Schuff Steel and a Few of the “Raising Gang” Has Returned to the Site

Schuff Steel, the contractor that set the steel for the podium and towers, has returned to the site to prepare for three (“H”) steel projects that will connect the existing structure to the new building’s podium. To the north: steel columns and beams will rise out of an elevator pit just east of Schuman Pavilion. To the two-story structure, a pedestrian bridge will connect the new building with Schuman Pavilion. To the west, Schuff Steel will erect two pedestrian bridges that will connect the podium of the new structure to the existing Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. One bridge will connect to the second floor and the second bridge will connect to the third floor.

It was anticipated that the beams were to be set on the columns on the north side of the project toward the end of August 19, 2019. https://docuvision2020.com/index.php/2018/08/20/the-week-of-august-19-2018-the-east-elevation-is-a-changin/ However, there was a scheduling delay due to the random moving pieces in the elevator pit that were required to be completed before the steel beams could be hung.

A word about “H” projects: “H” stands for “Hospital(s) and are additional construction projects that are sub-projects to the actual buildings themselves (podium, Adult Hospital, and Children’s Hospital towers) that are required before the total project is completed. Construction permits for “H” projects allowed to be submitted and approved after the construction of the main project(s) are well underway. These submissions and approvals can take place several months or even years after construction began on the principal project. These “H” projects can be internally referred to by number such as “H-1” through how many “H” projects there are.

Timber crane mats (on the top) and steel columns (on the bottom) were delivered to the site on the morning of August 30, 2019.

Performing random torque tests on bolts as required by OSHA.

Eddie (Edward) the Plumb Up foreman with Schuff Steel walks across the north yard on his first day back to the site after going to another job site several months ago. Click the following link to view Eddie’s story: https://docuvision2020.com/index.php/2018/02/21/edward-an-ironworker-and-a-plumb-up-foreman/

The Schuff Steel “H” Upcoming Projects

It was anticipated that the beams were to be set on the columns on the north side of the project toward the end of August 19, 2019, however, there was a scheduling delay due to the many moving pieces that were required to set the steel.

The first of the projects will be setting the steel in the elevator pit and hanging the steel for the pedestrian bridge between the elevator tower and the second-floor popout on the northwest side of the podium.

On the west side of the podium, Schuff Steel will be hanging beams from the second and third floors of the podium (where indicated) and connecting them to the existing building.

Dennis E. Park, MA

After graduate school Dennis accepted a position at Loma Linda University. He worked there for 42 years in the areas of administration and financial management, also teaching accounting and management to dietetic students at the School of Public Health. Through the years Dennis has chronicled the growth of the campus, including the construction of the Drayson Center and the Centennial Complex and the razing of Gentry Gym. He is the author of "The Mound City Chronicles: A Pictorial History of Loma Linda University, A Health Sciences Institution 1905 - 2005." dEp 09.30.2016 🔨

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