Cubic Yards of Soil Removed from Site for the Construction
of the Yawkey Center: 133,000 cubic yards of “Boston Blue Clay”
This equates into approximately 7,315truck loads
(30 cu yd per truck load) at and estimated weight of 219,450 tons (1.65
tons/cu yd)
The clay removed was used to cap of a landfill out in western MA.
Steel tonnage used in the construction of the Yawkey
Center:
Garage: 3,571,767 lbs (1786 tons)
Building: 7,143,534 lbs (3572 tons)
The Granite blocks at the Charles Street Jail were
quarried from the Quincy Quarries in Quincy MA
Number of Stones @ Charles Street Jail: 600 Stones
Average weight of stones 7’x1’x1’=1400 lbs (200 lb/ft)
Total weight of Stones used: 840,000 Lbs or 4200 Tons
At the beginning of construction for the Yawkey
Center there were only 12 people working on the project. Currently
there are 365people working on site(24
women & 342 men) equating into an estimated 2865man
hours of labor per week.
Slurry wall: 1000’ Linear/Feet x 100’00” high = 100,000 SF.
Number of Panels: 45
Cubic Yards of Concrete used at Slurry wall: 300 cu/yd per panel x 45 panels
= 13,500 cuyd of concrete.
Total Length of Electrical Wire used: 7.5 Million Feet = 1421 Miles or Approximately the Distance
from Boston to Miami
Weight of Air Handling Units:
AHU’s 1-4 = 77,138 lbs ea
AHU 5 = 34,480 lbs
Total AHU weight = 342,032 lbs
Total yds of Concrete Used in Yawkey Center:
Bldg & Garage = 27,000 cuyds
Slurry Wall = 13,500 cuyds
Total Cubic Yards: 40,500 cuyds
Total Weight of Concrete Used: 164,025,000 lbs or 92,948 Ton
[(150 lbs/cuft) x(27)x(40,500)/2000= 82,013 ton]
Approximately 4000 truckloads of concrete where used in
the Yawkey Center (Approx. 10 cuyds per truck)
Total length of plumbing piping used:
105,000 LF approximately 20 miles or 3 times the
height of Mt. Everest
[(105,000)/5280=20 miles)]
