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.
Streetscape & Western Ave
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, December 20, asphalt will be removed and clean up will be underway.
- No work will take place on Sunday.
Weekday/night Activities
- Temporary sidewalk ramp installation on the Harvard Business School side of Western Avenue will finish up.
- Due to cold weather conditions, the resurfacing of Western Avenue will take place during warmer weather, most likely in the spring.
- Paver and asphalt install will take place.
- Site furnishes will be installed.
- General clean-up and fence removal will take place.
Building Mock-Ups
- Removal of the building mockups on the corner of Hague and Rotterdam Streets is finishing up. Site clean up and grading will be underway.
Residential Hotel
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, December 20, and Saturday, December 27, and Saturday January 3 painting and punch list in the hotel will be underway.
- On Sundays, December 21, December 28, and January 4, no work will take place.
Weekday/Night Activities
- Move-ins continue at the midrise and highrise residential buildings (Verra).
- Generators and heaters will be used while crews waterproof underground tanks for recaptured water.
- The hotel has its temporary certificate of occupancy.
- Punch list work continues in the midrise, highrise, hotel and podium.
- Some elevator work continues in the hotel and garage.
- Garage clean-up and finish work is underway.
- Furniture and other operator supplies continue to be delivered to the hotel.
Laboratory and Office Buildings
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, December 20, and Saturday, December 27, and Saturday January 3, elevator, interior lobby and miscellaneous general clean-up and punch list work will be underway.
- On Sundays, December 21 and December 28, four electrician programmers and ten elevator installers may be working. No work is planned for Sunday, January 4.
Weekday Activities
- Preparation and clean-up for testing and inspections are finishing up in prep for occupancy permits.
- Elevators are being adjusted and inspected.
- Garage finish work continues.
- Fit-out work will take place.
- Punch-list work is underway on the building’s interior and exterior as well as on the land/hardscaping areas.
Treehouse Conference Center
Weekend Activities in Coordination with Treehouse Operations
- On Saturday, December 20, and Saturday, December 27, and Saturday January 3, miscellaneous general clean-up and punch list work will be underway. A two-day window replacement operation is being planned using a mobile crane off Western Avenue.
- Currently no Sunday construction work will take place.
Weekday Activities in Coordination with Treehouse Operation
- Interior and operational punch list activity will continue.
- Exterior punch list activity will be underway.
- Finish work will take place at the loading dock.
- Permanent doors will replace temporary door.
- Retail fit-out work will be underway.
- Terrace activity may continue.
Greenway
Weekend Activities
- On Saturday, December 21, Saturday, December 27, and Saturday, January 3, masons will be working.
- No work will take place on Sundays.
Weekday Activities
- Three heated tents will be used for work activities.
- Pavers and detail work will be underway near the water features, at the shared use path and other areas.
- Bioswale boardwalk detail work continues.
- Hardscape furnishings are being installed.
- Punchlist work continues.
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. Crews will coordinate work in accordance with building operations for those buildings that have opened.
- No work will take place on the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
- 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 flight is planned on Thursday, January 8.
