Blog, Construction Site, Up on the Steel The Cowboys in the Sky: A Study in Agility, Balance, Endurance, and Strength I love to watch the ironworkers–cowboys in the sky– those men with nerves of steel (no pun intended) who walk the beams and girders like... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Down in the Pit The Pit–In Memoriam The Pit–In Memoriam May 22, 2016 — May 20, 2018 Parking Lot Architecture Loma Linda University Medical Center The Way it Was circa 2005... Read More
Construction Site, Current Updates, People, Preliminary Work, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of May 20, 2018–The Podium Level Reached; Section Four Rises From the Pit On Sunday, May 20, 2018, the iron workers began hanging steel for the podium roof on the west side of the building. The feature photo... Read More
Construction Site, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of April 23, 2018–Going Up: Floors Three Through Five; Plus More Structural Steel for Section Four Another week of columns, girders, beams and decking as the steel rise above the third floor of section one (1). On the evening of April... Read More
Construction Site, Helicopters At the Right Place At the Right Time: A CHLA Air Transport Lands on the LLUCH Helipad After photographing the third floor decking and steel for the three floors that had been erected this week, Gordon, the lift operator took me back... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Inside the Building, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of April 15, 2018–Three Stages of Construction Progress The week of April 15 (the work week began on Sunday), turned out to be a momentous week! The week produced three stages of weather:... Read More
Campus History, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of April 09, 2018 — The Disappearing Pit and a Little More of This N That This is a week where it appears the mat floor, yes, the concrete floor that we have traversed north and south, east and west, these... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Down in the Pit, Helicopters, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of April 2, 2018 — Section Three and a Potpourri of This N That For the Week On April 2, I was told that a significant portion of the ground floor (level one) had been turned over to McCarthy, which meant that... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Down in the Pit, Inside the Building, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of March 25, 2018 — Into the heart of Level “A”: My First Entry Into the Building Proper Above the Concrete Mat Section Three: All Nodes and Spline Beams Scheduled to be Set Today, I was told that a section of level “A” had been released by... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Down in the Pit, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of March 18, 2018 — With the Threat of Rain in the Forecast, Structural Steel Installation Continues With the week beginning on Sunday, March 18, 2018, A pano view of the construction site and the Loma Linda University campus as viewed from... Read More