Kilachand Hall Phase 2 – Construction Update – 9/30/22
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 in front of Kilachand Hall.
- Additional meters have been purchased by the project to be used as resident parking for the duration of construction. The additional spots on Deerfield Street at the Bay State Road intersection are now available for use.
- BU parking spots directly behind Kilachand Hall on Back Street remain a no-parking zone. This will continue for the project duration to maintain an adequate drive lane for local traffic on Back Street and allow the construction team to safely contain a work area north of the dormitory.
During the weekend of October 1st
- Work hours are from 7am – 3 pm.
- To complete the exterior corner restoration by October, carpenters will be on site installing formwork to receive concrete on the six south elevation corners (floors 5-7) and the three north elevation corners (floors 1-3). See images above. The team will be prepping on the ground level for the first hour of the shift and will not access the staging until 8 am.
During the week of October 3rd
- Riggs masonry to finish up the last of the brick window headers north elevation. Infills of old fire escape doorways to begin on the east elevation. The building corner rebuilds on the six south elevation corners and three north elevation corners are remaining.
- The crew continues with concrete block construction of the elevator hoistway. The goal is to catch up with the stair core on level 5 next week.
- SOS and Costello to continue with the clean-out of flooring that has been demolished. The team will start work on the removal of the existing curtain wall glass system.
- Mass Acoustics to continue framing in isolated renovation areas on each floor. The layout on level 9 is underway.
- Murphy electric performing overhead rough-in renovation areas.
- Riggs Contracting carpenters to continue with temporary winter protections throughout the 9th floor.
- Consigli/Riggs team on site for cleaning support and supervision.
Please be aware of all directional signage, as pedestrian travel paths may be altered. We will continue to provide up-to-date information via these notifications.
For questions, please contact Chris Dunphy.