Construction Update: Weeks of 11/22/21 and 11/29/21

The latest updates on what to expect and construction updates related to the Manhattanville campus.

November 19, 2021

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What is Happening

Columbia Business School

Site 7 (Western Site)

  • Completion of the exterior wall—cleaning and punchlist work ongoing
  • Interior finishes and punchlist ongoing
  • A/V work in classrooms is substantially complete
  • Delivery and installation of furniture ongoing

Site 6B (Eastern Site)

  • Completion of the exterior wall
  • Punchlisting and interior finishes ongoing
  • A/V work in classrooms is substantially complete
  • Delivery and installation of furniture ongoing
  • Installation of guard booth, bollard and wedge barrier ongoing at loading dock entrance

Below Grade Activity / W. 131st Street Utilities

  • Punchlist work

Open Spaces between 130th and 131st Streets and along 12th Avenue

  • Sidewalk, street lights, and street work
  • Commissioning / testing of systems is ongoing
  • Punchlist work is underway

600 W. 125th Street

  • Drilling crane pad caissions and support of excavation installation
  • Secant drilling along the south perimeter
  • Secant pile trimming
  • Excavation, soil removal, timber lagging, and bracing is ongoing

Please note that all activities are subject to change based on weather and other field conditions.

 

What to Expect

Construction Activity

  • Regular weekday work hours: 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday work hours: 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After-hours permit issued for 6:00 a.m. construction start to allow for physical distancing for workers upon entry to the site.  After-hours permit issued for 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Friday for exterior wall installation to be performed at the Business School buildings.
  • Material deliveries to site is ongoing

Temporary Traffic and Transportation Impacts

  • Refer to street signage for the west side of Broadway from 129th to 130th Streets -- parking is allowed after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends
  • W. 131st Street between Broadway and 12th Avenue will be closed Monday, November 22 through Tuesday, November 23 for milling and repaving of the street
  • The parking lane will be closed on the south side of W. 125th Street from Broadway to St. Clair Place.  Parking will not be available on the south side of W. 125th Street from Broadway to the mid-block in front of the entire length of the 600 W. 125th Street construction fence.