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Enterprise Research Campus Update #56 (Week of September 9, 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

  • On Saturday, September 7, crews at the high-rise residential building will continue to extend the hoist (the exterior elevator) and will work on hotel hoist. At the mid-rise windows will be installed.
  • Concrete decking is finishing up.
  • Other smaller concrete operations continue.
  • The high-rise building has topped off at level 18.
  • The mid-rise residential building has topped off at their mechanical penthouse at level 9.
  • The hotel hoist and loading dock installation are finishing along Trotting Avenue.
  • Windows, 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

  • Crews will be cleaning up, prepping for concrete placements and spraying fireproofing on Saturday, September 7.
  • Exterior curtain-wall panels are being installed on the west building.
  • Concrete operations continue with deck placements.
  • The hoist and loading dock are finishing on the southern side of the building.
  • Both east and west buildings structural steel have topped off.
  • Steel decking and detailing continue on the east building.
  • Roofing activities are underway.
  • MEP work is ongoing.

Greenway

  • Bulk excavation will take place with intermodals delivering material for rail transport to the Beacon Yard through the haul road, all inside the site.
  • Backfilling, involving trucks of clean soil entering the site, is underway.

Treehouse Conference Center

  • Carpenters will be installing tension straps on Saturday, September 7.
  • Mass timber installation and protection work continues.
  • MEP activities continue in the basement and on level one.
  • Preparation for façade installation is underway

Waterline Installation on Western Ave.

  • The ERC team is working with the City, Boston Water and Sewer and Harvard to replace a 12-inch waterline with a larger 16-inch waterline from Hague to Milestone streets on Western Avenue.
  • The waterline replacement will take place Monday through Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. and begin on Monday night, September 9.
  • During the nighttime work, pedestrians will shift to the Harvard Business School side of the road and cyclists will share the road.

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, typically from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. This public utility work is not under the supervision of ERC.

Milestone Thermals

  • Work will progress next week with backfilling at the southern end of Milestone Street to within the Greenway site for duct bank installation.

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.
  • Saturday work is scheduled to take place starting at 7 a.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 progress flight is not scheduled for next week.