On April 8, the top two floors (Floors 14 and 15) on the southwest wing of the adult tower were protected by temporary tarps as were Floors 14 through 16 (the top three floors) on the southeast side. During the next eleven days, beginning with the southwest side, two-story GFRC panels were installed. This post follows the progress as the panels are set. By April 19, 2019, both wings of the south side of the Adult Hospital tower will be covered with GFRC panels. Left to be completed are the top floors of the Elevator tower.
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The South Elevation of the Adult Hospital tower:
By April 15, 2019, GFRC panels covered the majority of the southwest wing of the Adult Hospital tower. At 5:58 AM, the top three floors were open to the elements. The tarps weren’t in site.
By the end of the day (6:41 PM), the temporary tarps were gone and the the west and east wings were covered with GFRC panels save the central core (elevator tower), which was still cloaked with the temporary tarps flapping in the wind.
From the 17th floor of the Central Core /Elevator Tower, I had an excellent view of the upper GFRC panels that had been set on the southeast wing earlier in the day.
By the middle of the afternoon the GFRC panels reached (from grade to the roof), the southern half of the Adult Hospital tower.
The East Elevation of the Adult Hospital Tower:
This east elevation image of the three towers on April 8, 2019, (from left to right: the Children’s Hospital Tower, Central Core or Elevator Tower, and the Adult Hospital Tower). Hanging the curtain walls (glass windows) on the Children’s Hospital tower have been completed. The GFRC panels on the central core tower has to be completed as well as hanging the remaining GFRC panels and curtain walls on the Adult Hospital Tower. At 6:15 AM on April 19, 2019, just as the helipad concrete pour was finished, the hybrid facade of the east elevation began to resonate the luminesce of the early morning light.By the middle of the afternoon the GFRC panels reached (from grade to the roof), the southern half of the Adult Hospital tower.
The Southeast Elevation of the Children’s Hospital and Adult Hospital Towers:
A southeast view of the Hospital towers: The Curtain Wall system of the Children’s Hospital tower, and GFRC Panel system enveloping the south elevation of the Adult Hospital tower. The east and west elevations of the Adult Hospital tower is a combination of two systems, the Curtain Wall and GFRC Panels.
And So, in Eleven Days in April, as the Upper Floors Shed the Temporary Tarps, and the GFRC Panels Enveloped the Steel, the Adult Hospital Tower Bore more of the likeness of the Completed Building as Depicted in the Artist Rendering.
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 🔨
Seems like a lot of the conex boxes that were on the upper pad next to the prototype are gone, Is that correct?
Dennis E. Park, MA
You are correct. Many of the conex boxes were removed after the ironworkers and welders left the job site. Some of the boxes were moved to different locations on the site out of view of the webcams.
Seems like a lot of the conex boxes that were on the upper pad next to the prototype are gone, Is that correct?
You are correct. Many of the conex boxes were removed after the ironworkers and welders left the job site. Some of the boxes were moved to different locations on the site out of view of the webcams.