The Week of January 21, 2018 — MLK Holiday, Wind, Windows, and HVAC Air Handlers
The week began with the Martin Luther King Holiday celebrated on Monday, January 21, 2019. For the most part, the campus was closed. However, the construction site was operating full throttle to make up for the rain days, which had slowed progress the previous week. On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the cranes were unable to operate due to high winds.
May MLK’s Dream Endure, and May We Never Forget!! January 21, 2019
Windows
On the east side of the podium colored glass now covers the width of the Children’s Hospital tower. By covering floors three (3) and four (4), the Children’s Hospital will appear to be two stories taller as illustrated it the next image. The artist rendering of the hospital towers. The position of the colored glass (inset) causes the Children’s Hospital tower to appear as if it is a section of the podium, whereas the Adult tower appears to rise out of the podium, Beginning with the northeast corner on the fifth floor (just above the podium), the curtain wall windows are being installed on the Adult Tower. The north side windows lock into the east elevation windows. Just north of the crane there are rows of pallets stacked high with widows wrapped in plastic to keep out the elements.
Down in the yard a glass panel is being transported to the staging area where it will be picked up by the crane. A glass panel lies in the yard reflecting the Adult Tower and a portion of the crane.The glass laborers prepare the panel to be lifted by the crane. Once the cranes cable is attached, the panel will be lifted into position.
This video illustrates how a window panel is hoisted to the north side of the Adult Hospital tower.From the vantage point on the roof of the podium: As the third panel is being prepared for the lift, the second glass panel is being anchored to the steel frame on the fifth floor. The reflection off of these two panels illustrates the vast reflective power the glass tower will produce once completed. The third glass panel is being maneuvered into place.The glass panels of northeast corner are clearly visible from this angle.The second floor pop out, which is located on the northwest side of the podium. The white tarp hangs over the area where the pedestrian bridge will come off of the second floor and connect to a soon to be constructed tower next to the Schuman Pavilion. Approximate location (not to scale) of the elevator tower to which the pedestrian bridge will connect.
HVAC Air Handlers
The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is essential to for indoor environment comfort. For large structures it takes large HVAC Handlers to evenly distribute the air for comfort and air quality. This is especially true in a hospital environment. The fourth floor of the podium is the dedicated mechanical room for the HVAC Handlers, which will serve both the Children’s and Adult Hospital towers. On January 14, 2019, a new crane was brought in and assembled for the specific purpose of hoisting 117 HVAC Handlers up and over the Children’s Hospital tower and lowering them through a large opening in the podium’s roof where they will be position, by size, weight, and capacity on reinforced pads on the fourth floor. For approximately ten days, the crane will off load 117 of these HVAC Systems and carefully lift them up and over the tower. Depending on the size and capacity of these units, they weigh approximately 7,500 to 12,000 pounds each.
The feature photo depicts a unit being lowered between the two towers, which is a very tedious process as you will see in this post
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 🔨
