The Week of December 10, 2018 — A Momentous Milestone
As of this week it has been a little over a year in the making: On December 6, 2017, the first double node spline beam was lowered into place (and set on two base isolators in the northwest section of the pit) by the Liebherr LR 1750 lattice boom crane. One year and five days later the ceremonial topping-off ceremony was was witnessed on parking structure P4 as the signature beam was lowered into place on the 16th floor of the Adult Hospital tower. For more information on the topping-of ceremony click on the following posts:
We will begin this blog by taking a look at where the project was on December 6, 2018, and where it stands on December 11, 2018.
On December 6, 2017, the first double node spline beam was lowered into place. Compare its size to the ironworkers who are standing next to the beam. The beam rests on two base isolators, thus the name: double sided spline beam. On December 11, 2018, two ironworkers, Shayne (left) and Kenny (right) maneuver the ceremonial topping-off signature beam into place.
Thus the above event changing images will bookend the following photos of this momentous week.We begin the week with this delightful image of the east elevation.
We can tell from looking at this south elevation of the roof of the Children’s Hospital and the top floors of the Adult Hospital tower that a number of projects are taking place: A snorkel pump rising above the southwest corner of the Children’s Hospital tower (1) is pumping concrete on the corrugated reinforced metal decking on the roof. Covering the roof with concrete is an all day event. Number (2) is an image of the first of many wind screen frames that will surround the top of the Adult Hospital tower. Welders will be working to secure the galvanized frame to the steel structure. Two iron workers (3) wait for the galvanized beams (4) being lowered over the helipad. By the end of the day, the structural steel forming the helipad will be completed. Under (5), the helipad ramp is in its beginning stages of being framed. A 30-foot ceremonial signature beam will be hung on the south side of the frame on December 11, 2018.
The Following Photos correspond with the numbered image above.
Number 1: Later in the day, I took the lift to the roof of the children’s Hospital to check out the concrete work. A malfunctioning 360 camera lens focuses in on the recently finished Children’s Hospital roof. The Elevator tower and Adult Hospital tower are in the background.Numbers 2, 3, and 5: To the left an ironworker and welder is working on the wind screen to the left. The galvanized steel now surrounds the helipad, and to the right an ironworker sits on a beam as he bolts an infill beam to the frame.Number 6: Old glory has been unfurled along with the Schuff Steel banner. Both of which hang from safety cablesThe backside of Old Glory as viewed from the 16th floor of the Adult Hospital tower.
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 🔨
