Novartis Campus | 181-211 Mass Ave, 22 Windsor Street | Kendall Square | Cambridge

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Nice! Great to see progress being made. Thanks for the update!
 
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The size of the site is amazing.





Tower crane footings:






 
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Internal braces in place. Excavation in progress in the SW corner and the East side of the site.


Norvartis Complex 12/6
 
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So does anyone know why every Kendal Sq project uses these pipe braces when building their foundations and Boston doesn't? It seems like an exclusively Kendal Sq thing.
 
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these footprints and holes are gigantic for these buildings. walked by the other day.
 
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The Mandarin Oriental had those braces, 45 Province had them, and I think the W had them as well...
 
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The place behind the Lenox has a few, too. I've always wondered if their use was related to the type of foundation or not.
 
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They've erected one tower crane and it looks like they're pouring footings for two more. They're still excavating most of the site. On Mass Ave they set up a community art gallery under the protective walkway. It highlights works from the local community.






 
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Jesus I never knew how big the footprint of this building was...must be the size of a football field!
 
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tmac9wr said:
Jesus I never knew how big the footprint of this building was...must be the size of a football field!
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Just over 4 acres of excavation is what I was told last week. 2 levels down on half and 3 levels down on the other half. There is a tri-gen plant going into this project soon I believe in the 2 level area.
 
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That's some serious size...what's a tri-gen plant?
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigeneration

Very similar to a co-gen plant but using the waste heat(energy) for heating/cooling.

Normal co-gen will create steam and electricity. I like them underground like this too. Did one down ate Yale that came out pretty unobtrusive.
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^^thanks...I didn't even realize you were talking about a power plant. I just heard __gen, referring to biotechnology and immediately started thinking of Jurassic Park.
 
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They're planning to put up a third crane in the coming months. A decent amount of the foundation has been poured. Although I'm sure the weather will slow the progress down .
 
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they were working on the 2nd crane last Saturday when I walked by. No one working there this morning :) And worse, Flour was (not unexpectedly) closed.
 
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