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Current Construction Activity

Slurry Wall and Foundation

Utility Improvement Project

Abatement and Demolition


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Construction Schedule

The first phase of the project, scheduled for completion in 2015, will include the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, for research with implications for the treatment of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other neurological diseases; new homes for Columbia Business School, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the School of the Arts. Later phases, expected to be completed around 2030, will emphasize interdisciplinary scholarship, including biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, systems biology, and urban and populations studies, as well as housing for graduate students and faculty.



Contact Information

Should you have a question about construction activity, we encourage you to call the Columbia University Facilities Services Center at (212) 854-2222 or e-mail projx@columbia.edu.

Construction Updates

Two-week Look Ahead
Weeks of May 7 and 14, 2012

Utility Improvements
Storm Sewer Installation

  • Installation of a new storm sewer along Marginal Street between St. Clair Place and West 125th Street; along the south side of West 125th Street between Marginal Street and 12th Avenue; and along 12th Avenue between West 125th Street and West 132nd Street continues this week.
  • Regular work hours for this project are 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • NYC DOT required night work is scheduled to start the week of May 14 at the following intersections: West 132nd Street and 12th Avenue; and West 131st Street and 12th Avenue. Works hours are 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. We expect this work to be completed by the end of May. Some of this work will be noisy and we appreciate your patience.
  • Activities include saw cutting, excavation, installation of sheeting/shoring, backfilling, installation of concrete support slabs, sidewalk and road restoration, and installation of pre-cast electrical ducts, electrical manholes, pre-cast box culverts and sewer chambers.
  • Temporary traffic and transportation impacts:
    • Temporary closure of two traffic lanes on 12th Avenue between West 125th Street and St. Clair Place. The work area will extend slightly east into the southbound parking lane.
    • Temporary closure of one traffic lane and eastern parking lane on northbound 12th Avenue/Riverside Drive underneath the viaduct between West 125th Street and St. Clair Place
    • No standing on 12th Avenue/Riverside Drive underneath the viaduct between West 125th Street and St. Clair Place
    • Temporary removal of parking lane on the west side of 12th Avenue between West 125th and West 132nd Streets
    • Temporary removal of bus stop at the intersection of West 125th Street and West 129th Street
    • No standing on the west side of 12th Avenue between West 130th Street and West 131st Street
    • No standing on the east or west side of 12th Avenue between West 131st and West 132nd Street

Slurry Wall and Foundations

  • This work includes the installation of foundation walls and other foundation elements to support the new buildings that will be constructed above this new below-grade space. This project is located within the eastern portion of the block bordered by West 129th Street, West 130th Street, Broadway and 12th Avenue.
  • Work hours for this project are 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • There is weekend work scheduled for every Saturday in the month of May; the contractor is scheduled to perform on-site excavation, concrete placement and maintenance of the slurry wall plant and equipment. There will be concrete trucks delivering concrete to the site. Weekend work hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Activities include the delivery of equipment and materials to the site and trucking of materials off-site from excavation operations.
  • Forms will be installed at the outer face of the northeast section of the slurry wall for the grade beam. Drilled shafts will be installed in zone 1 and 2 of the top-down area.
  • Geotechnical borings will be performed along West 131st Street between Broadway and 12th Avenue.
  • Test pits will be dug on West 131st Street to locate street utilities that have to be relocated for the next phase of the slurry wall project.
  • There will be utility relocation work on West 131st Street.
  • There will be no standing on West 129th Street between Broadway and West 125th Street.
  • Temporary traffic and transportation impacts:
    • West 131st Street north sidewalk closure from Broadway to a point approximately 400' west of Broadway. South sidewalk will remain open.
    • West 131st street between Broadway to a point 400' west of Broadway will maintain one eastbound traffic lane.
    • West 130th Street will be closed between Broadway and a point approximately 225' east of 12th Avenue.
    • West 130th Street between 12th Avenue and a point approximately 225' east of 12th Avenue will maintain two way traffic with no=standing zones.
    • Southbound on Broadway: Parking lane between West 131st and West 130th Street will be closed for gas main work.

These activities are subject to change based on weather and other field conditions.

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