The Week of May 6, 2019: A Little of This and That — From Grade to the Top; From the Exterior to the Interior
The featured image for this week is a photo of the long east-west corridor that bisects the first floor. Some of the allocated space to the left (north) of the corridor include the gift shop, adult and children’s elevators, patient elevators, the adult lobby, the children’s lobby, admission, check-in, servery (food counters), dining area, telephone switch room, security control center, and a fire command center.
North of the adult and children’s lobbies will be the yet to be constructed Galleria & Main Entrance canopy, which will include a chapel, adult waiting area, a vestibule, reception, and a children’s waiting area.
To the right (south) of the corridor will be an outpatient clinic, EKG/Ultrasound exam rooms, inpatient clinic, EKG/Ultrasound exam rooms, a pediatrics elevator lobby, space for yet-to-be-determined services, and a large plumbing and equipment room, which includes 12 large soft water tanks.
At Grade
In the corridor between the existing hospitals (left), and the new hospital complex Drill Tec has set up equipment to drill 80-foot caisson holes for reinforced concrete columns, which will support the two-story pedestrian bridge that will connect the two hospital structures.
A closeup of the area.Prefabricated rebar caissons, 60-feet in length, which will be lowered into the predrilled holes.Between the pedestrian bridge caissons, a tunnel will be constructed out of reinforced concrete,. The tunnel will connect, at “A” level, the existing hospital to the new structure. This exploratory hole was dug to expose the horizontal tension rods, which currently serve as anchors behind the tunnel entrance. The tension on the rods will be released before the cover is removed and excavation begins.On the other side of the foundation wall is the boarded-up tunnel access. Note the two tension rods that are in the upper center of the image.In this June 27, 2017, image, the pit side of the tunnel access is clearly visible on the west foundation wall.
The Top
The 17th floor (roof) of the Adult Hospital tower. Looking east on a cloudy day.
Some Images of the Exterior
When the artist rendering becomes a reality.A life flight helicopter is on approach to the south helipad above the existing Children’s Hospital.
Some Images From the Interior
The dining area.A view of the servery area (food counters) from the entrance.A few of the 12 soft water tanks that have been installed.
The Pad for the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge
Seventeen stories below on the east end of the Schuman Pavilion, excavation continues on the elevator pad for the Schuman Pavilion pedestrian bridge.The Schuman Pavilion pedestrian bridge elevator pit as viewed from grade.The east view of the Schuman Pavilion pedestrian bridge elevator pit.
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 🔨
