{"id":23473,"date":"2021-10-01T10:19:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/?p=23473"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T18:12:37","slug":"center-for-computing-data-sciences-construction-update-10-1-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/2021\/10\/01\/center-for-computing-data-sciences-construction-update-10-1-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Computing &#038; Data Sciences \u2013 Construction Update \u2013 10\/1\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">During the weekend of October 1st<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On Saturday, crews will be on site continuing erection and detailing of structural steel columns and beams, along with continuing removal of the temporary stairway in the tower\u2019s core and continuing to prepare the 14th floor for next week\u2019s concrete placement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment23474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment23474\" style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/2021\/10\/01\/center-for-computing-data-sciences-construction-update-10-1-21\/installing-curtain-wall-panel-on-podiums-2nd-floor-north-elevation\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Installing-curtain-wall-panel-on-podiums-2nd-floor-north-elevation-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"Installing curtain wall panel on podiums 2nd floor, north elevation\" width=\"477\" height=\"636\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Installing-curtain-wall-panel-on-podiums-2nd-floor-north-elevation-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Installing-curtain-wall-panel-on-podiums-2nd-floor-north-elevation-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Installing-curtain-wall-panel-on-podiums-2nd-floor-north-elevation-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Installing-curtain-wall-panel-on-podiums-2nd-floor-north-elevation-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Installing-curtain-wall-panel-on-podiums-2nd-floor-north-elevation-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment23474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installing curtain wall panel on podium&#8217;s 2nd floor, north elevation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">During the week of October 4th<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Erection of the building\u2019s structural steel frame will continue at the tower\u2019s 20th and 21st floors, with bolting and detailing ongoing on the 14th through 19th floors. Several tractor-trailers delivering structural steel are expected to be arriving and departing daily from gate #1 and gate #2, located at the east and west ends of the site along Commonwealth Avenue.<\/li>\n<li>Installation of the building\u2019s stairways will continue to follow the structural steel operation. \u201cStair B\u201d, located north of the tower\u2019s core, will continue through the 13th floor. Installation of \u201cStair C\u201d, located at the east end of the podium, will continue through the 5th floor. Concrete placements of the stair treads will occur as the floors become available.<\/li>\n<li>Final detailing, setting rebar, installing wire mesh, and sleeving for MEP penetrations will occur in advance of a concrete placement for the tower\u2019s 14th and 15th floors.<\/li>\n<li>Deliveries of the curtain wall for the podium will continue through the week, panel preassembly will continue on the floors before installing them in place.<\/li>\n<li>In the tower\u2019s subbasement and lower level, crews from the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subcontractors will continue installing electrical wiring, hangers, piping, and equipment for the building systems. Partition drywall installation will continue.<\/li>\n<li>On levels 2 through 8 of the tower, the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subcontractors will continue installing electrical conduit, hangers, and piping, and will continue advancing wall layouts.<\/li>\n<li>Crews will be applying a fireproof coating on the interior steel beams and columns for the tower\u2019s 10th and 11th-floor framing (working from the 9th and 10th floors respectively) and a white fireproof coating on the exterior columns for the 3rd and 4th floors.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to deliveries noted above other trucking activity to and from the site will be occurring daily with trucks entering and exiting the designated gates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment23475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment23475\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/2021\/10\/01\/center-for-computing-data-sciences-construction-update-10-1-21\/workers-applying-a-smooth-finish-to-the-13th-floor-concrete-slab\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Workers-applying-a-smooth-finish-to-the-13th-floor-concrete-slab-636x477.jpeg\" alt=\"Workers applying a smooth finish to the 13th floor concrete slab\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Workers-applying-a-smooth-finish-to-the-13th-floor-concrete-slab-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Workers-applying-a-smooth-finish-to-the-13th-floor-concrete-slab-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Workers-applying-a-smooth-finish-to-the-13th-floor-concrete-slab-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Workers-applying-a-smooth-finish-to-the-13th-floor-concrete-slab-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/files\/2021\/10\/Workers-applying-a-smooth-finish-to-the-13th-floor-concrete-slab-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment23475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers applying a smooth finish to the 13th floor concrete slab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the weekend of October 1st On Saturday, crews will be on site continuing erection and detailing of structural steel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4064,"featured_media":23474,"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\/23473"}],"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\/4064"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23473"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23477,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23473\/revisions\/23477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}