Campus History

Campus History

The Week of September 10, 2018 — Farewell to the North Crawler Crane (AKA “Big Mac”)

After 285 days (November 29, 2017 to September 10,2018) on site, the day finally arrived when the Liebherr LR1750 crawler crane, affectionately known as “Mac,”...

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The Week of September 3, 2018 — After a Well Deserved Labor Day Weekend, The Work Goes On

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The Evolution of the Loma Linda University Campus Transformation Project — 2015 to 2018

As we close the curtains on August 2018, it is time to wander back in time to reflect on changes made to the construction site...

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The Week of August 27, 2018 — A Milestone: The Week of Two Major Firsts

The week of August 27, 2018, will go down as the week of two major  firsts: (1) The last of the Children’s Hospital columns were...

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A “No Apologies Needed” Room — Family Ties

To the east and across the narrow chasm separating the existing Children’s Hospital and the steel structure of the new hospital there is a third...

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Anderson and Mound Streets and Hill Drive Too — The Tale of Two Photos

Imagine John Burden walking south down this dirt road around 1905 as he surveyed the property he had just purchased. The sanatarium, from whence he...

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Up the Lift and Down the Stairs — A Brief Look at All of the Floors

During the week of August 13, the south crane will not be working and the north crane will be setting  single story box columns around...

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From Out of the Pit — The Steel Phoenix Rises

On Friday, August 10, 2018, I made my way up to parking structure P4 to take photos of the steel structure.

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The Link Between The New Hospitals, A Pipe Fitter, and a Peds OR Nurse a LLU School of Nursing Graduate

Last week, I wandered over to a lift on the north side of level “A,” to ask a question of the person who had his...

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The Week of August 13, 2018 — The Week to Clean Up Some Lose Ends

From what I learned this morning, The north crane will begin lifting columns this Thursday, August 16, and the south crane will begin hoisting columns...

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