Warren Towers Renovation Construction Update – 4/25/2025

General Project Information

  • Work on the exterior, outside student rooms, will be performed from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm.
  • Deliveries, work on the street level, and work inside the fenced construction area will begin at 7:00 am.
  • 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 – 617-413-7758

Saturday, 4/26

No work to take place on Sunday, 4/27

Hillsdale Mall

  • Flett will be excavating test pits to identify underground utilities which will shut down one lane of traffic. A BUPD detail will be onsite to assist with vehicle and pedestrian traffic control; however, this will NOT affect the parking garage, entrance or exit. Please observe signage and police instruction.

Cummington Mall West (Parking Garage West Exit end of the building)

  • Crews will begin overhead protection and scaffolding assembly. The west exit will intermittently be closed, the exit on the east side will remain open.

Parking Garage

  • Engineers will be onsite performing structural inspection of the garage to further define the scope of the repairs needed. This will not have an impact on parking.

During the Week of 4/28

Exterior Work

4th-Floor Podium Roofs

  • Crews will continue assembling the staging upward, feeding materials from the laydown areas on the low roofs (east and west of Tower A) adjacent to student rooms. For privacy, please keep blinds, drapes, and window treatments closed.
  • The Monarflex building wrap installation will begin on Monday, in a top-down sequence starting on the 18th floor.
The west facade in progress.
The east facade in progress.

Front Façade and on Commonwealth Avenue

  • Work continues at the Commonwelath Avenue overhead protection platform installing staging and stair tower components.
  • The Monarflex building wrap installation will begin on Monday, in a top-down sequence starting on the 18th floor.
  • Crews will be installing a roof membrane on the overhead platform to minimize dripping.
  • There will be intermittent drilling noise due to crews working on scaffolding connections to the build.
The north facade in progress.

Rear Façade 

  • Crews will continue installing overhead protection and scaffolding at the rear alley behind the building.
  • Working from swing stagings suspended from the roof, crews will connect stagging support beams and bracing to the South facade of the building.
  • There will be intermittent drilling noise due to crews working on scaffolding connections to the build.
  • The Monarflex building wrap installation will begin on Monday, in a top-down sequence starting on the 18th floor.
  • South Alley will always remain open for pedestrian foot traffic. This provides access to 111 Cummington Mall and is a good alternative to avoid the congestion of the Cummington Mall construction zone.

Rear Alley Lower Level

  • Electricians will continue installing temporary construction power throughout the South Alley, at all levels.

Cummington Mall
(In and around the fenced area, hoistway, and access bridge)

  • There will be daily deliveries of scaffolding materials.
  • Crews will continue assembling the two-car hoistway and mast sections.
The hoist and common tower in progress.

Cummington Mall West
(West exit and FedEx side of the building) 

  • Overhead protection and scaffolding assembly will begin.

        Interior Work

        Towers

        • To inspect swing staging, cables, ropes, and electrical cords, teams will access the rooftop of Tower A as needed.
        • Mockups and display of the Monarflex staging wrap, located at the 4th Floor dining hall, are in place.
        The Monarflex mockup and display in place.

        Parking Garage

        • Electricians will be running temporary power wiring and conduits throughout the parking garage.
        • HVAC teams will begin working in and around the temporary electric room on the first floor.
        • Crews will continue conducting survey work throughout the parking garage, including coring holes in the slab to establish control points.

        Future/Notable Tasks

        • Hinsdale Mall exploratory excavation is planned for May 3rd. BUPD detail will be on site for pedestrian and traffic control. This will NOT impact the parking garage entrance or exit.
        • Crane load ins of staging materials onto the 4th floor podium roofs will continue as needed on Saturdays.
        • Access to the south alley will be intermittently closed, please watch for future updates, posted signage and barricades.
        • State elevator inspection of the hoist way is scheduled for May 7th.

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