Warren Towers Renovation Construction Update – 11/7/2025

General Project Information

  • The first weekday work shift will begin at 7:00 am and end at approximately 3:30 pm, with the second shift beginning at 3:00 pm and ending at 11:00 pm, and the third shift starting at 11:00 pm and ending at 7:00 am. Weekend shifts will start at 7:00 am and end at 5:00 pm.
  • The team is currently in the main renovation phase of the project.
  • Emergency Contacts:
    • Owners Representative – Leftfield Project Management: Corey Davidson – 508-330-8489
    • Contractor Representative – Shawmut Design & Construction: Matt Galloway – 617-413-775

During the weekend of 11/8 

Saturday 1st Shift 

 No work Planned for Sunday

Exterior Work- Tower A

4th Floor Podium Roofs

  • Low roofs will be used as a lay-down area for tools, supplies and materials. 

East & West Facades  

  • Masons will continue with exterior brick veneer restoration work, selective demolition, installation of restoration anchors, air water and vapor barriers, new lintels, flashings, and relieving angles.
  • Crews will be working with the steel stud framing and sheeting of exterior walls.
  • Crews will continue installing new windows and metal panel clips and receivers on levels 12 through 18. 

Front Façade and on Commonwealth Ave.

  • Masons will continue with exterior brick veneer restoration work, selective demolition, installation of restoration anchors, air water and vapor barriers, new lintels, flashings, and relieving angles. 
  • Crews will continue installing new windows and exterior walls.

Rear Façade and Back Alley 

  • Masons will continue with exterior brick veneer restoration work, selective demolition, installation of restoration anchors, air water and vapor barriers, new lintels, flashings, and relieving angles. 
Pictured is the exterior masonry restoration work on Tower A, level 18.

Upper Roof

  • Installation of the new roofing system. 
  • Work continues constructing the new mechanical penthouse.  
  • Masonry restoration on existing north stair and elevator headhouse brick veneer.

West Podium Terrace

  • Crews will continue working on parapet walls.
  • Crews are installing mechanical piping curbs.
  • Crews will continue installing the new roofing system.
Pictured is the west terrace and boiler room.

Multipurpose Room Roof

  • Crews will continue constructing the new boiler room.
  • Crews will continue to install the new roofing system.

Cummington Mall 

(In and around the fenced area) 

  • Daily deliveries of tools, supplies, and materials will be received at the construction loading docks at the fenced in area. 
  • 2 Car Personnel and materials hoist way in operation 
  • (The elevator operators begin their safety checks/preventative maintenance on the hoist way daily at 6:00 AM)  

Cummington Mall West

  • The demolition debris will be loaded into dumpsters via a skid steer.
  • Road work will continue into Saturday 11/8 with backfilling, paving, cleaning up, and restoring the roadway for food vendor deliveries and parking area starting Monday 11/9. 
Pictured is the crew working on restoring Cummington Mall west.
Pictured is the new electric service duct bank.

Hinsdale Mall

  • The loading dock will be open for deliveries and vendor services this weekend. 
  • The Warren Towers parking garage (Lot K) entrances and exits will remain open.

Interior Work

Tower A

  • Demolition will continue, debris is loaded into hampers, transported and emptied into dumpsters located in the construction loading dock.  
  • Crews will continue with floor slab demolition and infills at vertical mechanical shafts.
Pictured are the concrete slab openings at mechanical shafts.
  • Survey crews will set benchmarks and layout points on each floor.   
  • Crews will work with the steel stud framing of interior partitions and soffits.
  • Crews will continue plaster patching at columns and beams.
  • Crews will continue installing fire protection sprinkler risers, mains, branch lines and heads.  
  • Crews will continue with the HVAC piping and ductwork.
Pictured are the sheet metal ductwork risers.
  • Rough plumbing is ongoing.
Pictured is the center core bathroom plumbing rough in.
Pictured is the typical toilet carrier.
  • Crews will continue with the rough electrical and fire alarms.
  • Crews will continue installing structural steel clips, plates, kickers and beam penetrations.
  • Crews will continue to spray fireproofing, expanding foam insulation, and firestopping continues.  
  • Window installation on levels 10 through 14 continues.

Parking Garage

  • Electricians will continue running wiring and conduits throughout the parking garage, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels. 
Pictured are the typical electric room fire rated conduit sleeves.
  • Plumbers will continue installing new water and drain lines in the basement, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels.    
  • Crews will continue with the construction of the new fuel storage room in the southeast basement level of the parking garage.
  • Crews will continue with the concrete and steel structural repair work in the parking garage on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors.
Pictured is the concrete slab replacement area.
  • Sprinkler work on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and basement levels will continue. 
  • Masons will continue installing block walls in the new Mechanical & Electric Rooms.
  • Please watch for adjusted parking patterns, cones, and observe signage.

During the week of 11/10/2025

Crews will be working 1st& 2nd Shifts

(No 3rd Shift work planned) 

Exterior Work- Tower A

4th Floor Podium Roofs

  • Low roofs will be used as a lay-down area for tools, supplies and materials. 
  • Plumbers will be installing natural gas piping on temporary heater units. 

East & West Facades  

  • Crews will be working on the low roofs (east and west of Tower A)
  • Masons will continue with exterior brick veneer restoration work, selective demolition, installation of restoration anchors, air water and vapor barriers, new lintels, flashings, and relieving angles.
  • Crews will work with the steel stud framing and sheeting of exterior walls.
  • Installation of new windows and metal panel clips and receivers on levels 12 through 18 continues.

Front Façade and on Commonwealth Ave.

  • Masons will continue with exterior brick veneer restoration work, selective demolition, installation of restoration anchors, air water and vapor barriers, new lintels, flashings, and relieving angles. 
  • Crews will work with the steel stud framing of window openings and exterior walls.

Rear Façade and Back Alley 

  • Masons will continue with exterior brick veneer restoration work, selective demolition, installation of restoration anchors, air water and vapor barriers, new lintels, flashings, and relieving angles. 
  • Crews will prepare for cold weather, installing temporary doors and barricades.

Upper Roof

  • Crews will continue constructing the new mechanical penthouse.  
  • Masonry restoration on existing north stair and elevator headhouse brick veneer will continue.
  • Crews will continue with the installation of the new roofing system.
  • Iron workers will continue assembling steel beams, grating, at the new roof top mechanical platform via the crane set up on Hinsdale Mall.  

West Podium Terrace 

  • Crews will continue work at parapet walls.
  • Crews will continue with the installation of the new roofing system. 
  • Crews will continue installing mechanical piping curbs.

Multipurpose Room Roof

  • Crews will continue constructing the new Boiler Room.
  • Crews will continue with the installation of the new roofing system.

Cummington Mall 

(In and around the fenced area)  

  • The Annual Projects Group will continue doing  mechanical work off a lift within the fence line on the South facade of 111 Cummington Mall.
  • Daily deliveries of tools, supplies, and materials will be received at the construction loading docks at the fenced in area. 
  • 2 Car Personnel and materials hoist way in operation. (The elevator operators begin their safety checks/preventative maintenance on the hoist way daily at 6:00 AM).  

Cummington Mall West

  • This area will be reserved for food vendor deliveries. Trucks will be directed to park and unload their deliveries from Cummington Mall West as Hinsdale Mall will be closed. 
  • The South Alley will always remain open from Cummington Mall west to the freight elevator.  
  • BUPD detail officers and Construction Staff will be on-site to assist with pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Hinsdale Mall

  • Hinsdale Mall will be fully closed on Monday, November 10, from 4:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. for crane assembly and again on Friday, November 21, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for crane disassembly. Between these dates, the loading dock at 700 Commonwealth Avenue will be closed intermittently during daytime crane operations and reopened for use overnight and in the early morning hours.
  • Daytime deliveries should be made on the westerly side of the south alley on Cummington Mall West.
Pictured is the Tower A dunnage steel crane logistics – daytime.
  • The Warren Towers Parking Garage (Lot K) entrances, exits, and Bike Storage Room will always remain open.
  • BUPD detail officers and Construction Staff will be on-site to assist with pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Interior Work

Tower A

  • There will be ongoing demolition, debris loaded into hampers, transported and emptied into dumpsters located in the construction loading dock.  
  • Floor slab demolition at vertical mechanical shafts is ongoing.
  • Setting up temporary interior electric heaters.
  • Survey crews are setting benchmarks and layout points on each floor.   
  • Steel stud framing of interior partitions and soffits.
  • Installation of hollow metal door frames.
  • Window installation on levels 10 through 14 continues.
  •  Plaster patching at columns and beams continues.
  • Modernization of the Tower elevators by Otis Elevator company continues.
  • Crews will continue the installation of fire protection sprinkler risers, mains, branch lines and heads.  
  • Crews will rough HVAC piping, electrical, fire alarm, plumbing and ductwork.
Pictured is the installation of prefab rough plumbing.
Pictured are the sheet metal ductwork risers.
  • Crews will pressure test the mechanical piping and sheet metal ductwork.
  • Crews will continue the installation of structural steel clips, plates, kickers and beam penetrations.
  • Crews will continue applying spray fireproofing, expanding foam insulation, and firestopping.
  • 3rd party inspectors will be onsite weekly as needed for quality control and assurance. 

    Parking Garage

    • Electricians will continue running wiring and conduits throughout the parking garage, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels. 
    • Crews will continue with the construction of the electric rooms.
    Pictured is the main electric room.
    • Plumbers will continue installing new water and drain lines in the basement, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels.  
    • Crews will construct a new Parking & Transportation Office on the first floor. 
    • Crews will continue with the installation of a new electrical duct bank in the basement level. 
    • Construction of the new fuel storage room will continue in the southeast basement level of the parking garage.
    • Concrete and steel structural repair work continues in the parking garage on 1st, & 2nd, and 3rd floors.
    • Sprinkler work on all levels will be ongoing.
    • Masons are installing block walls in the new Mechanical & Electric Rooms.
    • Please watch for adjusted parking patterns, BUPD detail officers, cones, and observe signage.

    Future/Notable Tasks

    • Delivery and installation of Tower A’s new electrical bus duct riser and Main Electric Room switchgear.
    • Handrail alterations in North and South stairs, Tower A.
    • Delivery and installation of windows on levels 9 and 10.
    • 3rd section window leak testing on Tower A.
    • Begin performing FM Global Roof Uplift Testing.
    • Assembly of Tower B Hoist Way begins in late December.

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