The Week of August 19, 2018 — The East Elevation is a Changin’

By mid morning on Monday, one could definitely see a tower rising on the north side of the podium. As I often do on my way to the site, I snapped a photo from the entrance to the Carrol S. Small Alumni Center Building parking lot.

On Sunday, the north crane’s boom was up and hoisting girders and infills for the eighth floor bays on the far north side.

The south elevation as photographed by a webcam on top of the Faculty Medical Office Building.

The northeast elevation as photographed by the webcam on the hill.

The view of the northeast elevation as seen from Prospect Avenue. This is view that faculty, staff, students, and patients see as they walk west toward the Medical Center and other campus facilities.

I quickly made my way down to level “A” to see what changes had been made since Friday afternoon. Near the center of the building a brick mason was busy laying block wall for a room that must have a three-hour fire resistance-rating.

Having finished my rounds taking photos, I crossed the street at Prospect Avenue and Anderson Street and was making my way south on the east side of Anderson Street. As I stopped one last time to take in the wonder of the massive steel that was rising above the north side of the podium, I noticed two figures on the eighth floor girder. They were stringing safety cable along the east face of the structure. The two iron workers (Art at the left waiving, and Brian) standing on the girder must have notice me on the sidewalk for they waived.  Brian on the right put his arm down just as I pressed the shutter.

At Sunset: Webcam number 4 east elevation view from the roof of the Carrol S. Small Alumni Center building.

In the morning of August 22, 2018, I drove into Montecito Cemetery to see if it was possible to see the cranes booms from that vantage point: I was able to as illustrated (center right) in the above photo.

The Steel Skeleton

Updated Northeast Elevation as of August 22, 2018

An Artist Rendering of the Completed Hospitals

Modified Rendering of the Steel Structure as it Appears on August 22, 2018.

The Steel Skeleton as it Appeared late morning on August 22, 2018

Upon arriving at the site, I noticed Jason and Kenny seemingly hanging on a column at the seventh floor maneuvering a girder into place on the north side.

The Touch of the Teacher’s Hand

Down in the basement, around 11:40 AM, I ran into the pipe fitters who had been hard at work since five in the morning. After greeting the genial group, Patrick, one of the pipe fitters, introduced me to Tony, his apprentice teacher and suggested I take his photo. Tony agreed to let me photograph him as he tacked (temporarily welded) a clamp onto a pipe. The first four photos below depicts Tony tacking the clamp to the pipe. Out of range of the camera were three of his former students watching and taking cellphone photos of his every move. The final photo of his section is one of Tony and the former students who were all too pleased to be photographed with him. To a man, they credited Tony for the skill they learned and the jobs they hold today.

Tony the teacher makes contact.

A blue arch and a few sparks.

Like a fourth of July sparkler, the welding rod spewed out sparks as thin bluish tendrils of smoke waft through the air.

A closeup of the seemingly psychedelic tendrils of smoke.

Class Reunion

Tony (second from the right) and his former students: Issac (far left), T.J. (second from the left), Tony, and Patrick (far right). Tony’s former students give him high praise for his teaching skills.