The Week of August 24, 2020 — Outside Perimeter Excavation and Site Work, and Interior Buildout and Finish Work
The other day, someone asked if there were signs inside the building that the project was nearing completion. I began the answer by explaining that on many floors, the buildout was completed or nearly completed. Various rooms were looking like the designated rooms they were designed to be. Not entirely satisfied with how I started out answering his question, he interrupted and asked the question another way. “Are they getting the light switches installed and wall plates placed? You know all those little things that signal that the building is nearing completion.” He had moved on from the big stuff: heavy equipment, big iron, large windows, tall buildings, and was ready for some real signs of completion. Well, my friend, the featured image(s) for this blog, illustrates some of the little things that the project is nearing completion. I won’t bother to identify each image. Instead, I’ll let you imagine the significance of each.
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 🔨