Ferguson Neudorf Glass Inc., a Canadian firm, has requested a Temporary Noise Waiver from Montgomery County for nighttime work at the JBG Smith 4747 Bethesda Avenue project. The contractor will be installing 24' tall unitized window units. 4747 consists of the 2-story retail building already constructed, and the office tower going up next to it.
Unitized window units are usually manufactured offsite, glazed, and then transported to the building site. There, they are lifted into place on the building.
The work will be performed between the hours of 5:00 PM and 1:00 AM Monday through Friday, and on weekends between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Installation is currently scheduled to begin around April 3, 2018, and be completed by June 30. Night hours were chosen to avoid impacting the movement of traffic and pedestrians on Bethesda Avenue during business hours on weekdays.
Residents of The Seasons, The Darcy and The Flats at Bethesda Avenue - you know the drill. Time to stock up on earplugs, and fire up the white noise machine.
These guys must be cruising if they are ready to put up glass as soon as the shoring is removed. I never have that on my Clark projects.
ReplyDeleteWow, 24” high windows! That’s two whole feet high! I suspect you might have that wrong and it’s 24’ tall windows that might clad the tall recessed base of the office building facade on Bethesda Avenue. They certainly don’t need to close a street to install the simple one story high storefront glazing for the market.
ReplyDeleteAny new info on the tenant for the market? I see from the current brochure for 4747 Bethesda on JBG Smith’s website, that the former Dean and Deluca space is now simply labeled as “retail”. Maybe a great chance to do some sleuthing to see if an Eataly, or another gourmet market has pulled a permit...
5:19: You are correct, it is 24 feet - I have updated the article. I have already contacted Eataly, and they denied that they plan to open there.
ReplyDeleteA correction. An admission of error. And reaching out for comment. Wow. Dyer. Way to go!
DeleteHow come JBG is tagged, but not Host Hotels & Resorts or Booz Allen Hamilton?
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