Hanging over the parapet, I took this feature image from the roof of the Adult Hospital tower. It represents a critical phase of the project –Hanging the exterior signs on the building. The laborers in this photo are installing the brackets on which the installers will mount the low-voltage letters.
Another sign (no pun intended) that a project is nearing completion is when the exterior arrives on site and the installers begin to mount the signs. Now the LLUCTP has reached that phase. Over the next several weeks, this blog will focus on this exciting chapter.
From the Archives
Back then, the sign was called a “luminous sign.” Today, they are installing “energy efficient LED signs.”
Signage Arrived on Site
Recently delivered signage stacked on a pallet: In the background (center left), the suspended platform, from which the installers will work, sits on the sidewalkTwo crews are working from the suspended platforms. On the east elevation facade, two installers are working on a suspended platform above the 16th floor. The second team is working on the northeast side of the podium above the fifth floor.
Signage Laid Out Before Installation
Below the suspended platform, part of the signage is laid out on the sidewalk.
The Anatomy of a Letter
The inside of a letter: Note the small LED lights.
October 30, 2020 — The First of the Exterior Signs Are Installed On the Northeast Side
A Memorable Day
The first two sections of the lead donors ‘s names (Dennis and Carol Troesh) are being installed on the northeast corner of the podium at the 5th floor level.With the first line completed, the installers move the suspended platform down as they prepare to install the second line. By 11:45 AM, the word ‘Campus’ had been installed. The installers were waiting on an electrical part before they could install ‘Medical’, which would complete the sign: ‘Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus.’A beautiful sunset photo of the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital and Loma Linda University Medical Center on the Dennis and Carol Medical Campus. By the end of the workday on Friday, the Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus sign had been installed on the northeast corner of the podium.
October 30, 2020 — The First Section of the East Elevation Exterior Signs was Installed.
Also, by the end of the workday on Friday, October 30, 2020, a second install team hung the first section of the sign near the top of the Adult Hospital tower.
When completed, the two-line-sign at the top of the east elevation will read LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. By Friday afternoon, only the section UNIVERSITY had been installed.Early Sunday morning the sign installers had completed the first line, which reads: LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY. The second line will read MEDICAL CENTER. With the first line (LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY) installed, the installers are making their way, albeit slowly, up the side of the Adult tower on a suspended platform. Onboard is the last line of the sign with the letters MEDICAL CENTER. If you look closely, the letters M E D and C E in MEDICAL CENTER can be seen.By the end of the workday, the two-line LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER sign was complete. This photo was taken in the afternoon as the sun was setting. Monday morning, the letters in the sign will be more perceptible. A morning close Up of the east elevation LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER located on top of the Adult Hospital tower. Left to install on the east elevation is the Medical Center’s logo, which will be anchored left of the sign.
More Signs Go up on the Children’s Hospital Tower
Near the top of the southeast corner of the podium (5th floor), two sign installers work on the race tracks for the sign letters that will soon be installed. On the southeast corner of the Children’s Hospital tower, the installers were able to get one section anchored before the end of the day.On a very dreary Sunday morning, the sign installers were up on the suspension scaffold hanging more letters along the roofline of the Children’s Hospital.By early afternoon as the clouds were beginning to break, the letters for the Children’s Hospital had been installed. Left to install on the east elevation is the Children’s Hospital logo, which will be anchored left of the sign.A closeup of the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Logo.Mid-morning on 11.10.20, my friend Chris Clouzet captured this image as the installers made their way down the side of the building after anchoring the Children’s Hospital Logo on upper left corner of the building. Mid-afternoon the installers were backup on the scaffold hooking up the Logo’s electrical wires.A sunburst bounces off of the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital glass tower above the newly installed sign on the southeast corner of the Podium under the .Towers and trees on the Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus.Attaching chase mounts to the brackets.A closeup of the the suspended platform. With chase brackets anchored, the installers will begin installing the first section. The letters are attached to the front of a chase section. Once attached to the backside, the electrical wiring is run through the channel or chase.Three more sections to install.Last section being anchored to the chase.Friday afternoon, the installers anchored the last section to the channel. Sunday, the installers will connect the power cables.A closeup of the Children’s Hospital sign located at the roof line midsection of the tower.
The Northeast Corner of the Adult Hospital Tower
A view of the suspension platform from the 16th-floor as it slowly makes its way up the Adult Hospital tower’s northeast side. The scaffold (center left) is about halfway up the side with the two installers in white helmets at the controls. Albert is to the left, and Jonathan is to the right.A view of the platform and grade looking out over the letter “L.”
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 🔨
