More Conkling Street Construction Schedule Updates

This is a reprint of a previous article from the Canton Connection Online. It will be periodically reprinted with continuing updates on the construction project.

As reported previously on the Canton Connection Online, the Hanover Company recently began a two-year construction project to build an apartment complex on the site of the old Tulkoff Food Products/Gunther Brewery buildings on S. Conkling between Toone and Elliot Streets.

Project Manager Robert Hooten reports that the construction crews will be pushing back their starting times each morning out of consideration for nearby residents who are impacted by the noise. From now on, during the week construction will begin at 8:00 am. On Saturdays, work will begin at 9:00 am.

"We will start work at 7:00 am further south on our project away from Elliott Street," Hooten said. "We are anxious to complete the demolition as quickly as possible and are making every effort to do so."

Hooten also said that he anticipated the completion of a report by the project's structural engineer by this Friday, which he will distribute to community organizations and residents who would like to receive it.

UPDATE (Saturday, August 25): The interim vibration monitoring report is available for download here (PDF, 792kb). Thanks to Robert Hooten of the Hanover Company for providing this and subsequent reports.

UPDATE (Friday August 31): Construction crews will not be working over the Labor Day weekend. Work will resume Tuesday, September 4. On Saturday, a service crew will perform equipment maintenance, but no construction work.

UPDATE (Friday, September 7): Crews will be dismantling and removing the Tulkoff Bridge tomorrow (Saturday, September 8). Conkling Street will be closed between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm; please use Clinton Street to connect between O’Donnell and Boston Streets.

UPDATE (Wednesday, September 19): Demolition of the existing foundation and building should be completed by the end of September. The process of recycling the existing building should wrap up shortly after that. The crews are in the process of excavating and shoring up the space for the new foundation walls and parking garage, which should be completed in late October. Work on the concrete foundation will begin at that time and should last until February 2008. The Hanover Company is waiting to hear from Comcast about when they will come to remove overhead lines on the 2500 block of Elliott.

UPDATE (Wednesday, September 26): Comcast has informed the Hanover Company that the relocation of the overhead cable lines along Elliott Street into underground trunks will begin on Monday, October 1 and should wrap up by Wednesday, October 10. Comcast crews will be working in the North and East alleys between Elliott and Conkling Streets.

UPDATE (Wednesday, October 17): Demolition, which ran over the original forecast, should be completed within the next two weeks as well as the recycling of the existing building. Shoring work for the foundation walls and parking garage is still expected to be completed by late October, and the concrete foundation should be complete by February 2008, weather permitting. Comcast has installed new underground cable lines and removal of the old overhead lines should be completed by the end of this week. The onsite crane will be erected within the next four weeks and is anticipated to remain in place through late spring. The project team now has an onsite mailing address: 1200 South Conkling, 21224.