The Week of September 16, 2019 — Window Panels, the Schuman Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge, the Pits, and the Seismic Expansion Joint Covers Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Helicopters, Weekly Construction Blog
Blog, Construction Techniques Of Temporary Tarps and Tall Masted Ships — Is There a Resemblance Here? The other day, I paused on the east side of the yard to take a photo of the building. As I snapped the image it... Read More
Behind the Scene, Blog, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Inside the Building, Up on the Steel How do They do That? Lift Huge HVAC Ducting to the Upper Floors. As I have made my rounds on different levels on the podium and both hospital towers, I have wondered how the BULKY HVAC sheetmetal ducting... Read More
Behind the Scene, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, How do They do That? How do They do That? Bend a Three-Inch EMT Galvanized Electrical Conduit On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, while I was wandering around in the basement (‘B’ level), I came upon two pieces of mean looking equipment, which... Read More
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... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of August 19, 2018 — The East Elevation is a Changin’ By mid morning on Monday, one could definitely see a tower rising on the north side of the podium. As I often do on my... Read More
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... Read More
Construction Techniques, Current Updates, Featured Video, How do They do That?, Inside the Building How do they do that? Magnificent, Marvelous, Machines–the Power-Floats, a Video Every time I see the power-floats in action, I am reminded of the bumper cars or hover cars at the county fair. I caught these... Read More
A Lighthearted Blog, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Inside the Building Week 111: The Week of July 9, 2018 — A Mixed Bag of Whatever Around the Site The wall framers must have worked on Sunday, July 8, 2018, for when I returned to “A” level today, there was a long run of... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Down in the Pit The Pit–In Memoriam The Pit–In Memoriam May 22, 2016 — May 20, 2018 Parking Lot Architecture Loma Linda University Medical Center The Way it Was circa 2005... Read More