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Community Update: Preliminary Construction Work

Dear Neighbors:

Thank you for your engagement and extraordinary support throughout the years! Mission Rock reflects over a decade of planning and community input to transform Parking Lot A and Pier 48 into a vibrant neighborhood. A partnership between the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco Giants, and Tishman Speyer, Mission Rock delivers exciting parks and open space, new rental homes – 40% affordable to low and moderate income families and individuals, imaginative work spaces and an array of neighborhood-serving retail. Make Mission Rock: http://missionrock.com

Mission Rock will be completed in seven to ten years over three to four phases. We are thrilled to include the 5-acre waterfront park in the first phase of development, along with approximately 550 rental homes, office space, and neighborhood-serving retail on the ground floor of each building. Phase one will break ground early 2020 and be completed in 2023.

Members of the Mission Rock team will continue to work closely with neighbors and neighborhood stakeholders to answer project questions including any construction related observations. Monthly newsletters will provide project updates and in early 2020 a construction website will host information about ongoing and upcoming work. In the meantime, below outlines what you can expect to see in Parking Lot A over the next few months, and how you may reach us if you have any questions or comments:


Preliminary Construction Work: November 2019 – January 2020
Prior to groundbreaking, the project team will conduct preliminary construction work in a fenced area located on the northern half of Parking Lot A between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. This work will include the following:

  1. Mock-up of lightweight cellular concrete involving small amounts of pavement demolition, dewatering, excavation, placing of LCC fill, utilities and paving. Construction vehicles will be routed to minimize congestion on both Third Street and Terry Francois Boulevard, and truck movements in and out of the site will be controlled with flaggers as needed to ensure safety.
  • Field testing of ground improvements needed to mitigate liquefaction (settlement of the ground during strong earthquakes). This work includes installing wick drains, installing stone columns, and performing Rapid Impact Compaction (RIC) – which involves pounding the ground with a track-mounted compactor. Vibration and noise will range from very low to moderate construction levels during this work which is estimated to occur around mid-November to mid-December, excluding holidays.
  • Indicator piles which consists of driving steel
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