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Enterprise Research Campus Update #53 (Week of August 19, 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

  • Saturday, August 17 hotel curtain wall will be installed. The tower crane and hoists will be operational as preparation for the topping off takes place. Exterior wall operations will take place on the mid-rise.
  • Concrete decking and other operations continue.
  • Hotel steel installation has topped off at level 17 and continues with work on the periscope, the cantilevered section of the building.
  • The high-rise building will top off at level 18 next week.
  • The mid-rise residential building has topped off at their mechanical penthouse at level 9.
  • The hoists (exterior construction elevators) and loading docks have been installed and are operational at mid-rise and high rise. Hotel hoist and loading dock installation continues.
  • Exterior sheathing, framing and waterproofing are being installed on the residential buildings.
  • Exterior curtain-wall panels are being installed at the hotel.
  • MEP work is ongoing

Laboratory and Office Buildings

  • State police- escorted oversize trucks will deliver HVAC ducts to the site on Saturday, August 17. Cranes will be in operation.
  • Workers will be on site for steel activities and for concrete preparation in the parking garage.
  • Concrete operations continue with deck placements.
  • The hoist is being installed on the southern side of the building.
  • Structural steel continues to be delivered and installed on the east building with decking and detailing finishing on the west building.
  • The east building steel is up to level 11, and the west building has topped off finishing structural steel on the second mechanical penthouse above level 9.
  • Utility installation is underway on the perimeter of the site.
  • MEP work is ongoing

Greenway

  • Pre-clearing excavation is underway with intermodals delivering material for rail transport to the Beacon Yard through the haul road, all inside the site.

Treehouse Conference Center

  • A crew will be doing mass timber activities this Saturday, August 17 starting at 7 a.m. A crane and lifts will be in use.
  • Mass timber installation and protection work continues.
  • Concrete pads will be placed in the basement.
  • Shoring tower scaffolding system installed.

Building Mock-Ups

  • Punchlist work and other adjustments are intermittent on all five mockups.

Eversource Conduit Project

  • Eversource duct bank installation by G. Greene Construction is underway along Western Avenue after hours. This public utility work is not under the supervision of ERC.

General

  • The site’s four tower cranes have been erected and are operational. They are designed to move or “weathervane” in the wind.
  • The projects’ 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.
  • Intermittent use of power trowels for concrete finishing and layout for concrete placement may take place after 6 p.m.
  • 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.
    • Flights are weather dependent and are scheduled one weekday morning alternating weekly.
    • A drone flight is scheduled for Wednesday, August 21 from 7 a.m. through early afternoon.
    • Harvard is scheduling a drone flight overhead and exterior to the site on Tuesday, August 20 from approximately 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The rain date is Thursday, August 22 from approximately 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m