The Week of May 27, 2019 — Water Tanks, Tunnel Excavation, the Schuman Pavilion Elevator Tower Pit, and the Backup Generator Site
On Monday, May 27, 2019, the construction site was closed to celebrate Memorial Day. We honor all of those brave men and women who serve and have served. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!!
The featured image is a collage of the four (4) main areas that are being focused on this week. Number 1 shows the pit that is being excavated to support the Schuman Pavilion elevator tower that will link the tower to the second floor of the podium via a pedestrian bridge. Number 2 displays a section of pipes that will be connected to the emergency water tanks. Number 3 is an image of the cleared property on the corner of Tayler Street and Tayler Court. where the backup generator complex will be built. Number 4 is an overlay of two photos: the tunnel excavation site linking the two hospitals and the second image is of the emergency water tanks two which the pipes in section number two will be connected.
This week will be much like last week: We will focus on pipe fitting the water tanks that were installed last week, We will continue to watch the excavation at the Tunnel site, which will link the current hospitals to the new hospitals at level “A.” We will return to the Schuman Pavilion elevator tower pit, and we will wander over to Taylor Street and take a look at the make ready process and see if we can find out when excavation will begin for the pit, which will hold two fuel tanks. Of course, I will include images of anything that may be of interest and informative.
Emergency Water Tanks
Construction Update
Pipes and pallets of fittings were delivered to the yard.Work begins on the tanks. Laborers are required to wear a safety harness if they go above six-feet..The pipes with fittings are being laid out for a pre-hookup pressure test.Sections for shutoff valve extensions are being welded together. When the extensions are completed, they will be transported to where the tanks are located on the southeast side of the podium. Each emergency water tank will have a shutoff valve extension. The completed shutoff valve extensions lie in front of the man hole extensions.Just delivered gate valves and other hardware sitting on a pallet.
Tunnel Excavation
Construction Update
Holes are being dug around and under the pipes in order to support the pipes before excavation of the tunnel site can continue. The excavation process: Including shoring the sides and supporting the pipes will be no easy task. Another view of the excavation site facing the existing Medical Center.A full length view of the excavation site.Another full length view facing the new structure.Support beams are being unloaded from a transport truck. The steel beams will be used to support to the cross beams, on which straps will be hung to support the pipes.An aerial view of the first support beam after having been set on the pilings.By the afternoon both support beams had been set. After four crossbeams are laid across the support beams directly above the pipes, three straps per pipe will be hung from the crossbeams and wrapped around the pipes for support. While photographing the site, I was able to capture this helicopter as it prepared to land on the north helipad.A view of the tunnel excavation site from the second floor.Additional support beams and crossbeams lie in the south yard.
The Schuman Pavilion Elevator Tower Pit
Construction Update
The pit (arrow), from which the elevator tower will rise to connect Schuman Pavilion to the new structure.Even a Rock Dove (Pigeon) finds the second floor quite appealing. Apparently he knew his way around as he led me for quite a distance, before he decided to take a right and go toward the center of the podium.
Backup Generator Site
Construction Update
The backup generator site, which will be surveyed in a few days before excavation begins to house the two fuel tanks.
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 🔨
