Campus History, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Weekly Construction Blog

The Week of April 09, 2018 — The Disappearing Pit and a Little More of This N That

This is a week where it appears the mat floor, yes, the concrete floor that we have traversed north and south, east and west, these...

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Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Down in the Pit, Helicopters, Weekly Construction Blog

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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Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Down in the Pit, Inside the Building, Weekly Construction Blog

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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Construction Update Vision 2020

Put on Your Hiking Boots: A Casual Walkabout Around the Construction Site as Captured by a GoPro Hero5 Black

During the walkabout around the construction site, I stopped at the west end, between the current medical center and the new hospital, to capture the...

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Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Down in the Pit, Weekly Construction Blog

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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Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Featured Image, Weekly Construction Blog

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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Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, Down in the Pit, Featured Image, Weekly Construction Blog

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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Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Down in the Pit, Featured Image, Weekly Construction Blog

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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Construction Site, Construction Techniques, Construction Update Vision 2020, Current Updates, Down in the Pit, Weekly Construction Blog

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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Completed Post, People, Vignettes

Vignette — Edward (Eddie), An Ironworker and a Plumb Up Foreman

Meet Eddie, a Shuff Steel Ironworker and Plumb Up Foreman. A vignette of a man who has a reason to be excited about this project....

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