Kilachand Hall Phase 2 – Construction Update – 9/16/22
Kilachand Hall site plan during the course of construction.
General Project Information
Daily Work Hours from 7 am-3:30 pm.
The Traffic Management Plan for the project has been approved by the Boston Transportation Department and is in place.
Relocated accessible parking spaces were posted for use on 6/29 (in front of 81 and 83 Bay State Road).
Jersey barrier site containment in place, pedestrian walkway also in place and operational. The city sidewalk in front of Kilachand Hall is permitted to be used as part of the construction site limits.
The bike lane is fully functional.
Additional meters have been purchased by the project to be used for resident parking for the duration of construction. The additional spots are on Deerfield Street at the intersection with Bay State Road and are available for use now.
BU parking spots directly behind Kilachand Hall on Back Street remain a no-parkingzone. 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.
During the weekend of September 17th
No construction activities will take place over the weekend.
9th-floor ceiling demolition almost complete.
During the week of September 19th
Riggs masonry to continue with new brick window headers at the north elevation. Lintels and waterproofing are complete at all windows except on level 8, which is unoccupied. Building corner rebuild will continue with the pouring of column enclosures.
The crew continues with concrete block construction of the elevator hoistway and stair shaft, moving to the 2nd and 3rd floors.
SOS and Costello continue demolition, clean-up, and abatement of the 9th-floor renovation space.
Mass Acoustics to continue framing in isolated renovation areas on each floor.
Murphy electric will be performing overhead rough-in in renovation areas, working from the 8th level down.
Royal Steam plumbers performing make safe and demolition on level 9 and begin layout for new work.
Consigli/Riggs team on site providing cleaning support and supervision.