The Week of July 22, 2019 — Four Pits, a Tunnel, and to Wet Your Appetite an Update on the Kitchens Too
The featured image for this post is of the north elevation of the Adult Hospital tower as viewed from Taylor Court. Upon completion of the project, the main entrance to the hospital will be widened and will loop around behind the flag poles and in front of where the white tarps are hanging. This area is known as the galleria and main entrance canopy.
Upon arriving at the site today (Monday, July 22, 2019), I was informed that Wednesday of this week, work would commence on a new pit near the southwest end of the building. This pit will hold a large “fire water” reserve tank, which can be used during a fire in the building.
Work continues to progress on the southeast pit, which holds four domestic water tanks to be used in an emergency. Gravel now covers the tanks and the gravel is being covered with black insulation.
In the bottom of the elevator pit, rod busters are positioning and securing the rebar in preparation for concrete to be poured on Friday of this week.
The big machines were working at the Taylor Street emergency generator site. On the west side of the site, an excavator was digging a trench for sewer pipes. A representative from the gas company was on hand in case there was an emergency.
Down in the deep trench on the west side of the building, I found a number of rod busters hard at work. They were scrambling to finish securing wire mesh to the remaining exposed dirt sides of the trench before the concrete truck arrived at noon.
In the meantime, while the big machines continued their mechanical drumbeat down at grade, men from Tower Glass perched high on a hanging platform were sealing windows some fourteen floors above.
Wow! What a Difference a Year Makes!
A Testament to What Men and Machines can Accomplish!
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 🔨