Construction Updates

Two-week Look Ahead

Week of Oct. 6, 2008

  • Installation of cathodic protection to prevent rusting of new gas main will be completed.
  • Refill of excavated trench on Broadway at the intersections at 129th Street and 130th Street. This intersection work is required to occur at night between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. During night work, vehicular traffic will be restricted to one south-bound lane on Broadway.
  • The center lane of Broadway will re-open to vehicular traffic.

Week of Oct. 13, 2008

  • No work is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 13 in observance of Columbus Day.
  • Test pit excavation will take place for a new 48-inch-diameter water main on Broadway at the intersections at 129th Street and 130th Street. This intersection work is required to occur at night between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. During night work, vehicular traffic will be restricted to one south-bound lane on Broadway.

Previous Updates

Over the next three decades, Columbia's proposed development of the old Manhattanville manufacturing area in West Harlem will transform underused blocks into a new, environmentally sustainable and publicly accessible center for academic and civic life, woven into the fabric of the community.

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; as well as a permanent site for the newly opened Columbia-assisted public secondary school for math, science, and engineering. 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.

Site Work/Infrastructure
130th Street Utility Relocation and Drainage Improvements
Columbia, in accordance with Department of Environmental Protection standards, is preparing to undertake a street utility relocation, reconstruction, and drainage improvement project to replace outdated nineteenth-century sewage and water main systems in the Manhattanville area of West Harlem. It is anticipated this project will last about sixteen months, and when completed, will improve service to the University as well as to the surrounding community.

Work will be conducted in phases, beginning on Broadway between 130th Street and 129th Street and then moving west along 129th and 125th Streets to an existing sewage regulator on Twelfth Avenue.

Columbia recently awarded the contract for this work to Felix Associates, a minority-owned firm based in the Bronx. Construction activity is scheduled to begin in August.

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.