The Week of May 25, 2020 — The Week Begins With the Memorial Day Holiday, A Flyover, a Short, Hot, and Busy Work Week While the Pandemic Continues.
The highlight of Memorial Day on the Loma Linda University Health campus was the flyover of. vintage planes, which took place a little after twelve noon on Monday, May 25, 2020. The feature image for this week’s blog is of four planes flying in formation over the east valley as they approached the campus. For other images of the flyover visit the following link: https://docuvision2020.com/index.php/2020/05/24/memorial-day-2020/
A Covid-19 Update — Week Eleven
The nation is approaching 100,000 deaths caused by Covid-19. California is closing in on 3,800 deaths. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced today (Tuesday, May 26, 2020), 47 of 58 Counties have completed the process of moving to Phase 3 of the 4 stage stay-at-home order. Effective immediately some businesses (with the exception of 11 counties) are allowed to open under specific guidelines. Hopefully, when California Counties meet the phase 4 guidelines, the Governor will rescind the stay-at-home order.
The West Connecting Bridge — Update On Cutting Into the Existing Children’s Hospital Tower
The make ready work after cutting an opening into the north side of the third floor elevator tower of the existing Children’s Hospital is being ready for the next phase–The construction of a lobby. The connecting bridge will be tied to the lobby, which will open into the elevator tower. Steel has been brought in and laid out in the west corridor. A crane will be brought in to hoist the steel up to the third floor where the columns and beams will be set in place. In recent days, all the trenching, soil compaction, and the rough grading had to be completed in order to bring in the crane.
The black arrow in the upper right is the area where the connecting lobby will be constructed.The white arrow (lower left) points to the area where the connecting lobby will be constructed.By 8:30 AM on May 27, 2020, the crane was in place just north of the connecting bridge and had lifted a few pieces of iron to the roof. Closeup of the work area from grade. At this point I was anxious to get up on the roof and scope out the action. Down at grade an ironworker grinds away on one of the steel columns.From the center of the third floor connecting bridge, this is the view of the opening onto the Children’s Hospital roof where the connecting lobby is being constructed To the left where the column is being set is the opening where the door frame will be installed.Vertically at the left is additional bracing. In the background an ironworker on the ladder removes the cable.On hands and knees, two of the crew look at the beam on which a column will be welded. This is the exposed beam on which a column will be welded.On Thursday, May 28, 2020, most of the steel frame had been installed. One of the ironworkers was up on a ladder chipping away at the facade to expose the steel to anchor a corner column.A nice look at the steel frame as viewed from the connecting bridge.Anchor point for the north column along the north-south facade beam of the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital.The south column anchor point along the north-south facade beam of the existing Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital.
The East Parking Lot Retaining Wall – Update
Forming on three of the north sections have reached their designated height. The first section is approximately six feet in height, the second section seven feet, and the third section eight feet. The fourth section will be approximately nine feet, with the last section topping out at about ten feet.A southeast view of the east parking lot retaining wall.
Sheer Pins and Bushings
It is anticipated that I will make my way down to the basement (level “B”) where the Isolators and dampers reside to capture the installation of sheer pins and bushings at the corners of the base isolators.
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 🔨
what are sheer pins and bushings?