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Steel, Sunsets, and Serenity

Sunset: When the Day Quietly Passes Into the Night [print-me] I love the end of October and the month of November for it seems that...

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Behind the Scene, Blog, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, How do They do That?

How do They do That? Hoist a 26k Pound Electrical Transformer From ‘B’ Level to ‘A’ Level

  A couple of weeks ago, I began my rounds along the frontage road on the south side of the Children’s Hospital tower inside of...

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Blog, Campus History

Prospect Avenue: Once a Dirt Road, Now a Major Corridor Between Two Medical Centers

The Intersection of Benton Street and Prospect Avenue That was Then: Circa 1900 … Captain Lewis Smith Davis (standing, right) and family (in the carriage,...

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Blog, Campus History, Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, Weekly Construction Blog

The Week of October 1, 2018 — Goodbye ‘Cheese,’ the Crane That Provided Structure to the Children’s Hospital

In the foreground ‘Cheese’ with its boom bowed to the ground has been given the day off.  ‘Big Mac’ seemingly salutes its partner as it...

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Blog, People, Vignettes

Vignette — Jack Kay, McCarthy Assistant Job Superintendent

A Funny and Painful Thing Happened on the Way to the Loma Linda University Campus Transformation Project  Vignette – Jack Kay, McCarthy Assistant Job Superintendent...

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Blog, Construction Site, Current Updates, Up on the Steel, Weekly Construction Blog

The Week of September 24, 2018 (Week 123) — Hanging the Prefab Exterior Curtain Walls

A photo collage of the Loma Linda University Campus Transformation Project: May 22, 2016 – September 26, 2018: On the grand scale of time and...

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Blog, Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020

New Towers of Healing Rise Over the Loma Linda Campus and the Valley Floor

The steel frame that was seemingly forever ensconced within the four corners of the concrete pit imperceptibly crested above the safety fence surrounding the construction...

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Behind the Scene, Blog, How do They do That?

The Anatomy of an Isolator — An Integral Component to the Overall Seismic Protection System

Behind that black inner tube like material is a magical “EPS” system. EPS stands for Earthquake Protection System and is the company that invented the...

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Blog, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020

The Week of August 6, 2018 — The Week the Isolator Keeper Plates Were Removed

Two of the four keeper plates are highlighted on the Isolator in the featured image — When the first of the isolators were set, I noticed...

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360 Degree Photos, Blog, Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, Weekly Construction Blog

The Towers a 360 View — August 3, 2018

A View From a Window: This view of the construction project was taken from one of the seventh floor corridor windows that are located between...

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