Kresge Way and Extension of Thermal Pipes and Electrical Duct Bank
- Overhead mast arm lights will be installed after delivery and thermal striping in the Harvard Business School lot will take place this summer.
Enterprise Research Campus (ERC)
- Work is scheduled for Saturday, July 13, starting at 7 a.m., weather permitting.
- The Treehouse Conference Center will be installing mass timber and installing core connections.
- The hotel will use the tower cranes to install steel and exterior wall sheathing at the residential buildings.
- Steel detailing will take place on the laboratory buildings.
- Structural steel continues to be delivered and installed using the tower cranes at the east lab building. The west building is topped off at the second mechanical penthouse beyond level 7. The east building is at level 7.
- Hoists (exterior temporary elevators) and loading docks are being installed at the residential buildings. The mid-rise residential hoist will begin operating off Trotting Avenue next week.
- Concrete and rebar operations are ongoing.
- Mass timber installation continues at the Treehouse conference center.
- The Treehouse continues making core connections.
- Intermittent use of power trowels for concrete finishing and layout for concrete placement may take place after 6 a.m.
- The mid-rise building has topped off.
- Concrete continues up to level 15 on the high-rise residential buildings.
- The hotel steel erection is at level 17 with work continuing on the periscope, the cantilevered section of the building.
- Utility tie-in work will continue to progress inside the perimeter of the lab buildings.
- Four tower cranes are operating on site and are designed to move or “weathervane” in the wind when not operational. Preparations are underway to remove the tower crane closest to the hotel the weekend, July 20 and 21.
- Punchlist work and adjustments are ongoing on the Residential/Hotel, Conference Center, and Laboratory mockups with an occasional lane shift on Rotterdam Street for use of a lift and possible deliveries.
- Drones will be in use 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.
- Flights are weather dependent and are scheduled weekdays alternating weekly.
- No flights are scheduled this week.
92 Seattle Street
- Crews will be doing interior finish work on Saturday, July 13 starting at 7 a.m.
- Mural painting work has begun on the 38 Travis Street building wall adjacent to Rena Path.
- Small concrete placements and exterior activities are underway for the addition including walls on the east side of the site.
- Curtainwall work is underway on the east addition.
- Interior work continues to progress.
- Tenant fit out is underway.
175 North Harvard Street,100 South Campus Drive, 201 Western Avenue Lot Expansion
Construction is underway on the new American Repertory Theater (ART), which will be located at the front of the 175 North Harvard parcel with the new Harvard University affiliate housing building already under construction behind it.
- On Saturday, July 13, preparation for steel work will take place starting at 7 a.m. This work will include a crane to remove formwork that will require a shutdown of South Campus Drive.
- Structural steel erection will begin on the south side of the site Wednesday, July 17 Steel beams will be delivered on flat-bed trucks and will be offloaded and installed using the tower crane.
- A tower crane is operating on site. At the end of each shift, the crane will be left in weathervane mode with safety lighting turned inward.
- Fencing for thermal piping installation will be installed by a site contractor between July 15 and August 23 in the northeast corner of the job site.
On the new American Repertory Theater (ART) work site, excavation will take place, leading into rebar and concrete placements.
- The contractor is targeting Friday, July 19, or Monday, July 22, for a mat slab placement, which will require an early morning start given the length of time this work takes to complete. This work will start at 5 a.m. Two concrete pump trucks will arrive on site to prepare as early as 4 a.m.
- The project continues to work on backfill operations, and duct bank work.
- Soil is stockpiled on site and is being covered to minimize dust.
General 175 North Harvard Street
- South Campus Drive has been redirected to one way traffic from Western Avenue to North Harvard Street, occasional closures may be necessary. South Campus Drive will need to be closed on Tuesday, July 16, to support the concrete slab pour operations. The road will be closed between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. supported with signage and police details.
- Vehicles will not be allowed to enter from the North Harvard Street entrance to South Campus Drive.
- Because concrete pours cannot be stopped mid-pour, some of these operations may occasionally go slightly later than 6 p.m. The contractor will make every effort to minimize this.
- Wheel washing and street sweeping continues.
- Deliveries are ongoing.
- Site work hours are 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
- The MBTA bus stop in front of the building has been relocated closer to South Campus Drive.
201 Western Avenue lot
- Lot expansion is complete at the 201 Western Avenue lot.
210 North Harvard Street
- Permanent fencing is being installed.
- Permanent power feeds will be connected within the next few weeks
108 Holton Street
- Sidewalk reconstruction work will take place next week.
- The building has been demolished; crews are restoring the site.
55 Antwerp Street
- The bulk of utility work is complete with drainage activity planned inside the lot area this week.
Soldiers Field Garage Masonry Repairs and Office HVAC Replacement
- Overhead protection/scaffolding is being installed on the entrance and exit side of the garage off Kresge Way as power washing and setting up cables for swing staging from the roof deck and some work from a lift will start later next week.
- Crews are finishing masonry repairs on the east side of the building near the alley adjacent to One Western Avenue.
- A lift is being used to conduct this work from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each weekday with set up beginning at 7 a.m.
- A five-to-eight week HVAC replacement project is underway in the parking garage office.
