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...also been bogged down by labor troubles. This summer the pile drivers who build the wooden floors above the construction walked out for three weeks. That isn't all. The plumbers' union has been out since August 31. Construction crews have been building around the plumbing sites, Gary Balboni, the project engineer for Perini Construction Co., says, adding, however, that "we can't do that forever...
...also been bogged down by labor troubles. This summer the pile drivers who build the wooden floors above the construction walked out for three weeks. That isn't all. The plumbers' union has been out since August 31. Construction crews have been building around the plumbing sites, Gary Balboni, the project engineer for Perini Construction Co., says, adding, however, that "we can't do that forever...
...Balboni however did have good news for Square pedestrians and Harvard students. The area between the Store 24 and the temporary station will, as of December, completely take place underground. On the other hand, the major obstruction in the Square--the huge pit between Johnston Gate and the Cambridge Common--will remain open "for an indefinite period...
...will all take time," Balboni explains as he stares down into the pit where incoming and outgoing tunnels will eventually travel. He excitedly discusses the underground bus tunnel that will be constructed above the subway tunnel. The 80 men working in the pit below look, from 100 ft. above, like beetles scurrying...
...Balboni's next words are drwoned out by another blast and a crescendo of car horns. Only a few of the people in the Square pay attention to the noise. The mess, the clatter and the traffic jams have become the norm and it's almost difficult to remember what the Square looked like before Big Brother started...