Author: raygr

For the new clinic, this week Fortis will be working on the slab edge forming and the slab rebar installation in preparation of an early morning concrete slab on grade pour starting at 4 am Friday the 19th.

In the parking lot, they will be clearing out the island to make room for additional clinic parking.

On the other side of Magruder, the lecture hall will have the electrical and plumbing roughed in.  Also, they will be excavating for the footing for the LINAC addition.

to check out updated photos and the 4 week outlook schedule click the photos tab at the top of the page.

The first floor of Magruder Hall and the North Small Animal Hospital Wing sewer line will be shut on from 5:00 am to 8:00 am Friday, October 12th.  Restrooms and sinks in these areas will be CLOSED for the duration of the tie in of the new sewer line to the existing line.

Fortis will be working hard to get this done as quick as possible, thank you for patience.

On Monday 10/8 the Fortis crew will begin the concrete pour for the footings at the new lecture hall.

Over at the clinic location, work will continue for underground mechanical, electrical and plumbing (i.e. MEP) installation. The clinic will also be having backfill and slab on grade prep, slabs are of concrete and can be reinforced. Slabs can be thicken, typically on the underside to support interior load-bearing members.

Excavation for the LINAC addition will also take place this week.

For the first week of October Fortis will be working on installing under the slab electrical conduits and a new sanitary sewer line.

Continuing on the clinic side of the expansion, they will be finishing forming the footings and back filing around them.

Work will start to heat up on the new lecture hall, as they start the forming for the footings, laying out the bolt template and installing rebar.

Also this week they will be surveying LINAC.

To keep up to date will the schedule for the new lecture hall and clinic, check out the new “Schedule” tab. This will show you what Fortis has planned for the next four weeks.

For a full look at the four week schedule, please see 4weekschedule

As work continues this week at the Magruder Hall Expansion, the main focus will remain on the clinic side of the expansion.

Fortis is putting the foot down on the footings for the clinic. This week they will be digging the footings for the new clinic, as well as, making grade adjustments and compacting. Dump trucks will remain onsite this week for removing the spoils from the excavation of the footings.

On Wednesday 9/12 the main door entrance will be CLOSED for the day, as they dig for a footing. Please find an alternative route for the day, a campus notification was sent out 9/11 to the OSU community.

The later half of the week, forming and placing rebar for the footings will take place as they prep for the concrete pour.

In addition to the footing work, the lay down yard, as noted on the site plans, will see activity including forklift use and traffic and connecting power for the temporary trailers out of the arena electrical room. We ask for your continued patience as Fortis continues to build our wonderful new clinic and lecture hall.

After Fortis took the well-earned 3-day weekend for Labor Day, their crews continue working diligently on the construction of the new clinic and lecture hall.

This week’s activities will be a continuation from last week. Please refer to the previous post for a description of current site work.

We will keep you updated as construction progresses!

Excavation will continue for slabs and footings for the new clinic. Please be aware of dump truck entering in and out of the hospital parking lot, as they will be hauling out soil.

With this in mind, if you find yourself in the hospital parking lot while there are dump trucks coming and going and notice them starting to move, please make eye contact with the driver. This helps make them aware of your movements and the potential impact to their required maneuvers. Most of all, this helps keeps everyone on the job site and in the area safe.

There will also be digging this week to begin rerouting the current irrigation main waterline to accommodate for the new lecture hall and clinic. At this time, you might also notice a small amount of ground piping work that will be taking place this week.

Expect a little bit of noise this week, a portion of asphalt will be removed from where the future clinic will stand.

For 8/13-8/17

As site prep continues for the new clinic and lecture hall, this week you will notice a little more light shining into the current Magruder Hall. Trees at both site locations have been removed, this week the stumps and logs will be removed and work will begin to clear bushing and land.

Please be aware when using the hospital parking, there will be removal of a concrete sidewalk and the start of excavation for footings and slabs for the clinic.

Throughout the week, we may also notice a bucket truck working on site, this is to install temporary power to the construction trailer.

There will also be some civil work started, as pot holing for sewer lines will also begin this week.