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The Week of April 2, 2018 — Section Three and a Potpourri of This N That For the Week

On April 2, I was told that a significant portion of the ground floor (level one) had been turned over to McCarthy, which meant that...

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The Week of March 25, 2018 — Into the heart of Level “A”: My First Entry Into the Building Proper Above the Concrete Mat

Section Three: All Nodes and Spline Beams Scheduled to be Set Today, I was told that a section of level “A” had been released by...

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The Week of March 18, 2018 — With the Threat of Rain in the Forecast, Structural Steel Installation Continues

With the week beginning on Sunday, March 18, 2018, A pano view of the construction site and the Loma Linda University campus as viewed from...

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The Week of March 12, 2018 — The Vanishing Pit

The work week began on Sunday, March 11, 2018, not at the usual 6:00 AM starting time, but at 6:30 AM. The construction crew was...

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The Measure of a Hospital: A Construction Timeline of the LLU Campus Hospitals

The purpose of this photo blog is to measure the construction of the new hospitals from the time the first support beam was installed to...

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The Week of March 4, 2018 — Anchoring the Steel Support (Spline) Beams to the Isolators in Section 2, Welding and Decking.

With the start of this week, the steel skeleton in section one (1) reached the third floor. Section three (3) will reach the third floor by midweek....

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The Week of February 26, 2018 — Wall to Wall Columns Moving East

As the new week begins, The ironworkers are     Left: A SFPH2 –3 Pre-Heat and Post-Heat Torch in its post-heat treatment mode. Note how...

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The Week of February 19, 2018 — Columns, Welding, and Decking

Sections 1 and 3 Continued All of the columns in section 1, with the exception of two columns on the northwest corner, have been placed....

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The Week of February 11, 2018 — The Welders Torch

With the steel comes the welders, the helmeted goggle-wearing wielders of the stick from which the eye-blinding electric-blue and white arc emanates.  Two welders with...

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The Week of February 5, 2018 — The Changing Face of the Existing Hospitals

After a full week of going vertical (excluding one down day for boom repair) with the columns, the skeleton frame is beginning to change the face...

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