The Week of January 6, 2020 — The Galleria and Main Entrance Area, the Emergency Generator Site, and 2019 Loose Ends

With the new year, the construction continues. On the outside, much of the work will be done below the height of the safety walls that surround the construction site. From a distance, one will see the upper third of the Galleria and Main Entrance canopy as they go up on the north side of the Adult Hospital tower. Soon the windows will be installed on the west side connecting bridge, which ties the new hospitals to the existing Medical Center. In a few weeks, after a few of the inside elevators are operational, the aerial lift on the east side of the Adult Hospital tower will be taken down and the rest of the cladding will be installed. Cladding will be installed on the Schuman Pavilion elevator tower. In the interior of the building, the buildout continues, as various rooms are finished on different floors, millwork, other furnishings, and equipment will be brought in and installed.

With the site work done on the Emergency Generator site, various subcontractors are laying the necessary underground pipes before the rebar goes in and the concrete pad is poured.

As the project marches closer to completion, this blog will continue to document the construction until the day of the ribbon-cutting. Stay tuned, check-in often and tell a friend about this website.

At 4:17 AM with a full moon punctuating the night sky as it set in the west, a concrete crew is at work in the north yard pouring the massive grade beams that will support the Gallerian and Main Entrance canopy.

A view of the action as the early morning pour of the grade beam concrete is poured.

The Emergency Generator Site

A southwest view of the Loma Linda University Health hospital campus illuminated by a full moon. This image was taken with an iPhone11 Pro.

A night shot of the east elevation taken at the corner of Anderson and Starr Streets. This image was taken with an iPhone11 Pro.

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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