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
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, May 31, the site will have several activities underway, weather permitting. Exterior green panel installation and activity will take place on the midrise and high-rise residential buildings with several boom lifts operating including at the mid-rise hoist infill area. Window material delivery areas are set up near swing staging on the high rise. Paver and stone work will be taking place on the east deck, weather permitting. Roofing activity may take place. Elevator and miscellaneous interior work in all three buildings.
- On Sunday, June 1, twenty workers will be inside the garage cleaning up. Eight workers will be inside the hotel and high-rise building elevator shafts. Paver and stone work will be taking place with fifteen workers on the east deck.
Weekday Activities
- Crews are scheduled to work at the midrise off Trotting Avenue, on the first and second floor exterior façade from 3 to 11 p.m. Boom and scissor lifts and light towers pointed at the building will be operational.
- Night crews will be pre-clearing at the loading dock using an excavator and truck from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
- Eversource may be on site finishing permanent power connections.
- Exterior wall sheathing, panel clips and green exterior panels are being installed on the residential buildings.
- At the midrise and high rise, the hoists have 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.
- A crane will be set up on Trotting Avenue on Monday, June 2, to work on infilling the hotel curtainwall former hoist area.
- Mast climber scaffolding and swing staging are set up on the high-rise building.
- Elevators are being installed.
- Other concrete operations continue.
- Some roofing activities continue.
- MEP work is ongoing.
- Framing, drywall and bathroom installation are taking place inside the buildings.
Laboratory and Office Buildings
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, May 31, exterior work on the first floor and roofing activity, weather permitting, will be underway. Interior drywall, elevator install and MEP work in the penthouse as well as general clean-up activities will occur.
- On Sunday, June 1, six workers will be doing roofing activity.
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 and inspected.
- MEP work is ongoing.
- Mechanical penthouse activities continue.
- Masonry work continues.
- Irrigation work will take place on Axel Way.
- Landscapers will be placing stones.
- Framing, drywall and bathroom install are underway.
Greenway
- Landscaping crews continue prepping for hardscape and tree planting.
- Trees continue to be planted.
- Prep and utility work is underway for water features.
- Outcropping (boulder) install continues.
Treehouse Conference Center
Weekend Activities
- Work includes roofing install (weather permitting) with a crane operating, façade work, flooring, dry-wall and miscellaneous interior work on Saturday, May 31.
- On Sunday, June 1, approximately eight to ten roofers will be working with a few workers cleaning up the site.
Weekday Activities
- A small crew is scheduled to work installing facade clips and caulking from 3 to 11 p.m. using lifts.
- Cranes are assisting with roofing and terrace activities.
- Duct bank work will begin.
- Framing and drywall continue.
- Elevator work continues.
- MEP activities are ongoing.
- Flooring work continues.
- Small concrete placements will take place.
- Bathroom work has begun.
Evening Thermal Work
- Underground water pipe investigative, repair and testing work may take place on weeknights in two areas near the Treehouse beginning Wednesday, June 4 for two weeks from 4 p.m. until midnight.
Streetscape
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, May 31, structural soils will be installed along Trotting Avenue. All work will be contained within the site.
- No work is planned for Sunday, June 1.
Weekday/night Activities
- Work and backfilling in the trench will take place on Trotting Avenue near the buildings.
- Night crews will be pre-clearing at the residential/hotel loading dock on Trotting Avenue using an excavator and truck from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Evening Fiberoptic Manhole Work
- Fiber-optic work will take place at manholes on Milestone Street, and Axle Way inside the ERC site on Tuesday, June 3 from 5 p.m. to midnight.
Building Mock-Ups
- Building mockups are on the corner of Hague and Rotterdam Streets.
Eversource Conduit Project
- Eversource electrical cabling will be taking place in the future along Western Avenue. 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/Sundays/off hours as permitted by the City of Boston from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- All projects will be working on Thursday, May 29 with limited deliveries during Harvard’s Commencement.
- 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 on Thursday, June 5 at 3 p.m.
