The Week of September 16, 2019 — Window Panels, the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge, the Pits, and the Seismic Expansion Joint Covers
The featured image for this post is of a welder working on the top of the south concrete piling cap, which will support the Schuman Pavilion bridge at the connecting corridor pop out on the second story of the podium.
This week will be another productive week at the site. While the buildout continues on all of the floors of both hospitals, there are some interesting and necessary projects being completed or nearing completion. Namely, the vertical install of the leave-out bay on the south side of the Children’s Hospital will be completed, the Fire Water Pit will be filled in and compacted with soil. While progress is being made on the plumbing for the Domestic Water tanks, the pit is being backfilled, in sections, with dirt. The two 20,000 gallon Emergency Sewer tanks should be delivered and installed this week. Forming the retaining wall on the southwest corner of the site is nearing completion. Work continues on the tunnel on the west end of the podium. On the north side of the structure, welding continues on the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge and the elevator tower. A block away at the Emergency Generator site, the pit has been backfilled.
The Installation of the Window Panels on the South Side of the Children’s Hosptial Tower is Complete.
The south side of the Children’s Hospital tower as it appeared before the vertical install of the windows in the break-out area where the aerial lift had been anchored. The lights in the foreground were used during the night to install steel beams around the Emergency Sewer pit in order to shore up the sides so that excavation could continue down to the sub-grade level of 24-feet.As the week of September 16, 2015, began, three vertical floors (floors five (5) to eight (8)), had been covered with glass panels the previous week. On Monday (September 16), the window installers had a down day to allow for heavy equipment to operate around the yard. On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, the window installers were back at work. This image shows the crane lifting the third vertical panel up to the next level (note the panel hanging from the boom).By the end of the workday, the gap in the break-out area had been sealed off with the window panels.
The Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge — Update
The ironworkers installed safety cables on top of the steel frame (as required by OSHA regulations) so that the metalworkers could clamp their safety harnesses while installing the corrugated metal decking. As I was clicking images of the north yard, the elevator tower, and the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian bridge, I was able to capture an airliner on approach ( center right) to the San Bernardino International Airport. The image above is four images stacked together.Approximately 25-minutes later the helicopter on the north helipad begged me to take some photos of it taking off of the north helipad. Five photos were stacked to achieve this image.By 8:00 AM, metal corrugated decking was being placed on the top of the bridge.The welders, ironworkers, and metal workers were hard at work as they readied the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge for the Sunday morning placement.As I was photographing the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian bridge, I paused long enough to snap this image of a Mercy Air helicopter as it approached the north helipad. Beneath the helicopter is the steel frame of the Schuman Pavilion Elevator tower.After capturing the helicopter, I zoomed in on a welder welding a beam to a column.A welder at work on the northwest column. The welder at the right is adjusting his torch and is not in the line of sight with the welder on the opposite side of the column.On the opposite end of the bridge, a welder is working on a section of the corrugated metal roof.The Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian bridge as viewed from the second-story popout connecting corridor where the bridge will connect to the building.Another view of the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian bridge looking toward the Medical Center, Schuman Pavilion, and the steel frame of the Schuman Pavilion Elevator Tower.The laser-like lines indicate the points where the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian bridge will be anchored.
The Pits
The Domestic Water Pit — Update
As Viewed From the 17th Floor of the Adult Hospital tower: The pit holding the four emergency domestic water tanks is slowly being backfilled with gravel and soil. The pipes to the east (left) are being plastic-wrapped in preparation for being covered.The horizontal manifold on the east side of the emergency domestic water site.Before the pipes are covered with dirt, the cast iron couplings will be wrapped with a non-degradable plastic, which will act as a barrier between the soil and the metal.By the end of the day, the majority of the couplings were wrapped.
The Emergency Sewer Pit/Tanks — Update
Before noon, the emergency sewer pit was ready for the two 20,000-gallon 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 🔨
