Institutional
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Client: Walsh Brothers
Location: 450 Brookline Avenue Boston MA
Schedule: October 2006-2010
Contract Value: $10 Million
Dana Farber’s new medical building for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute is located in
Boston’s Longwood Medical Area. J. Derenzo is performing earth support and the deep
foundation excavation for Walsh Brothers, the general contractor. A slurry wall foundation
will be built, and J. Derenzo will excavate within the wall to a depth of about 70-feet.
Our work will include installing 268 tiebacks through the slurry wall for earth support on
the way down. The deep foundation will accommodate a 7 story underground parking garage.
A total of about 85,000 cubic yards of soil will be excavated and removed from the site.
The work also includes earth support and excavation needed to build a maintenance tunnel 30
feet deep, under the road and connecting the new facility to an existing Dana Farber building.
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