The Week of July 23, 2018 — Despite the Heat; Steel Continues to be Hung on the Adult Tower

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Severe Heat Warning

In Southern California—Including Loma Linda— the week is slated to be Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot so much so that grid operators are telling residents and businesses to ease up on power usage: suggesting that lights be turned off and/or dimmed, to avoid washer an dryer usage, and to refrain from cranking up the air conditioner.

In this view, we can see that the ironworkers have begun setting the columns on the northwest side of the adult tower.  Each tower is two bays wide with the northwest section a whole bay step in. The northeast section has an approximately one-third of a bay step in.

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Passing between the folded booms of the south crane, a DC-10 fire tanker heads east toward the San Jacinto Mountains where the Cranston fire is raging near Idyllwild and Lake Hemet.

Metal Studs—The Making of Rooms On Level “A”

To place this section into context, we must revisit the above photograph that was posted on July 7, which showed the very first room of the whole project being framed with metal studs on levelk “A” near the northwest area of the building. For a related post click on the following link:  http://revised.docuvision2020.com/index.php/2018/07/05/on-july-5-2018-another-important-milestone-was-achieved/

This small low-voltage equipment room in the center was the first room to be framed with the metal studs. At the time this photo was taken electrical conduit had been run through the metal studs to the gang boxes for the electrical switches and outlets. Also a fire sprinkler had been installed. metal strips had also had been installed on which low voltage equipment will be hung.

Just to the right of the 12-volt electrical room shown in the the previous photo there is a a long corridor with no doors. However, there is a hallway right behind the small low-voltage room, which can be partially seen in the above photo. The room to the right is one of the main electrical equipment rooms, which has now been taken over by the electrical crew. I do not know what service will utilize the large room to the left. Access to the room will be from a corridor left on the opposite side of the room.

What do they do with the massive columns when one is in line with a wall? In this case, the metal studs are framed right up to the MONNOKOTED columns. Because the other side of the studded wall is the main electrical equipment room the column may not be framed in all the way around.

Inside the room that was shown to the left of the corridor in the foregoing photo.

This corridor runs parallel to room two (2) in the following photograph. Two of the rooms on the left of the corridor appear to have steel frames stubbed out for glass.

In this photo we see four rooms. The first three, we have discussed in this blog: Room number one (1) is the northwest sides of the first room that was framed, Number two (2) is the aforementioned room just west and across the hallway from room (1). Between rooms one (1) and four (4) is room number three (3), which is the main electrical equipment room. Room number four (4) is also designated as a low-voltage room.

The south side of the two rooms one (1) and four (4) correspond with same numbers depicted in the previous photo. Note that room number four (4) —which sits at the edge of the west moat—is approximately half the size as room number one (1). The room just to the right of the pipe fitter in the foreground is the main electrical equipment room represented by number (3) in the proceeding photograph dated 07.26.18.

Looking into the main electrical equipment room from the double door metal frames.

Random Rooms on “A” Level Which Are in Various Stages of Being Framed

Looking toward the northeast

Just a few steps north from the previous photo and still looking toward the northwest corner. To the right exterior drywall is being hung. The opposite side of the dry wall is the moat, which falls to “B” level and the north foundation wall. To the left, looking the opposite direction, is the previously referred to corridor having the metal window frames.

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