Project Number:

3779

Parcel U Development

SERVICE:

Air Quality and Noise Analyses for Article 82 Expanded PNF

DESCRIPTION:

Urbanica, Inc. required air quality and noise analyses for the Article 80 development to satisfy the Boston Redevelopment Association (BRA) requirements. The Project involved development in three phases of a new project with landscaping and open space that offered a mix of homeownership townhouses and rental apartment building, which includes 24 Energy Efficient Townhouses (48 condominium units +/-) and one block of 65-70 units of Multifamily Mixed-income rental apartments totaling approximately 190,000 square feet of gross floor area (inclusive of parking and utility areas), which in total will contain approximately 118 dwelling units +/-, a ground floor retail space and a community room (Proposed Project) on Parcel U, with approximately 122,799 s.f. +/- of land in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood Tech performed baseline monitoring at two locations onsite to establish background sound levels at the most sensitive locations around the project site. A noise analysis of the potential noise impacts from the rooftop mechanical equipment was also performed to determine compliance with the City of Boston noise control criteria. An analysis of the air quality was made by performing modeling on the parking garage air quality. Both the air quality and noise analyses demonstrated compliance with federal, state and local regulations.

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Key Points

  • The BRA required air quality and noise analyses for the Parcel U, Article 80 development project.
  • Tech performed background sound monitoring, a noise analysis and air quality monitoring to determine compliance with the Boston Noise Control Criteria and to satisfy the BRA requirements.