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<\/h2>\nThe Italian Dining Emporium <\/strong><\/p>\n Project:<\/strong> Eataly had a finite amount of time to take advantage of rent-free space for the build-out of its new 40,000-sq.-ft. Italian marketplace in Boston\u2019s Prudential Center. With eight months and counting to get the job done, Consigli Project Manager Jon Pinto underscores that precise coordination efforts and balancing priorities helped the team meet the tight deadlines that are crucial in restaurant projects like this one.<\/p>\n Challenge: <\/strong>Opening 40,000 sq. ft. culinary destination is not an easy task, never mind building one from the ground-up and when the ground floor hovers just three feet above the top of the Mass Pike tunnel.\u00a0Those three feet were the extent of space Consigli had to work in to install massive steel beams attached to the side walls of the tunnel.\u00a0 They also had to and make a foundation strong enough to build vertically.<\/p>\n Coordination challenges increased as the project was surrounded by multiple active construction sites right next door and precise integration with existing building systems and Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (M\/E\/P). \u00a0\u00a0Adding to the challenge was complex tiling, installation and retrofitting of specialized pear-shaped pizza ovens (see photo) from Italy and a bread oven from Spain.\u00a0 To sum it up, this job was literally a construction-balancing act, requiring intense planning, exceptional communication — working with contractors from Italy and Spain \u2013 and strategic thinking, all while working in a confined workspace just above the Mass Pike.<\/p>\n Solution: <\/strong>This project included managing major scheduling coordination and balancing priorities.\u00a0 Consigli had to transport large steel beams and every other delivery through the Mall at the Prudential Center during a three-hour window of time on weekday mornings.<\/p>\n Tight working quarters also required Consigli to make some MacGyver-like construction maneuvers. Pinto explains, \u201cWith our construction site bounded on all sides by the Prudential Tower, Hynes Convention Center, 888 Boylston Tower and the Mall, there was no crane access to the site, yet we had large mechanical units that couldn\u2019t be brought through the building.\u00a0 With a significant amount of coordination and planning, these mechanical units were hoisted onto an adjacent building\u2019s roof, and carried across this roof onto a scaffolding bridge to ultimately sit on the newly erected Eataly rooftop.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to the mechanicals, installation of Eataly\u2019s signature pizza ovens was another key component to this project. \u00a0These heavy-weight ovens, shaped like half of a pear, were delivered to the job site in multiple parts.\u00a0 Consigli\u2019s team, assembled the specialized ovens with no issues, ensuring that these ovens could be fired up, on schedule.\u00a0 Consigli\u2019s self-perform team was responsible for tiling the two ovens with Italian, gold-mosaic tile an important and signature detail of these ovens. \u00a0The self-perform team also customized the counters surrounding the ovens and finished the stone-clad work on the bread oven, working alongside oven installers from Spain.<\/p>\n This vibrant Italian marketplace and culinary destination opened its doors in Boston with a celebratory ribbon-cutting bash that attracted 5,000 guests.<\/p>\n Take a look at the time lapse that captures the oven installation<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n