Upcoming Construction Activities

MAY 

• Building Steel Erection.  Erection of all five levels of the D1 building steel superstructure.
• Finish garage concrete.  Pour final section of concrete slab on the deck level and final two sections of the slab at the garage floor level.  Complete vehicle ramp down to garage level.
• Backfill around garage walls.  Move the stockpiled soil piles from the site to fill in around the garage perimeter.
• Telford Street Improvements.  Pour permanent concrete sidewalk,  along eastern edge of Telford Street extension.  Install landscaping.

JUNE

• Continue Building Steel.  Begin erecting all five levels of building E1 superstructure.
• Begin steel framing in building D1.  Complete detailing and decking and pour concrete floor slabs.
• Garage mechanical and electrical systems and finishes.

Steel and Garage Photos

At the beautiful end to a soggy week, here are several photos from above the garage deck, as a 52-unit, mixed use building along Western Ave reaches its full height, and from below the deck, as concrete and plumbing work continues apace.

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Check Out the Site’s New Features!

Regular visitors to this blog will notice there are a host of updates and features that have been added to the site recently.  This puts many of the various web resources on the New Charlesview in one convenient, up-to-date location.

The new features include:

• an enhanced About section, which now features links to the overall site plan and program, as well as links to typical unit layouts for all the apartment configurations in the development
• a brief overview of Charlesview, Inc., the nonprofit owner of the existing Charlesview Apartments and longtime steward of this important housing and community development resource
• a Press section featuring some of the coverage of the redevelopment effort to date
• the time-elapse photos of construction have been merged into one Construction Cameras section.  Be sure to see the updated slideshows!

Steel Rising

As Boston foliage springs to life, steel columns emerge from the earth along Western Avenue, beginning to take the form of the first building at the New Charlesview. Following months of excavation and lots and lots of subterranian work, visible progress moves along at a steady clip as ironworkers quickly lift, connect and detail the steel structure of the “D1″ building, a 52-unit multifamily building on the corner of Litchfield Street and Western Avenue. As the steel structure moves up to the three- and five-story heights of the building, decking will go on quickly, with concrete floor slabs to follow. By Memorial Day, the shape and massing of the building will be visible to viewers.

Building D1 form beginning to take shape as the steel superstructure is erected

Soil has been backfilled around the garage walls bringing grade back up to Western Ave

Progress Above and Below the Deck

Work continues rapidly this week with additional concrete pours scheduled on the deck and garage levels.  Crews work quickly ahead of the pours on the structural steel connections and detailing, installing the metal deck and on the subslab systems.  The deck structure now enables work to continue on both levels simultaneously.  See the pictures below from around the garage construction.

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Structural Steel Erection

It has been an exciting few weeks on the Charlesview site as the garage structure has been quickly erected.  What a difference two weeks can make at this stage of construction!

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First Concrete Slab Pour Today

The first concrete deck over the roof of the garage is being poured by concrete sub JL Marshall today.  This particular pour is an important step in the construction sequencing; that section is where the crane will sit to erect the first Western Ave midrise once the concrete cures to the proper strength next month.  The garage floor slab pours will follow each deck-level pour.

Workers spread newly poured concrete on the garage deck