{"id":22594,"date":"2021-04-09T12:16:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/?p=22594"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T18:19:05","slug":"center-for-computing-data-sciences-construction-update-4-9-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/2021\/04\/09\/center-for-computing-data-sciences-construction-update-4-9-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Computing &#038; Data Sciences \u2013 Construction Update \u2013 4\/9\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment22626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment22626\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Interior-of-the-tower\u2019s-core-with-concrete-poured-up-to-the-16th-floor-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of the tower\u2019s core with concrete poured up to the 16th floor\" width=\"611\" height=\"459\" class=\" wp-image-22626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Interior-of-the-tower\u2019s-core-with-concrete-poured-up-to-the-16th-floor-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Interior-of-the-tower\u2019s-core-with-concrete-poured-up-to-the-16th-floor-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Interior-of-the-tower\u2019s-core-with-concrete-poured-up-to-the-16th-floor-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Interior-of-the-tower\u2019s-core-with-concrete-poured-up-to-the-16th-floor-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Interior-of-the-tower\u2019s-core-with-concrete-poured-up-to-the-16th-floor-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment22626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the tower\u2019s core with concrete poured up to the 16th floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>During the weekend of April 10<sup>th<\/sup><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Crews will be on site Saturday and Sunday to begin installing steel beams connecting the tower crane to the building&#8217;s concrete core. These beams are installed to support the mast of the tower crane (<span>the supporting structure that gives the\u00a0<\/span>crane<span> its height)<\/span> in advance of <strong>extending the height of the crane by 100 feet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Also on Saturday, the concrete subcontractor will be on site to continue installing formwork and rebar for the ground floor slab in the tower.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>During the week of April 12<sup>th<\/sup><sup><\/sup><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The extension of the tower crane will continue throughout the week<\/strong>. A\u00a0mobile crane will arrive on site early in the week to assist in adding additional sections to the mast. This operation is anticipated to extend through the weekend of April 17<sup>th<\/sup> and 18<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Formwork and rebar installation for the ground floor slab in the tower will continue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>installation of \u201cStair C\u201d will begin<\/strong> in the northeast corner of the podium from the lower level to the ground floor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Waterproofing of the perimeter foundation walls will continue with the backfilling operation following behind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In advance of structural steel erection beginning in early May, the<strong> installation of a temporary support foundation system<\/strong> will begin. This system will be <strong>used to support the building&#8217;s cantilevers<\/strong> as steel members are set in place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Eversource contacted the project team and requested access to a manhole located within the site fence in the alley between Sargent College and the Bay State Road Brownstones on Monday, April 26 at 11 pm for service upgrade work. There will not be a service disruption; this work is unrelated to the construction of the Center for Computing &amp; Data Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Please be aware of all directional signage, as pedestrian travel paths may be altered. We will continue to provide you with up-to-date information via these notifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment22627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment22627\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Tying-rebar-between-the-formwork-for-the-tower-core-559x636.jpg\" alt=\"Tying rebar between the formwork for the tower core\" width=\"583\" height=\"663\" class=\" wp-image-22627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Tying-rebar-between-the-formwork-for-the-tower-core-559x636.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Tying-rebar-between-the-formwork-for-the-tower-core-901x1024.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Tying-rebar-between-the-formwork-for-the-tower-core-768x873.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/04\/Tying-rebar-between-the-formwork-for-the-tower-core.jpg 979w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment22627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tying rebar between the formwork for the tower&#8217;s core<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the weekend of April 10th Crews will be on site Saturday and Sunday to begin installing steel beams connecting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15785,"featured_media":22627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4079,736],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15785"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22594"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22650,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22594\/revisions\/22650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}