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Enterprise Research Campus Update #39 (Week of May 6, 2024)

Construction Updates

As the Enterprise Research Campus (ERC) project continues, we will provide project notifications that outline upcoming and impactful activities, including a map of the area for reference.

Residential/Hotel

  • Work will be underway this Saturday, May 4, starting at 7 a.m.
      • Utility tie-ins will be underway inside the site on Trotting Avenue.
      • Crews will be preparing for concrete placements and steel erection.
      • Tower cranes will be operational.
    • Structural steel continues to be delivered and installed at the hotel, rising up beyond level eight.
    • Concrete operations are ongoing.
    • Utility tie-ins continue inside the site on Trotting Avenue.
    • Intermittent use of power trowels for concrete finishing may take place after 6 a.m.
    • Visible work is underway with work progressing to level seven and eight of the high rise and midrise residential buildings.

Laboratory and Office Buildings

  • Work will be underway this Saturday, May 4, starting at 7 a.m.
    • Welding and bolting steel will be taking place.
  • The two tower cranes are operating and structural steel continues to be delivered and installed on both the east and west buildings.

Greenway

  • This section of the site is currently being used for laydown space.

Treehouse Conference Center

  • Work will take place this Saturday, May 4, starting at 7 a.m.
    • Crews will be preparing for placements.
    • Masons will be working on the core.
    • A crane will be operating on site.
  • Work is underway on the elevator cores with a concrete wall placement next week.
  • Final inspections and connections for temporary power is taking place on site. Eversource may intermittently be on site and off Western Avenue.

Building Mock-Ups

  • Punchlist work is ongoing on all five mockups.  

General

  • The site’s four tower cranes have been erected and are operational. They are designed to move or “weathervane” in the wind.
  • 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.
    • No drone flight is scheduled this week.
    • Flights are weather dependent and are scheduled Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. alternating weekly.