Please see below project update for the Elbridge Gerry Elementary School:

• Continue with site prep and fills using onsite material at the South & West areas of the project site. 
• Continue with bulk ledge excavation and export (trucking) the ledge materials offsite.  The excavation will occur on the North end of the new building footprint and is scheduled to continue and complete this week.  Note this activity will require the use of a hammer drill at irregular intervals to break-up larger rocks/boulders for export and/or potential high spots of ledge that need to be taken down to support the building design. 
• Continue with underground utility-drainage & water installation on the South end of the site.   
• Continue with excavation and prep for concrete foundations on the South end of the building.  
• Continue with footing and foundation wall construction from the South to North end of the building footprint.
• The second concrete foundation crew mobilized on 7/13/20 and will begin construction of the building retaining wall foundation on the North end of the building.
• There are three concrete placements tentatively scheduled for this week; Monday 7/13/20, Wednesday 7/15/20 and Friday 7/17/20.

Please see below project update for the Elbridge Gerry Elementary School:

• Continue with site prep and fills using onsite material at the South & West areas of the project site. 
• Continue with bulk ledge excavation and export (trucking) the ledge materials offsite.  The excavation will occur on the North end of the new building footprint and is scheduled to continue and complete this week.  Note this activity will require the use of a hammer drill at irregular intervals to break-up larger rocks/boulders for export and/or potential high spots of ledge that need to be taken down to support the building design. 
• Commence with underground utility-drainage installation on the South end of the site.   
• Continue with excavation and prep for concrete foundations on the South end of the building.  
• The concrete foundation contractor has mobilized and began forming foundations on the South end of the building.  Footing and Foundation wall construction is being constructed from the South to North end of the building footprint.
• There are three concrete placements tentatively scheduled for this week; Wednesday 7/8/20, Thursday 7/9/20 and Friday 7/10/20.
• The second concrete foundation crew is scheduled to mobilize the week of 7/13/20 to begin construction of the building retaining wall foundation on the North end of the building.

Please see below project update for the Elbridge Gerry Elementary School:

• Continue with site prep and fills using onsite material at the South & West areas of the project site. 
• Continue with bulk ledge excavation and export (trucking) the ledge materials offsite.  The excavation will occur on the North end of the new building footprint and is scheduled to continue through the next two weeks of the project.  Note this activity will require the use of a hammer drill at irregular intervals to break-up larger rocks/boulders for export and/or potential high spots of ledge that need to be taken down to support the building design.    
• Continue with excavation and prep for concrete foundations on the South end of the building.  This is in preparation for the concrete foundation contractor to mobilize on 7/6/20.
• The concrete foundation contractor is scheduled to begin mobilizing materials and equipment onsite Wednesday through Friday of this week.
• The first delivery of reinforcing steel for the concrete foundations is scheduled to be delivered on Monday 7/6/20.
• The first concrete placement and associated trucking is tenatively scheduled for the week of 7/6/20.
• Due to the 4th of July Holiday falling on a Saturday this year the project and it's trade partners will be working onsite Friday 7/3/20.    

The ground improvement activities are scheduled to be completed Wednesday 6/24/20.  The contractor will begin demobilizing the equipment Wednesday 6/24 and preparing it for transport on Thursday morning 6/25.  Please see below detailed schedule of activites for these two days:

• Wednesday - 6/24/20 
  • Demobilize support equipment and materials.
  • Once ground improvement activities have been completed that day the pier driving rig will be dismantled and loaded for transport.  This is to support a pick-up and exit with the equipment on Thursday morning; there will not be any loading of equipment on Thursday morning.

• Thursday - 6/25/20
  • Transport personnel & truck will be onsite by 5:30AM to hook-up to the trailer for transport.  The transport truck will enter the project site via Gate B, hook-up to the trailer and exit the project via Gate C to West Shore Drive to Route 114.

This morning equipment departure has been communicated and coordinated with the Marblehead Police Department.    

Please see below project update for the Elbridge Gerry Elementary School:

• Continue with site prep and fills using onsite material at the South & West areas of the project site. 
• Continue with bulk ledge excavation and export (trucking) the ledge materials offsite.  The excavation will occur on the North end of the new building footprint and is scheduled to continue through the next two weeks of the project.    
• Complete the lay-out activity on the lower level of the site to support the ground improvement work.
• Complete the ground improvement activities on the lower level of the site.  This acvitivity is scheduled to be complete on Wednesday 6/24.  
• Commence excavation and prep for concrete foundations on the South end of the building.  This is in preparation for the concrete foundation contractor to mobilize on 7/6/20.
• The ground improvement equipment is scheduled to demobilize from the site on Thursday 6/25.  This will be an early morning demobilization due to the size and weight of the equipment.  Please see seperate post for more details on this activity.