The Week of February 11, 2019 — More Windows, Curtain Walls, More Rain
The feature image for this week was taken on Sunday night, February 10, 2019. It is of the east elevation under cloudy skies with the moon peeking between the clouds now and again.
I heard a weatherman say over the weekend: “It looks like this winter in Southern California could turn out to be the wettest and coldest in a decade.” The extended forecast predicts off and on rain and showers over the next 14 days.
Rain is no longer the disrupter, that it would have been a year ago. The buildout in the Children’s Hospital tower can continue as all of the floors have been poured with concrete. Two-thirds of the floors in the elevator tower and the Adult Hospital tower have been poured, so work can continue on all of those floors. Winds and rain will hinder any construction that goes on outside and around the exterior of the building.
On Monday, February 11, 2019, we had a touch of light rain off and on in the afternoon. Tuesday was cold, and by early afternoon the rain clouds began to appear over the western skies. Wednesday, the forecast was for rain in the afternoon and when I left the site, there was a slight drizzle. The weather forecast (see image below) from Thursday to Sunday is R”’A”’I”’N!
Wednesday afternoon, February 13, 2019, I took another field trip up the east lift for the purpose of taking a panoramic view from the 17th floor (roof) of the Adult tower. Although it was a cold, cloudy, breezy, and misting outside, I decided that the view of the campus and valley below with the in-climate weather would be worth the ride up the lift. I also wanted to stop at the 16th floor to take a couple of photos of the terrace and the area where the administrative conference room will be located.
By Wednesday morning, the rain clouds blanketed the sky, and we thought it would start to rain before noon — no such luck! Despite the cloudy skies and the threat of rain, the work of the GFRC installers continued. This panel is to be lifted high over the east elevation of the Adult Hospital and dropped down to the south side of the tower to around the sixth floor where it will be anchored. At this stage of the lift, the installers are disconnecting the cables that stabilized the panel as it was lifted from the flatbed by the snorkel crane.The panel begins its journey up and over the Adult Hospital Tower.Just for fun, this image consists of eight separate photos stacked together to show the arch of the GFRC panel as it was hoisted up and over the Adult Hospital tower.
The 16th Floor, the Terrace and the Administrative Conference Room Location
The 16th floor: looking toward the northeast.The 16th floor from the east end of the tower.The 16th floor looking toward the southwest and the Loma Linda Hills.The 16th floor with both images merged.
The 17th Floor
A Panoramic View
A series of five images stitched together were used to produce this panoramic view from the roof (17th floor) of the Adult Hospital tower. Even though it was a cloudy day, the view is spectacular. Center left is the elevator tower.Looking southwest toward the Loma Linda Hills.Looking toward the west. The tallest mountain in the background is the ridge of Blue Mountain.Looking directly down the roof line of the Adult Hospital tower. Directly below the end, six stories below, is the elevator tower of the current Medical Center. Try as I might, I could not get rid of the “1-800-TOILETS” in the image.Looking out toward the west end of San Bernardino and Colton.Looking out over the north end of the campus and San Bernardino.
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 🔨
