NEIDL in the News
Biosafety Lab Forum Rescheduled for September
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories July 23, 2007 What Will Be Studied? What Are the Risks? Part 3 in the series of Educational Forums on the Biosafety Lab has been rescheduled to Monday, September 10, 2007. Sponsor: the Community Liaison Committee of the Biosafety Lab. Click here to download the attachment
Installation and Cleaning of Concrete Panels
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories July 19, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. On Saturday the electrical contractor will work on Levels 1, 3 and 7. Installation and cleaning of precast concrete panels on the exterior... More
Plumbing contractor will work to install drain piping
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories July 13, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, July 14, 2007 between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The Plumbing contractor will work to install drain piping on Level 1 and the Mechanical contractor will install HVAC piping on Levels 1, 3 and 7. Adverse impacts due to... More
Pre-cast installer will align pre-cast panels
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories July 6, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday and Sunday July 7 and 8, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. On Saturday, the pre-cast installer will align pre-cast panels and the pre-cast fabricator will clean the panels. The plumbing contractor will work on... More
Berkowitz – Response South End News Editorial
South End News July 5, 2007 It may not have been satisfying to read Susan Ryan-Vollmar’s editorial (see “B.U. Needs To Be More Forthright In Answering Questions About BioLab,” June 28), but I didn’t take issue with much of what she wrote. Our first of seven planned Educational Forums held on June 25... More
Biolab Forum addresses Albany Street Location
South End News July 5, 2007 An educational forum around the BioLab being built by Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) attracted a crowd of about 30 people to the Cathedral High School gym on Monday night. Asking the question “Why Now, Why Here?,” the forum sought answers from BUMC officials Kevin Tuohey, executive... More
Biolab Forum Draws Review
Boston University June 30, 2007 Boston University answers the question "Why here, why now?" Click here to download the attachment
Boston University needs to be more forthright in answering questions about the biolab
South End News June 28, 2007 Click here to download the attachment
Plumbing contractor will install drainage piping
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories June 28, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, June 30, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The plumbing contractor will install drainage piping on Level 1 and the HVAC contactor will install heating and cooling piping on Levels 1 & 7. The Steel... More
Exterior Pre-Cast Cleaning and Pre-Cast Panel Alignment
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories June 21, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24, 2007 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. On Saturday, June 23, the pre-cast fabricator and pre-cast erector will respectively work on exterior pre-cast cleaning and pre-cast panel alignment. Installation of... More
Special Coatings contractor will work on a mockup
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories June 15, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, June 16, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The Special Coatings contractor will work on a mockup. The precast and steel erectors will work on detailing the precast and on elevator tubes and roof frames, More
Installation of Pre-Cast and Steel Erector
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories June 1, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, June 2, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The pre-cast concrete panel erector will be on site to continue the installation of pre-cast and the steel erector will be on site to install miscellaneous supports. More
Precast Panel Erection Continues
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories May 25, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May 26, 27 and 28, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. On Saturday, precast panel erection will continue as will various housekeeping activities. The temporary lift erector will be on site to... More
Graduation Ceremony for Citylab Academy Students
Boston – Twenty-six Boston residents graduated today from Boston University School of Medicine’s CityLab Academy, a free nine month academic and laboratory skills training program for qualified high school graduates interested in pursuing a career and further education in biotechnology. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Robert Brown, President of Boston University... More
Installation of Pre-Cast Stone on Facade
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories May 18, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, May 19, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The work will consist of installation of pre-cast stone on the building façade, prep work for concrete pour on Level 2 next week and miscellaneous structural steel... More
Installation of Support Steel for Elevators
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories May 11, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, May 12, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The work will include pre-cast panel installation on the building façade and installation of support steel for elevators. Spray-on fireproofing will continue on the exterior steel of... More
Waterproofing of Concrete Pads and Electrical Work
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories May 5, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The work will consist of installation of both fireproofing on Levels 2 and 3 and concrete pads on Level 7. Waterproofing of concrete pads... More
Steel Modifications on Level 7
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories May 5, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, May 5, 2007 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The structural steel erector will address steel modifications on Level 7 and contractors will work on building tarps. Adverse impacts due to excessive vibration or noise are... More
Preparing Concrete Walls for Placement
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories May 2, 2007 Construction will take place Saturday, March 3, 2007 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Work will consist of preparing concrete walls to be placed on Level 2 next week and applying fireproofing on the beams on Level 1. Adverse impacts due... More
Los Angeles tries to develop a biomedical research campus and looks to Boston for guidance
Urban Land April 13, 2007 As Los Angeles tries to develop a biomedical research campus in its inner-city area, it can look to a similar successful project in Boston for guidance. Click here to download the attachment