This Week's Construction News

There will be several utility interruptions in connection with major projects this week: the Southwest Concourse Reconstruction Project continues with water interruptions to John Adams residence hall beginning Monday (6/29); Skinner Hall, the Fine Arts Center and Dickinson (UMass Police) will experience power interruptions on Wednesday and Thursday (7/1-2) in connection with fire alarm testing; and heat and hot water will be interrupted at Lederle Tower C on Wednesday (7/1) for steam distribution improvements... [more]

Utility Work continues in Governors Dr/North Pleasant St area

A major utility project to replace and upgrade failing steam and electrical infrastructure continues this week in the Governors Drive/North Pleasant Street area of campus.

The week of June 28: Most of the work this week will be in the Conte/Lederle area; fence lines are continuing to be adjusted throughout the construction zone.  Accessible parking spaces have been temporarily relocated from the southwest corner of Lederle to the the southeast corning of the building.  Heat and hot water  will be interrupted at Lederle Tower C on Wednesday (7/1) for steam distribution improvements.

The tunnel, steam line and electrical conduit construction, known as the Northeast Utility Project, will run from the Knowles/Goessmann area north to Governors Drive, then east to North Pleasant Street and through the intersection to a point just west of Hamlin (see map, top right).

Scheduled phasing of the project is still under review, including a detour through the North Pleasant/Eastman/Governors intersection.

Other elements of the project include major construction (and diversion of traffic) along Governors Drive, and in the Lederle/Conte/Marcus/Goessmann courtyard.

The entire project is expected to take two years to complete.