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From the latest Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Construction Update: street closings Aug. 29 for crane installation at B11 site

The latest Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Brooklyn Construction Update, covering the two weeks beginning Monday August 17 and delivered at 9:29 am by Empire State Development after preparation by Greenland Forest City Partners, reveals that on Saturday, August 29, a crane installation for the B11 site will require street closings.

Specifically, Dean Street between Vanderbilt and Carlton avenues and one lane of Vanderbilt Avenue will be closed. A community notice with details regarding the crane assembly will be distributed.

Also note that exterior façade adjustments and paint repairs are expected to begin on the B2 modular tower that was supposed to have units delivered complete.

Saturday work will continue at the B3 site at the southeast corner of the arena block. Saturday work as well as work up until 9 pm during weekdays will continue at the B14 site at 535 Carlton Avenue, at Dean Street.

There's new work going on at the B15 site east of Sixth Avenue between Dean and Pacific streets: "preliminary environmental sampling"--both drilling and/or hand excavation--will begin in the basements and open lots on the site. The broadcast lot at the site will be shared/ utilized by both the arena and the B3 site for temporary storage of equipment.

New--or at least purportedly new--information is noted with an asterisk in the text below, and with an asterisk and red type in the document embedded below. I say purportedly new, because some of the information marked as new is not actually new.

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B2 - 461 Dean Street, Modular Residential
During this working period:
• Work related to the erection of modules shall continue.
• Interior work will continue on modules that have already been installed.
• *Exterior façade adjustments and paint repairs are targeted to commence.

B3 - 38 Sixth Avenue
During this working period:
• *Excavation and foundation activities, including the commencement of drilling for piles and material delivery, shall occur during this reporting period. Soil that has been classified as clean or contaminated will continue to be removed from the site as part of the excavation activities and brought to appropriate disposal locations. Additional equipment needed for pile installation will arrive during this period. Soil that has been classified as clean, contaminated or hazardous will be removed from the site as part of the excavation activities and brought to appropriate disposal locations.
• *Pile installation and load tests will commence this reporting period.
• Saturday work to address field conditions within the site will occur during this reporting period.

Arena Green Roof
• Architectural metals delivery continues during this reporting period and will be lifted to the roof utilizing the Atlantic Avenue crane. Deliveries will come through the Atlantic Avenue gate utilizing flagmen to direct traffic.
• Protocols for the trucks entering and exiting the site have been put in place to provide clarification and instruction for on roadway routing to and from the project site, queuing of trucks while on site and vehicle idling restrictions.

LIRR Yard Activities - Block 1120 & 1121
• During this reporting period, the Contractor will continue excavation and hauling of soil from Blocks 1120 and 1121. Soil that has been classified as clean, contaminated or hazardous will be removed from the site as part of the excavation activities and brought to appropriate disposal locations. Protocols for the trucks entering and exiting the site have been put in place. These protocols provide instruction on roadway routing to and from the project site, queuing of trucks while on site and vehicle idling restrictions.
• Support of Excavation (SOE) work including the installation of lagging and tiebacks will continue within this area during this reporting period.
• Manhole and duct bank installations will be ongoing in Blocks 1120 and 1121 during this reporting period.
• Foundation footing and pier rebar, formwork, and concrete installations will be ongoing in Blocks 1120 and 1121 throughout this reporting period.
• Pacific Street Retaining wall rebar, formwork, and concrete installations will be ongoing in Block 1120 and 1121 throughout this reporting period.
• Excavation, formwork and underpinning for future removal of LIRR Atlantic Avenue Tunnel wall will continue throughout this reporting period.
• Building and platform foundation pile testing will continue during this reporting period. Production pile installation may begin within this reporting.

LIRR Yard Activities – Atlantic Avenue
• MPT
• Excavation and hauling of soil will be ongoing during this reporting period.
• Support of Excavation (SOE) work including the installation of lagging and tiebacks will continue
within this area during reporting period.

LIRR Yard Activities – Night/Weekend Work
Tunnel Work
• Weekend Electrical Utility work (conduit and support installation) is being performed inside the LIRR Tunnel and will continue during this reporting period and is currently scheduled to continue through the end of 2015.

Block 1129
• Vibration Monitoring stipulated by the Construction Protection Plan continues to be implemented.
B11 – 550 Vanderbilt Avenue:
During this reporting period:
• *Superstructure phase of construction continues mobilizing on site. The installation of a crane is expected to occur on 8/29/15, which will require a closure of Dean Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and Carlton Avenue and the closing of one lane of Vanderbilt Avenue for the crane installation, subject to DOT approvals and permits. A community notice with details regarding the crane assembly will be distributed.
• *Other related equipment and materials will be delivered to the site for ongoing superstructure work. Carpenters are performing formwork for second floor columns, shear walls and slabs.
• *Site backfilling will be conducted during this period.
• The temporary of removal of a fire hydrant within the B11 footprint on Dean Street.

B14- 535 Carlton Avenue:
During this reporting period:
o The sidewalk on the west side of the 6th Avenue Bridge (between Pacific and Atlantic) will remain closed to pedestrians;
o The MPT will remain in place on the far west lane of the 6th Avenue Bridge from Pacific Street to Atlantic Avenue.
• Excavation and foundation activities will continue during this reporting period. Work includes drilling of tiebacks for the SOE system, excavation of soil to a depth of 40’ and the continued installation of lagging to the same elevation. Soil that has been classified as clean, contaminated or hazardous will be removed from the site as part of the excavation activities and brought to appropriate disposal locations. Protocols for the trucks entering and exiting the site have been put in place. These protocols provide instruction on roadway routing to and from the project site, queuing of trucks while on site and vehicle idling restrictions.
• A tie-back drill rig will be demobilized during this reporting period.
• Installation of spread footings and slab on grade is ongoing. A small crane is being used inside of the excavation to assist in concrete operations. A second small crane will be mobilized on the Carlton Avenue side of the construction site during this reporting period.
• Installation of foundation waterproofing and pouring of foundation walls is ongoing.
• Site mobilization will continue consisting of electrical work to power contractor field office and
relocation of light poles to outside of site fence.
• Mobilization will commence on site for superstructure phase of the project, including arrival of a mobile crane and deliveries of material.
• Construction of columns, shear walls and cellar slab will begin during this reporting period.
• An existing crane used during the excavation and foundation period is expected to leave the site
during this period.
• Saturday work *as well as work up until 9 pm during weekdays to address field conditions within the site will occur during this reporting period. This work includes all work listed above.
• *Material deliveries related to the superstructure phase.
• *Construction of superstructure phase to continue.
• * The removal of equipment, including but not limited to a mobile crane, excavator and pay loader.

*B-15 (6th Ave and Pacific Street)
• *During this period, it is expected that preliminary environmental sampling will commence within the basements and open lots on the site. Work will consist of drilling sample borings and/or hand excavation.
• *Broadcast lot will be shared/ utilized by both the arena and the B3 site for temporary storage of equipment.


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