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
Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, Up on the Steel A Spectacular View From the 12th Floor Decking On October 12, 2018, I took the aerial lift to the 12th floor where the ironworkers were shaking out the steel beams. Recently, I spent... Read More
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... Read More
Blog, Construction Site, Current Updates, Up on the Steel The Aerial Lift aka Man Lift, or Buck Lift — A View From Within the Car On any given day, while I’m on site, I may ride the aerial lift two or three times. Sometimes Gordon. the operator of the car,... Read More
Blog, Construction Site, Up on the Steel, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of July 30, 2018–The First Column for the Children’s Hospital Was Set The First Column for the Kids On or about 10:23 AM, on July 30,2018, the first column for the Children’s Hospital tower was lifted off... Read More
Blog, Construction Site, Up on the Steel The Cowboys in the Sky: A Study in Agility, Balance, Endurance, and Strength I love to watch the ironworkers–cowboys in the sky– those men with nerves of steel (no pun intended) who walk the beams and girders like... Read More