrician programmers and ten elevator 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.
- 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.
- 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
- No weekend construction work will take place.
Weekday Activities in Coordination with Treehouse Operations
- Interior and operational punch list activity will continue.
- Operational deliveries and work will take place.
- Exterior punch list activity will begin on Wednesday, December 17.
Greenway
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, December 13, possible landscaping and deck work may take place.
- On Sunday, December 14, no work will take place.
Weekday Activities
- Pavers will continue to be placed near the water features, at the shared use path and other areas.
- Bioswale boardwalk detail work is underway.
- Hardscape furnishings are being installed.
- Punchlist work continues.
Streetscape and Western Avenue
Weekend Activities
- No work will take place this weekend.
Weekday/night Activities
- Sidewalk ramp installation, manhole/drain work and electrical conduit install across and on the Harvard Business School side of Western Avenue will continue. The roadway will be narrowed and two-way traffic maintained with police, cones and signage to direct traffic. The work will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the trenches will be backfilled and/or plated at the end of each shift.
- Conduit work for light poles will take place at the entrance of Kresge Way. One half of the roadway will be closed at a time, always maintaining access to the Soldiers Field Garage and Harvard Business School. Police details will be directing traffic, cyclists and pedestrians around the traffic.
- Due to cold weather conditions, the resurfacing of Western Avenue will take place during warmer weather, most likely in the spring.
- The fence between Hague Street and Trotting Avenue will be moved off the street at the end of the week.
- Paver and asphalt install will take place.
- Site furnishes will be installed.
- General clean-up and fence removal will take place.
ERC Balance 1.4 Streetscape
- Fencing and barriers will be adjusted, shifted and installed around the new work zones at the ERC site.
- Crews will begin saw cutting and removing asphalt in preparation for paving Milestone St next Friday, December 19.
- PACM soil removal will continue around December 19 after the final trailer removal on Trotting Avenue.
- Ongoing site maintenance continues.
- The Eversource feed to Western Ave is ongoing.
Building Mock-Ups
- Removal of the building mockups on the corner of Hague and Rotterdam Streets is finishing up. underway. Site clean up and grading will be underway. A lane on Rotterdam Street will be used intermittently. Mock-up materials will be disposed of inside the site with equipment using the Hague Street gate.
General
- 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.
- A drone flight is planned on Thursday, December 18.
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.
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):
- The scaffolding lift system is being removed where curtainwall installation and masonry are complete. Brick work on scaffolding is underway in the tarped area on the north side of the site (the Harvard track side). Temporary heaters have been set up in this area. Brickwork is nearly complete on the low-rise and the mid-rise and on the south side of the tower. Some brickwork will be taking place in the courtyard. Two cranes are supporting the brick installation. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades continue working on multiple levels. Miscellaneous deliveries to the hoist will continue. The hoist is targeted to be taken down the first week of January, which will require some after-hours work. Elevators will be active once the hoist is removed right after the New Year. Finishing work and interior fit outs are underway on the lower floors and will continue throughout the building. Dry wall work is underway on the upper levels. 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. Some finish framing work continues in the building. Window installation is complete, except for hoist area infill work taking place later this winter. Kitchen and bathroom work continues. Some drainage and small utility work continue. Ramp work in the garage will start soon. Lighting has been adjusted to account for the shorter days. Crews are mostly working in the interior of the building. Permanent loading dock access will begin this month. The loading dock main door is operational.
- Foundation work for a new bike pavilion is underway. Work will continue on the pavilion into the winter with different trades working at various times, which will produce some intermittent noise. A mobile crane (boom truck) is used intermittently.
- Perimeter jersey barriers and fences will be relocated in support of the exterior sitework. Security and 24-7 monitored camera coverage will be maintained with appropriate signage.
- 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 ongoing. Masons are also working on walls. Exterior façade and window work is underway. The majority of the pre-glazed windows were installed at the end of last week. Large curtain wall along North Harvard St facing the lobby will continue through the rest of December into the first week of January.
- Staging is up to support the brick façade work and will be removed soon on the courtyard side of the building. There will be a crane on site for one day next week to wrap up the multi-trade staging along the fly tower and finish loading up the roof. Another crane will be coming back at the end of next week for about a week or two to support work on the north elevation or the Harvard track side of the building. Crews will be removing scaffolding on the west elevation or the back 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 later in December. A multi-trade scaffolding system is set up by the chimneys and will continue through December. Chimney work continues for the next couple of weeks and then chimneys will get winter wrapped as well. Miscellaneous steel installation will wrap up by the end of December. All mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades are working. 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 from North Harvard Street sections of the building followed by the two sections along Ivy Lane. Wood cladding systems will start in the next couple of weeks. Work on overhead balconies and catwalk systems continues into December. The building is scheduled to be weather-tight this month. Daily steel, block, and wood deliveries continue. Temporary heaters are in use. At the end of December, there will be an all-terrain lull on site to load in the main distribution boards into the electric room on the first floor. This work is targeting the week of December 22 and will be a two-day operation.
- 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 Saturday, December 13, doing mechanical, electrical and plumbing work, masonry and roofing along with some interior finish trades and general clean up. Some scaffolding removal is planned as well. 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, December 13, installing roofing, curtainwall, and tarps at temporary openings as well as general clean up. Saturday work can be expected through the winter.
- The contractor at the affiliate housing building plans does not plan work on Sunday, December 14. 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.
- Off-hours snow and ice removal may be necessary this winter.
210 North Harvard Street
- Eversource or Verizon will remove an old pole and power line.
- The bakery Sofra is open.
168 Western Ave
- Warranty flooring work is scheduled from December 22 through January 9 which includes prep, flooring and restoration.
- Six storage units (two on December 20) will be set up outside the Crimson Catering.
- One exterior concrete pad placement and related work will take place.
100 Holton Street
- A roofing project on two back older sections of the roof of 100 Holton St is substantially complete. There might be a couple more areas to place the liquid applied membrane when the weather is nicer.
- The storm water project will resume work on March 1, 2026.
38 Travis Street
- A drainage project is underway in the parking lot.
- Soil preclearing and drainage infrastructure installation is underway.
- Crews are repairing the clay piping and chimney above it.
- Due to low temperatures and unforeseen underground conditions this project is now scheduled to extend into next week and finish before Christmas.