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Curious - what are the tarps doing draped off the trailer?

https://construction.harvard.edu/current-projects/faculty-of-arts-sciences-fas-projects/william-james-hall-plaza-renovation-project/ The tent is likely to keep temperatures warm enough for concrete and waterproofing materials, usually around 40-50 F, plus a few % contingency, and for workers.

What a waste of design budget if true..

A large tower crane is up. No picture as our evenings are quite dark at the moment...

Yes, the project description and introduction lay out specific reasons and design decisions that led to this building's location and design. A Holocaust Museum intended to act as a representation of hope being asked to look more like Boston is a strange ask and, speaking for myself, would lead...

Minnesota...

I'm not sure what kind of contingency you could have, apart from dumping money into emergency overhauls, which nobody wants to do until you have certainty there's no choice but to not scrap.

That's a choppy looking curve...

Seems like the intent was to have a much clearer glass originally..

Personally I don't like a stack bond...

"Oh, me? I live in the JP Morgan Building."

Benefit of the doubt: It's new. The Seaport received similar criticism until recently. Inexplicable: The ground floor retail options are thin. External factor: There's not much around "outside" of this in the first place, except perhaps the Museum of Science, but 1) that has a really specific...

The millionaire's tax is split in half, 50% towards education, 50% towards transportation, state-wide. Transportation, despite Healey's campaign around "Fixing the T" with this funding, includes highways, regional transit authorities, and the T. The MBTA only receives a very small portion...

If it was truly construed that way, I apologize. I've edited my original post for clarity :) I think it's fair to bring up regional differences, which includes worker pay, when Houston housing construction was used as a reference point.

You don't have to disagree on something I'm not stating. I already stated twice it's not killing projects by itself. It's just another factor. However, something "so small" does add up over a multimillion dollar project, and again, does not kill it alone. For every 100,000 labor hours, costs...

Depends on the quality of the soils. For "clean" (contaminant free) soil, if you can't re-use on site, projects may work deals with other projects that need structural fill imported, so long as your soil meets their spec through testing. You can also send fill back to plants to process it into...

As already stated in my post, this alone isn't killing projects, but it's one of the more region-specific factors that differentiates us from some of the leading cities. But we can believe the cost of construction in Boston is the same as it is in Texas.

I'll just add: Even comparing on a Multifamily: Multifamily cost basis across cities, as noted multifamily developments are often built in a much different way, with a lot more trades involved. CA and MA pay comfortable equitable rates consistent with the area COL, and are, based on historical...

This (long term expansion) seems realistic and is essentially pointed to in what Berklee has made public. The rest of the article outlines that they have been looking at this property for 20+ years, and it fits in with the long range strategic plan, so any immediate capital investments don't...