Goldman School of Dental Medicine – Construction Update – 1/29/21

Metal framing for new walls in the existing sixth-floor patient treatment center

During the weekend of January 30:

  • There will be no work on-site this weekend.

During the week starting February 1:

  • Starting Monday, February 1, the 100 East Newton Street entrance will be open for GSDM faculty, staff, students and residents. There will also be a separate health-screening station at this entrance. This phase of the re-opening plan accomplishes one of the goals of the Addition & Renovation project by giving the GSDM community a separate entrance and dedicated spaces for collaboration that are set apart from patients and visitors entering at 635 Albany Street.
  • Foot traffic in the building may continue to be revised to accommodate both construction and proper physical distancing as the school continues evolving plans and operations for the phased re-opening and increased number of people in the school. These actions align with the COVID-19 guidelines issued by state regulatory agencies and by Boston University.
  • From Wednesday, February 3, through Friday, February 5, night-shift work will resume from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m., with plumbing crews connecting the seventh-floor existing dental chairs and sinks to the new piping installed as part of the Phase 4 renovation of the sixth floor patient treatment center. This work will last for approximately two weeks.
  • Phase 4 renovation work in the new sixth-floor patient treatment center will continue this week with the installation of piping, ductwork, and electrical infrastructure in conjunction with metal-stud framing of the new walls throughout the area.  
  • Crews will finish raising the sixth-floor existing main plumbing pipes early in the week, work that includes relocating plumbing pipes that serve the seventh-floor dental chairs. These activities will not affect the operation of the seventh-floor Dental Health Center and patient treatment centers.
  • Installation of decorative glass mosaic wall tile will continue this week at the elevator lobbies on the first through seventh floors; work that will continue into next week and will be followed by the painting of the elevator door frames.
  • Upgrades to the existing second elevator will continue in the existing GSDM building, with crews at work in the elevator shaft.

Please consult these additional resources as needed:

  • GSDM COVID-19 information: http://www.bu.edu/dental/covid-19-information/. This web page is a repository of all communications issued to the school community by the GSDM leadership. It also includes links to the Boston University and Boston University Medical Campus COVID-19 websites.

Please be sure to note all directional signage and markings both at the exterior and within the GSDM building.

We hope that you remain safe and healthy as we continue the final phase of the GSDM addition and renovation project.

Vinyl graphics added to the glass entrances at each floor in the lobbies of faculty, staff, student, and resident elevators
Drywall being installed in the new sixth floor bathrooms

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