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Enterprise Research Campus Update #65 (Week of November 11, 2024)

Construction Updates

All sites will not be working on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2024.

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, November 9, crews will be working on exterior panels at the hotel and exterior walls and windows at the mid-rise and high-rise residential buildings. Multiple boom lifts will be used with this activity. A crane will be at the midrise loading roofing material. Storefront and interior mechanical work will be underway at the hotel.
  • 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.
  • Other smaller concrete operations continue.
  • Roofing activities are underway.
  • MEP work is ongoing.
  • Temporary heaters and fuel tanks will be delivered next week and will begin to be set up.

Laboratory and Office Buildings

  • On Saturday, November 9, a tower crane will be operating to set the curtain wall. Also miscellaneous roofing activities will take place. Spray-on fireproofing will occur on the penthouse. Miscellaneous interior mechanical work, wall framing on various floors as well as general cleanup will also be underway. Some deliveries are possible.
  • 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 during the week.
  • Smaller concrete operations continue.
  • Both east and west buildings structural steel have topped off.
  • Roofing activities are underway.
  • Spray-on fireproofing continues.
  • MEP work is ongoing.
  • Temporary heaters and fuel tanks are being delivered and set up.

Greenway

  • Bulk excavation continues with intermodals delivering material for rail transport to the Beacon Yard through the haul road, all inside the site.
  • Drainage structures and pipe installation are underway.
  • Concrete activity for the rainwater storage tank will continue.
  • Backfilling will be underway.

Treehouse Conference Center

  • Mass timber activities and door frame installation will take place on Saturday, November 9. A crane will be in operation.
  • Mass timber deliveries and installation will continue with a crane operating during the week.
  • MEP activities and miscellaneous utilities are ongoing.
  • Two slab-on-grade concrete placements will take place.

Waterline Installation on Western Ave.

  • Crews will be finishing work in the next week during the day shift.
  • The shared bicycle and pedestrian path may intermittently be closed.
  • Pedestrians will shift to the Harvard Business School side of the road and cyclists will share the road when it is closed.
  • Backfilling and paving the bypass waterline areas will be complete.
  • Concrete sidewalk work and relocating the fence line back closer to Western Avenue will take place next week with line striping will follow.

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.

General

  • The projects work hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturdays/off hours 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.
    • No drone flights are scheduled this week.