Kilachand Hall Phase 2 – Construction Update – 06/17/22

Saturday, June 18th

Work hours are 7 am – 3:30 pm
BrandSafway will have 12-15 crew members on site erecting scaffolding along the south elevation facing Bay State Road.
Consigli Construction will have staff on site for job site supervision.

BrandSafway will continue with scaffold erection across the south elevation.
Riggs Masonry will continue work on the east and southeast elevations, performing demolition of window headers and building corners in preparation for restoration.
Riggs Masonry will continue with new lintel installation and waterproofing details at window headers throughout the west and east elevations.
Costello Dismantling will continue with fire escape removal on the east and west side of the building.
SOS Corp will continue with slab penetrations for new bathroom exhaust risers, A stack.
SOS Corp will continue with select demolition in the vicinity of the new bank of elevators and stairwell, working top floors down.
SOS Corp and Costello Dismantling to begin abatement and demo on the 9th floor.
- Vertex Companies will be on site performing air monitoring of these activities.
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors continue to work on make safe of existing building services in the vicinity of work areas.
- These contractors will also be working together on any coordination of existing services in conflict with the new bathroom exhaust riser work.
Royal Steam (mechanical contractors) will continue with prep and installation of new exhaust duct risers.
Mass Acoustics (metal stud and drywall) will start working on shaft wall construction as made available.

Daily work hours are from 7 am – 3:30 pm.
The Traffic Management Plan for the project has been approved by the Boston Transportation Department. (See the above plan for updates going into effect towards the end of June).
BU parking spots directly behind Kilachand Hall on Back Street remain a no-parking zone. This will continue for the duration of the project to maintain an adequate drive lane for local traffic on Back Street and allow for the construction team to safely contain a work area North of the dormitory.
Kilachand Hall will be unoccupied until August 19th, 2022 while construction gets underway. There will be no access to anyone other than the project team and BU trade shops. August 19th is the start of RA move-ins for the fall semester, August 29th is the campus-wide move-in date.