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360º Images and Videos — Interior and Exterior Views

On Friday, April 19, 2019, I took my trusty 360Fly camera to the site to record a few segments of the construction. I began on the roof (17th floor) of the Adult Hospital tower where I worked my way around the Central Core/Elevator tower.

On the 17th floor (under the mechanical room roof) of the Central Core facing west looking out over the southwest wing of the Adult Hospital tower, helipad, which had been poured earlier in the morning.

Facing west looking out over the west wing and the helipad.

A 360 Video of My Walkabout on the 17th and 16th floors of the Adult Hospital tower, which is under construction.

Making my way down the stairs to the 16th floor.

They were complaining that they had made a mess because of the wind. I taxied along the terrace/balcony and hung the camera over the safety cable to catch the view of the campus below and the valley floor in the distance.

The view of the campus from the 16th floor Terrace/Balcony.

From the 16th floor I walked down to the 15th floor where I caught the aerial elevator to the 4th floor where the MONSTERS (so I dubbed) live. The MONSTERS are the very large HVAC air handler (Heating, Ventilation and, Air Conditioning) Units (some 140 individual units) are mounted on elevated reinforced concrete pads.

A view of some of the HVAC air handlers and ducting, which fill the 4th floor.

After filming weaving my way around the MONSTERS, I took the southeast stairs to the 3rd floor where all things surgical including the surgical suites (operating rooms) will be located.

The flight of stairs that I took from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor.

Still in the framing stage (some drywall is going up) the corridors and rooms are well defined. My main purpose on the 3rd floor was to walk the two longest and straightest corridors in the whole structure. The first corridor (controlled and staff access) runs, east to west. In total, the length is approximately 150 yards bisecting the podium (floors B, A, 1, 2, 3, and 4 make up the podium or the base for the two towers). As I walked west, operating rooms (general and specialty) were to my left, and to my right were rooms for offices, specialty procedures, pre-op holding, recovery, supplies, lockers (male and female), pharmacy med prep., and other surgical service rooms.

Beginning my sojourn down the long 3rd floor corridor bisecting the podium. The little spect of light in the center of the hallway is the other end of the corridor.

The light at the end of the corridor is getting brighter as I approach the halfway point. To the right is the corridor for the children’s public elevators. Just to the left of the elevator corridor is the doorway to the stair case.

At the west end of the long corridor, I reached the location where the 3rd floor pedestrian bridge will be connected to the existing hospital structure.

At the end of the corridor where the pedestrian bridge will connect to the existing hospital, I took a left (south) where at the end of the corridor, I will take the long hall on the south side of the building where I will turn left and make my way down the long hall.

On my return trek, I took a hallway on the south side of the podium which also runs the length of the podium. On one side (going east) are windows that face Barton Road, while on the other side will be operating rooms, and rooms related to surgery.

From the 3rd floor, I made my way down the stairs to the 2nd floor. The south half of the floor, running east to west, will be the Emergency Department, which is at grade with Barton Road. Because of the slope in the topography, the north half of the podium is one story above grade making that side of the structure the second floor. The west side of the Emergency Department is designated for Pediatrics, while the east side is designated for Adults. The north half of the floor will include but is not limited to radiological/imaging: ultrasound, MRI, CT; diagnostic imaging: general x-ray, fluoroscopy imaging; nuclear medicine, and mammography imaging.

After videoing some areas of the the 2nd floor, I made my way down the southwest stairs to the ground floor. The north side is at grade where the main entrance/galleria to the hospitals will be located. The south side of the ground floor is actually one story below ground due to the slope in grade.

An artist rendering of the Adult Hospital tower as viewed from the north. Note the main entrance and galleria which fronts the tower.

Inside the main entrance there will be an adult lobby and a children’s lobby; a gift shop; adult public elevators, and children’s public elevators. An outpatient clinic is also slated for the ground floor. Also, the floor will include office space, admitting and registration, information, restrooms, and staff lounges.

Dennis E. Park, MA

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 🔨

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