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Enterprise Research Campus Update #59 (Week of September 30, 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 28, crews will be working on exterior walls at the mid-rise and high-rise residential buildings. Trucks will be delivering windows to the residential buildings. Interior work in the hotel and residential buildings will also take place. A crane will be on site for hoist expansion work at the hotel.
  • A small crew plans to work from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. next week to install scaffolding and expand the hotel hoist to the upper floors.
  • 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.
  • Windows, exterior sheathing, framing and waterproofing are being installed on the residential buildings.
  • Exterior curtain-wall panels are being installed at the hotel.
  • Spray-on fireproofing is underway at the hotel.
  • MEP work is ongoing.

Laboratory and Office Buildings

  • Crews will be doing exterior clean up and roof work on both buildings, Saturday, September 28.
  • State police-escorted oversize trucks will deliver air handler units on Monday, September 30; Tuesday; October 1 and Wednesday, October 2 between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. The tower crane will be used to unload the trucks after 7 a.m.
  • The site’s two tower cranes are operational. They are designed to move or “weathervane” in the wind.
  • Exterior curtain-wall panels are being installed on the west building.
  • Concrete operations continue with deck placements on the upper floors on the east building.
  • Both east and west buildings structural steel have topped off.
  • Roofing activities are underway.
  • Spray-on fireproofing continues.
  • MEP work is ongoing.

Greenway

  • Bulk excavation continues 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

  • Crews will be spreading crushed stone on Saturday, September 28.
  • Mass timber installation continues.
  • MEP activities are taking place 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 takes place Monday through Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. and began in early September. Occasional daytime paving may take place on Saturdays.
  • Crews will be paving a section of backfilled trench on Saturday, September 28 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Pedestrians will shift to the Harvard Business School side of the road and cyclists will share the road during these activities.

Building Mock-Ups

  • Building mockups are on the corner of Hague and Rotterdam Streets.

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

  • Duct bank installation and manhole work will continue at the Greenway.

General

  • 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.
  • Hoists (exterior construction elevators) are operating on the residential, hotel and lab buildings.
  • 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 Thursday, October 3 at 7 a.m.