General Update
Excavation activities continue in the Central District and will begin the week of July 29 between Hopkins and Haven houses, with impacts to parking and the driveway. Belmont Ave. will continue to be closed to through traffic at the intersection of Green Street and Belmont Ave. Lower Belmont Ave. will be open to two-way traffic for access to loading docks. Paving is expected to occur at Neilson Library, Green Street, and Dickinson lot site areas on Friday, August 2.
Phase 1 – North Campus
Interior Activities
- Installation of mechanical equipment and of new piping will continue in the basements of Baldwin House, Chase-Duckett House, and Gillett House. Demolition of existing mechanical equipment will begin in the basement of Northrop House.
- Commissioning of new mechanical equipment will occur in the Capen Energy Plant.
Exterior Site Work
- Landscaping activities will continue on Davis lawn through the summer.
Phase 2 – Quadrangle
Exterior Site Work
- Site fencing will remain around Emerson House for build out of the Emerson Plant. The sidewalk between Mandelle Road and the Emerson kitchen entrance will be closed through 2024. Dumpsters will be placed on Paradise Road along the construction fencing to support demolition activities.
- Well drilling on Comstock lawn, along with associated excavation activities, will continue through the summer. Parking on Paradise Road between Mandelle Road and Dryads Green will be unavailable in order to accommodate equipment staging. Mandelle Road will be closed through August 16.
- The Comstock driveway from Dryads Green will be partially obstructed for material staging.
- A temporary boiler will be mobilized the week of July 29 to support domestic hot water for the Emerson Plant. The sidewalk between the Emerson arch and the kitchen entrance will be blocked off.
Interior Activities
- Renovations to Emerson, Cushing, Jordan, Wilson, Morrow, and Gardiner houses are ongoing this summer, with demolition and mechanical piping activities taking place. Inner Quad access is restricted to construction personnel and Smith facilities staff only.
- Domestic water will continue to be offline in Emerson, Cushing, and Jordan houses through the second week of August.
- Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing activities will take place for the Emerson Plant, as well as pouring and forming a concrete base slab.
Phase 3 – Central District
Exterior Site Work
- Installation of site lighting, curbing, paving, and landscape touch-ups will continue near Neilson Library.
- Backfilling activities will take place in the Dickinson lot, requiring a partial closure of the lot until paving is complete.
- Installation of piping and testing of the system will occur on Green Street.
- Paving of Dickinson lot, Green Street, and Neilson Library site areas is planned for August 2.
- Belmont Ave. will remain closed to through traffic at the Green Street intersection. Lower Belmont Ave. will be open for two-way traffic to maintain access to the Ford Hall and Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts loading docks. The Schacht Center parking lot will have impacts through September.
- Paving from Green Street down Belmont Ave. toward Ford Hall is targeted for August 2. Ford Hall loading dock access will shift to the Green Street side of the street the week of August 5.
- Excavation activities and distribution of piping will continue up to the Tyler House driveway upper College Lane intersection, causing interruptions to the kitchen loading dock. The sidewalk between McConnell Hall and Young, Tyler, and Morris houses will be closed during this time.
- Sidewalk preparation and replacement taking place near Mendenhall Center will have intermittent impacts on the basement egress door to Green Street.
- Excavation activities will begin between Hopkins and Haven houses the week of July 29. This activity will impact parking and delivery access in the driveway between the houses.
- The Equestrian Center will be utilized for contractor parking, laydown space, and soil storage. The croquet court is fenced off for staging of piping. Ford Hall and half of the Schacht Center parking lot will also be used for material staging.
Interior Activities
- Mechanical work will continue in the basement classrooms and conference rooms of Young Library.