The Week of June 22, 2020 — The Covid-19 Pandemic Continues to Grip the Nation, The Glaziers Continue to Picket Other Construction Sites Allowing the Loma Linda Health Campus Transformation Project to Continue Unabated.

The weeks featured image is of three key elements of the Loma Linda University Health Campus Transformation Project. The largest component being the schuman Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge, which reflects the eastern facade of the Loma Linda University Medical Center clover-leaf towers. Below the bridge is the west end of the Galleria where the main Chapel will be located.

The COVID-19 Weekly Update

In the United States 4,744 died during the last week, and in that total 475 people died in the state of California.

Behind the East Parking Lot Retaining Wall

From behind the east retaining wall, excavation of the amphitheater is underway (center left). To the right, the east parking lot will be rough grade before the underground utilities are laid subgrade.

Stan, one of the surveyors, told me today that the rough grade of the east parking lot is within a fraction of an inch of being completed. Trenchers will be coming in to bring in utilities such as irrigation water lines, electrical conduits for lighting, and water lines for fire hydrants.

The Emergency Generators — Update

All four generators can be seen from the west end of the plant. The cinder block has been painted in the famous Loma Linda Beige.

The Emergency Generator Plant south elevation.

**The Switchgear Room:** Circuit breaker cabinets, which were up against the wall were moved over the electrical utility vault. Electricians are in the process of hooking up the electronics to the generators.

The view from the south side of the switchgear room. The control panels on the right will be set on the concrete pad against the wall once all the electrical wires are pulled through the conduits.

The electrical vault on which the circuit breaker cabinets (positioned at the left of the frame) will be placed once all of the wood forms are removed.

The Galleria Flooring

A View from the Galleria entrance where the concrete masonry laborers are finishing the floors that had been poured earlier in the morning. The concrete now covers the radiant heating and cooling system coils.

Looking into the chapel, the masonry laborers are finishing the concrete floor. The laborer standing is using a concrete surface finishing walk-behind power trowel machine.

The West Side — Update

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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