Kilachand Hall Phase 2 – Construction Update – 07/22/22

Traffic Management Plan

Saturday, July 23rd

  • Work hours for interior work will change to a 6 am – 3:30 pm shift.  All exterior work will keep a 7 am start time.
  • BrandSafway to continue with scaffold erection on the Back Street north elevation and construction of the man and material hoist.
  • Royal Steam plumbers working on B/C bathroom plumbing rough for shower valves.
  • Murphy working to accelerate code-related upgrades.
  • Mass Acoustics will have carpenters working on B and C shaftwall/separation wall framing, and tapers will be working in all areas as needed.
  • SOS crew working on demolition in the southwest corner of floors 3, 2, and 1 to accelerate elevator work.
  • Riggs laborers working on interior clean-up.
  • Consigli Construction will have staff on site for job site supervision.
Steel I-beams in place for support of low roof scaffolding.

During the week of July 25th

  • BrandSafway to continue with scaffold erection on the Back Street north elevation and construction of the man and material hoist.
  • Riggs masonry will continue work on the east and south elevations, performing demolition of window headers in preparation for restoration.
  • Riggs masonry to continue with new lintel installation and waterproofing details on window headers throughout the west, east, and south elevations.
  • SOS Corp (demolition) to continue with select demolition in the vicinity of the new bank of elevators and stairwell on the 2nd and 1st floors.
  • SOS Corp and Costello Dismantling continue abatement and demolition on the 9th floor.
    • Vertex Companies will be on site performing air monitoring of these activities.
  • Cogswell Sprinkler to continue with temporary fire protection measures and select rework of existing piping.
  • Royal Steam (mechanical contractors) to continue with the installation of new bathroom exhaust grilles throughout.
  • Mass Acoustics (metal stud and drywall) will continue to tape and sand all shaft, hallway infill, and ceiling locations. Carpenters to continue with shaft wall at B and C stacks as well as start on temporary construction barriers in the southwest area of the building.
  • Murphy electric to continue with make safe and circuit tracing. The team also continues with basement emergency electric room relocations.
Demo on level one at the future area of the new elevator hoistway and stairwell.

General Project Information

  • Daily project work hours have been adjusted starting the week of 7/11:
    • Interior work: Now 6 am – 3:30 pm
    • Exterior work: Remains 7 am – 3:30 pm
  • The Traffic Management Plan for the project has been approved by the Boston Transportation Department. (Implementation of plan underway this week into next).
    • Relocated accessible parking spaces to the front of 81 and 83 Bay State Road. posted for use on 6/29.
    • Jersey barrier site containment in place, future pedestrian walkway also in place. The city sidewalk in front of Kilachand Hall remains accessible until bike lane is painted.
    • Bike lane painting has begun. The hashed yellow line is in place to designate the lane, now awaiting stenciling to complete the lane painting.
  • 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.

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