Center for Computing & Data Sciences – Construction Update – 8/19/22
Upcoming Crane work at the Center for Computing & Data Sciences during the weekend of August 20th to impact access to/from area parking lots and roadways
As part of the ongoing construction, Granby Street will be closed on August 20th and 21st to enable a large mobile crane to be set up. The crane will hoist roofing material to the tower’s upper levels.
The entire operation will last from early Saturday, August 20th, to 6 pm on Sunday, August 21st. Granby Street will be closed for the duration of the operation. To construct the jib for the crane, it will have to be laid down on Granby Street, running south to north and the portion of Bay State Road that runs to the west of Granby Street will be closed.
As a result, no vehicular access or through traffic will be permitted to and from the following parking lots, areas, and roadways west of Bay State Road at Granby Street from 11 PM Friday, August 19th, until 6 am Saturday, August 20th, (7 hours) and again from 11 pm Saturday, August 20th, until 6 pm Sunday, August 21st, (19 hours).
Granby Street
Bay State Road (west of Granby Street)
CAS Lot (Lot J)
George Hart Way
Police details will be in place to assist vehicular detour traffic as necessary during these times.
Additional information regarding the logistics of this activity and the traffic impacts on Granby Street and Bay State Road can be found here.
Also on Saturday, on the exterior of the building, crews will be working from the elevated platforms, continuing to install panels at the 5th-floor soffit.
On the interior of the building, installation of the atrium’s monumental stair and tower’s communicating stair will continue. Framing, hanging, and finishing drywall and installing ceilings will progress in the tower. Crews from the mechanical and electrical subcontractors will be on site continuing the connections, startup, and finish device installation for their respective systems.
A second shift, from 3 pm to 11 pm, with be utilized on Saturday to continue the installation of the tower’s communicating stair, Stair F.
On Sunday, crews will return to the site to continue the installing elements of Stair D and Stair F.
Installation of wood ceilings at the atrium.
During the week of August 22nd
At the atrium, crews continue to install stone treads and risers for the monumental stair. Framing for the finish wall paneling will continue. Installation of the ceiling systems continues.
On the ground floor, the installation of stone flooring will progress from the podium into the atrium and the tower.
Installation of finishes will continue throughout. On the lower floors of the tower and in the podium, installation of whiteboards, cabinetry, wood and acoustical ceilings, interior glass, and doors continues.
On the upper floors of the tower, ceiling framing continues, along with polishing concrete floors and painting walls.
The elevator subcontractor will continue the installation of elevators 1, 2, and 3 including the construction of the cabs on the north side of the core.
Metal panels will be installed at the soffit on the underside of the 5th floor. Following completion, work will begin on the soffit on the underside of the 7th floor.
Installation of the green roofing system continues on the 6th and 7th floors.
Installation of the guardrail’s components of Stair F, the communicating stair, will continue.
Exterior site work continues on all sides of the building, preparations for new sidewalks will continue along Commonwealth Avenue, and Granby Street. Retaining wall, ramp, stair, and planter installation continue at the rear of the Bay State Road brownstones.
The project will continue utilizing a second shift, from 3 pm to 11 pm, Monday through Friday to advance interior work, accommodate off-hour deliveries and material loading, and debris removal.
Please be aware in addition to daily deliveries, trucks with large trailers will be staged adjacent to and moving around the site and pedestrians should be aware of all safety and directional signage in the areas as pedestrian and vehicle travel paths may be altered.
Rigging curved section of the guardrails for the atrium stair put in place.
