BU Data Sciences Center | 665 Commonwealth Avenue | BU Central

[ra84970]

Up to $320,000 to pay for 4 years of schooling at BU - those dormitories better have gold-plated toilets for each student. https://www.bu.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/tuition/

BU's annual cost of attendance:
Tuition - $58,560
Room - $10,990
Board - $5,850
Student Fees - $1,256
Subtotal: $76,656

Annual living expenses
Books + supplies: $1,000
Personal expenses: $1,320
Local transportation: $630
Subtotal: $2,950

Grand total $79,606 (that FAFSA will pay for) each year.

If you have any more expenses beyond local transport and ~$2,400 in books and personal expenses, good luck with finding a work-study or other job.

That being said, that Data Sciences Center also better have the best facilities for that tuition cost.

 

[dshoost88]

https://www.facebook.com/SFConcrete/posts/10157996015461517

 

[cjbski]

Why is this project one of the most challenging to date?

 

[dshoost88]

Why is this project one of the most challenging to date?

Ask and you shall receive. From one of the carpenters on the project:

The core wall has continuous #14 rebar from the mat slab to the top of the structure. It’s spacing started out @ 6”. It is coupled all the way from bottom to top on each face of the walls.
It is 14K concrete with huge workability-issues.
The wall thickness is only 14”. When combined with the #14 bar, huge embedded plates and only 3/4” coverage, the challenges were endless.
There’s more, if you’d like...

 

[stefal]

#14 rebar in a 14-inch wall seems like one of those weird engineering results that didn't get much thought. I can imagine the grumblings between the construction side and the engineering/design side. Also, I don't deal with ACI code, but is 3/4" cover really acceptable?

 

[Boston02124]

 

[A Chicagoan]

 

[DZH22]

4/26 from Arlington

IMG_8304 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8306 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

4/26

IMG_8344 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8346 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8347 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8418 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

4/28 from The Fells

IMG_8460 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8461 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8463 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[bip05]

 

[Paletexan]

Just visible from the smith rooftop off Dedham in south end

 

[bdurden]

The core has reached its final height at the 19th floor.

 

[Boston02124]

 

[lexicon506]

Wow. I remain a fan of the take-a-risk design approach that BU went for here, but I admit these pictures make me a tiny bit nervous. This building will be stunningly prominent, really hope the risk pans out...

 

[DZH22]

4/28

IMG_8556 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8557 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[tobyjug]

Wow. I remain a fan of the take-a-risk design approach that BU went for here, but I admit these pictures make me a tiny bit nervous. This building will be stunningly prominent, really hope the risk pans out...

It will be very exciting and wonderful to look at from many angles and distances. (Although I’m not sure what it will be like at the front door!)

 

[TomOfBoston]

It will be very exciting and wonderful to look at from many angles and distances. (Although I’m not sure what it will be like at the front door!)

I wonder if in the 1960's was Warren Towers a "take-a-risk" design??

 

[chrisbrat]

I wonder if in the 1960's was Warren Towers a "take-a-risk" design??

No, you do not seriously wonder that.

 

[Nibbles O’Plenty]

Yeah, tuition in 1970: $750 for the year! By 1974 it rose to the astronomical amount of $1250.00! I ended up with $1000 in student govt. loans at 3%. Wow!

Hopefully you did not repay it yet. All loans due to be forgiven soon.