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Enterprise Research Campus Update #87 (Week of April 21, 2025)

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

Holiday Weekend Activities

  • On Saturday, April 19, exterior green panel installation and activity will take place on the midrise and high-rise residential buildings with several boom lifts operating including the infill hoist area. Elevator and miscellaneous interior work with operational hoists at all three buildings are planned.
  • On Patriot’s Day, Monday, April 21, carpenters and plumbers will be working inside the mid-rise and high-rise buildings. Hoists will be operational.

Weekday Activities

  • Eversource may be on site making connections between their Trotting Avenue manhole and the building.
  • Exterior wall sheathing, panel clips and green exterior panels are being installed on the residential buildings.
  • At the midrise the hoist has been removed and infill work is underway.
  • Ground floor work is underway on all three buildings, including soffit panel installation using lifts at the
  • hotel.
  • Mast climber scaffolding and swing staging are set up on the high-rise building.
  • Elevators are being installed.
  • Other concrete operations continue.
  • Roofing activities are underway.
  • MEP work is ongoing.
  • Framing and bathroom installation are taking place inside the buildings.
  • Temporary heaters are being removed.

Laboratory and Office Buildings

No construction work will be taking place this holiday weekend.

Weekday Activities

  • Boom lifts are active around the perimeter of the buildings.
  • Level 1 soffit and exterior work is underway.
  • Smaller concrete operations continue.
  • Roof activities are underway.
  • Elevators are being installed.
  • MEP work is ongoing.
  • Mechanical penthouse activities continue.
  • Masonry work continues.
  • Framing and bathroom install are underway
  • Spray-on insulation work will take place.
  • Temporary heaters are being disconnected.

Greenway

  • Landscaping crews continue prepping for hardscape and tree planting.
  • Trees will begin to be planted.

Treehouse Conference Center

Holiday Weekend Activities

  • Work includes façade, sub-floor, insulation and dry-wall installation as well as roofing activity on Saturday, April 19.  A duct bank delivery will take place.
  • No construction work will be taking place on Patriot’s Day, Monday, April 21.

Weekday Activities

  • Façade frame and glass installation continues during the week using boom lifts.
  • Roofing and terrace activities are underway.
  • Framing and drywall continues.
  • Elevator work has begun.
  • MEP activities are ongoing.
  • Sub-flooring work continues
  • Small concrete placements will take place.

Streetscape

  • Duct bank and road work excavation has begun.

Western Ave. Roadway Work

  • Nighttime utility tie-in work is scheduled to take place in front of the Treehouse Conference Center site on Western Avenue, Tuesday, April 22 through Friday, April 25 from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Between Hague and Milestone streets, pedestrians will shift at night to the Harvard Business School side of the road and cyclists will share the road during these activities.
  • A vehicular travel lane will be taken when crews are working in sewer manholes.
  • Signage will be in place and two police details will be scheduled. Two-way traffic will be maintained.
  • Crews will also be patching the roadway at night.
  • The roadway will be plated during the day and on the weekend.

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. Crews are near Travis Street. 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.
  • Hoists (exterior construction elevators) are operating on the residential, hotel and lab buildings.
  • 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.
    • Weekly flights are weather dependent and are scheduled one weekday morning.
    • A drone is scheduled to fly Thursday, April 24 at 2:30 p.m.