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This happened at a construction site at Boston University, according to the report. There were two workers on a horizontal beam that had harnesses on, thankfully and that must have saved them from serious injury. They were taken to the hospital and released the same day.
Suffolk Construction said that a beam unexpectedly collapsed. The report also states that the Company holds safety as its number one priority.
The site is the future home of the Center for Computer and Data Sciences, nicknamed the Jenga Tower.
According to Suffolk.com, the building was designed by a Canadian architecture firm, KPMB. Click here to see what the final project will look like. The firm s website also states that this will be the first building of its size in Boston that is completely fossil fuel-free. This building will add a very unique view to Boston s skyline. It will be one of those buildings that you are able to gauge where you are in the city, much like the Prudential Tower does, am
Good morning, and welcome to Boston Properties First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions]
At this time, I d like to turn the conference over to Ms. Sara Buda, VP of Investor Relations for Boston Properties. Please go ahead.
Sara Buda
Vice President, Investor Relations and Communication
Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to Boston Properties First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. The press release and supplemental package were distributed last night and furnished on Form 8-K. In the supplemental package, the company has reconciled all non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure in accordance with Reg G. If you did not receive a copy, these documents are available in the Investor Relations section of our website at investors.bxp.com. A webcast of this call will be available for 12 months.
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Peregrines are cliff nesters, and the water tower on the UND campus makes a suitable substitute. Passing birds were lured to stop by placing a nest box, first on Smiley, the water tower that stood just southeast of the Washington Street underpass. When that tower was replaced, the birds were lured to the UND site.
The local falcon effort is part of a larger undertaking going on around the world. As a result, peregrine falcons may be as abundant as they have ever been, and they are surely more widespread.
The birds were endangered, and even doomed, within my lifetime. I made a number of trips in search of peregrines, and found them at Assateague Island, Va., and along the Gulf Coast near Galveston, Texas. As I mentioned earlier this year, I had an encounter with a peregrine while having lunch at the top of the Prudential Tower in downtown Boston.