thislooksfamiliar

i’m a member of the northeastern university student chapter of the american society of civil engineers, or nuasce as we like to call it. this past week we organized a field trip to a new construction project on campus called ‘parcel 18′. i’m sure it will eventually bear the name of some rich, former northeastern graduate who gives the school an assload of money, but for now it is known by the parcel number of the tax map it is on.

it is going to be a five story complex consisting of three residential dormitory towers, one low-rise cafeteria and an office building. it is located at the corner of ruggles and tremont street:

google map

it has been a parking lot for years for the northeastern-owned building you can see to the right of the parcel as can be seen in this yahoo aerial:

here are some shots of the trip:

this is a shot of the building from ruggles t station which is the big white building in the top of the frame in the above aerials.

the staging area where the trailers and material are stored and managed.

looking up at the construction stairs. the construction elevator is the orange and plywood thing to the right.

sixth floor. this was as high as we could go for safety reasons.

sixth floor again. looking across from the east tower to the middle tower you can see the different floors.

on the sixth floor. asce members listening to our tour guide.

more photos on my flickr page.

peace