The Week of May 13, 2019 — Windows, Gravel, Caissons, a Scaffold, Restrooms, and an Elevator Pit
This week we pretty much begin where we left off last week: just more of the same — a little of this and more of that. Who knows where we will end the week. As I arrived on site today, May 14, 2019, the crane was lowering a pallet of windows on to the roof of the podium east of the elevator tower. After sundown, the window installers will use the area as the staging area where the individual sections of glass will be lifted into place.
By 10 AM work was well underway on the west side of the podium in the corridor between the existing Medical Center and the new structure. A telescopic crane (lower right) was being used to lower the 60-foot caissons into the predrilled holes.
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 🔨
is the a level tunnel already there and the are just putting in foundation for the overhead walk ways?
Dennis E. Park, MA
They are in the process of building the tunnel. Please refer to my posts on the tunnel trench, which illustrates the extensive preparation that must go into shoring the pipes before excavation can continue. The are pilaster footings that have been poured that will support the pedestrian bridges. They will begin on the bridges after the tunnel has been completed.
is the a level tunnel already there and the are just putting in foundation for the overhead walk ways?
They are in the process of building the tunnel. Please refer to my posts on the tunnel trench, which illustrates the extensive preparation that must go into shoring the pipes before excavation can continue. The are pilaster footings that have been poured that will support the pedestrian bridges. They will begin on the bridges after the tunnel has been completed.