Every major project must have at least one (1) major event. The Loma Linda University Campus Transformation Project is no exception. As the book on 2018, comes to a close, would like to submit my eight (8) memorable events of the year.
Prior to viewing the most memorable construction events during 2018, we must review where 2017 ended. The above image taken from sub-grade (the foundation or foundation level) provides a unique optical illusion: The existing Children’s Hospital and Medical Center appear to be resting on the massive structural beams, which when completed will support the new hospital towers. Back on grade, I was able to get the same optical illusion with the columns that are lined up in the yard. These 2017 year ending photographs will then serve as the starting point for 2018.
2018 Most Memorable Events
That pushed the Building Project Toward Completion.
January 25, 2018
Going vertical: the first column to be set. January 26, 2018
The first Beams were hung.May 15, 2018
At last, the concrete foundation floor is no longer visible: It is now covered with the corrugated sheet metal of level “A.” May 24, 2018
The steel rises out of the pit: The pit is but a memory.August 7 – 8, 2018
The keeper plates were removed from the isolators allowing the building to set (float) freely on the base isolators. September 7, 2018
The first GFRC (prefab curtain wall) panel was installed on the podium’s north side.December 11, 2018
Setting the Signature Beam during the Topping-off Ceremony.December 28, 2018
The Children’s and Adult Hospital towers have reached their maximum height. Ninety-five percent of the podium levels have been covered with GFRC panels.
December 31, 2018
The building at sunset on New Year’s Eve which, if predictions are correct, will be a very chilly and windy night in Loma Linda and surrounding areas.
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 🔨
How is the addition to the power plant and the new elevator tower and walk way to the schuman pavillion going.
It is moving-slowly. Having to get the asbestos cleaned out of the buildings before demolition.