The Measure of a Hospital: A Construction Timeline of the LLU Campus Hospitals

The purpose of this photo blog is to measure the construction of the new hospitals from the time the first support beam was installed to the completion of the project.

In the early morning of December 6, 2017, The first node spline beam was set on two isolators at the northwest corner of the pit. Notice the size of this 100,000-pound beam compared to the ironworker touching the beam.

By early afternoon of December 6, 2017, additional spline beams had been set in place.

Like a giant waffle, the spline beam nodes rest on the isolators in the northwest corner of section 1. December 19, 2017.

The process of laying out (scattering) the corrugated decking has begun. January 18, 2018.

Column No. 1 (a span of three-stories) was placed on January 25, 2018. As the columns are set in place, spline beams continue to be set and the decking is cut to size and scattered over the girders.

January 29, 2018, The center row of columns in section 1.

Two rows of columns in section 1 as of February 2, 2018.

Columns in section 1 are set parallel to the north foundation wall. Headers and corrugated decking span most of “A” level. The decking has been scattered to the south wall in section 3. By February 19, 2018, four floors are visible–“B” level (basement), level “A,” ground level, and the 2nd level–in this photo.

Wall to wall, section 1 to the north (right), section 3 to the south (left), paralleling the length of the west wall. February 23, 2018.

More columns set in section 3 at the southeast wall as the steel structure moves east. February 26, 2018.

During the last month, the steel frame moved closer to the east wall resulting in my having to move up the hill above the yard to take a full frame photo of the progress made. March 26, 2018.

Because the frame has moved closer to the east wall, it is now impossible to take a photo that includes the mat floor along with the whole complex. This photo was taken from the southeast cap slab, which illustrates how close the section three (3) steel is to the east wall.