NEIDL in the News
NIH Outlines Next Steps to Address Safety Concerns about Boston-area Laboratory
NIH News - National Institutes of Health For Immediate Release: March 6, 2008 Contact: OD Office of Communications and Public Liaison - 301-496-5787 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced additional steps in a comprehensive plan to address public safety concerns regarding a national biocontainment research laboratory now under construction at... More
Painter will work on Level 3
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories March 6, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, March 8, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Coating contractor will work on Levels 2 and 6. The Painter will work on Level 3. Adverse impacts due to excessive vibration or noise are not... More
Building automation contractor will work on mechanical equipment floors
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories February 29, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, March 1, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Coating contractor will work on Levels 2 and 6. The Building automation contractor will work on mechanical equipment floors.
Coatings contractor will work on Levels 2 and 6
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories February 21, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, February 23, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Coatings contractor will work on Levels 2 and 6. Adverse impacts due to excessive vibration or noise are not anticipated.
Coatings contractor will work on Level 2
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories February 15, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, February 16, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Coatings contractor will work on Level 2. Adverse impacts due to excessive vibration or noise are not anticipated.
Roofer will work on Level 8
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories February 8, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, February 9, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Masonry contractor will work on Level 1.The Coatings contractor will work on Level 2. The Roofer will work on Level 8. Adverse impacts due to excessive... More
City Council plans hearing on BioLab
South End News February 7, 2008 by Justin Rice staff reporter Even the staunchest supporters of Boston University’s Bio-safety Level 4 Laboratory, better known as the BioLab, are questioning the proposed infectious disease facility. District 5 City Councilor Rob Consalvo filed a hearing order on Jan. 30 regarding recently raised concerns about the risk associated... More
Opening of BU biolab to be delayed
Boston Globe February 1, 2008 By Stephen Smith The opening of a Boston University laboratory designed to study the world's deadliest germs will be delayed several months or longer, according to documents filed this week in federal court by BU administrators overseeing the Biosafety Level-4 lab, the centerpiece of a larger federally sponsored... More
The electrical contractor will work on Levels 4, 5 and 6
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Jan 31, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, February 2, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Coatings contractor will work on Level 2.The electrical contractor will work on Levels 4, 5 and 6. Adverse impacts due to excessive vibration or noise are... More
The Coating contractor will work on Level 3
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories January 24, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, January 26, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Coating contractor will work on Level 3. Adverse impacts due to excessive vibration or noise are not anticipated.
The Coating contractor will work on Level 2
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories January 18, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, January 19, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Coating contractor will work on Level 2. Adverse impacts due to vibration or noise are not anticipated.
The Fire protection and Masonry contractors will work on Level 1
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Janaury 10, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, January 12, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Fire protection and Masonry contractors will work on Level 1. The Coating contractor will work on Level 2. Adverse impacts due to excessive vibration or noise... More
Cigarette to blame for fire at site of future biolab
Boston Herald January 6, 2008 By Benjamin Bell Careless action apparently is to blame for a brief scare in the South End yesterday after a fire broke out at a site that will eventually be home to the most deadly viruses in the world, including Ebola, anthrax and the plague. “ It looks like... More
The Mechanical trades will work inside the building
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Janaury 4, 2008 Construction will take place Saturday, January 5, 2008 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 6, 2008 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, the mechanical trades will work inside the building. Roof work will... More
SJC sides with opponents of BU BioLab
South End News December 20, 2007 by Lou Manzo If Attorney Douglas Wilkins and his clients, some in their fifth year of mobilizing to stop the construction of Boston University Medical Center’s Bio-Safety Level 4 Laboratory (BioLab), haven’t popped the champagne corks just yet, it’s not because they have nothing to celebrate. “If you... More
Ruling may stall opening of biolab
Boston Globe December 14, 2007 By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff The state's highest court delivered a victory yesterday to opponents of a controversial research laboratory being built by Boston University, upholding a lower-court decision that cast doubt on whether the project will open on time next year. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Judicial... More
The precast erector will sandblast the east facade exterior panels
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories December 14, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday and Sunday, December 15-16, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, the precast erector will sandblast the east facade exterior panels. The roofing contractor will continue installation of the main roof. On Sunday, the... More
Menino says biolab “will go forward”
Boston Herald December 12, 2007 By Jay Fitzgerald Mayor Thomas Menino yesterday predicted a controversial anti-bioterrorism lab in the South End will open in about a year - despite a recent blistering report that said a past safety review of the facility was inadequate and border-line incompetent.“The biolab will go forward,” Menino said... More
Finish coatings contractor will work on Level 2
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories December 7, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, December 89, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. NSTAR will work in the NSTAR electric room. Otis Elevator and the drywall contractor will work in the service car elevators. The finish coatings contractor will work... More
Don’t throw baby out with bathwater
Boston Herald December 3, 2007 By Boston Herald Editorial Staff Let’s get something straight. The stinging report issued by a national research group last week about the South End biosafety lab makes not a single judgment about the merits of the lab itself or the work that will be conducted there. And those who... More