Making way for the third operating room, as the completion of long term care draws near.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has granted occupancy to our new endoscopy suite.

The new endoscopy suite is ready for inspection.

The new endoscopic suite is ready for inspection, and the long term care addition is ahead of schedule.

Work continues- even through blizzards.    

The new endoscopy suite is less than a month away!

The south service building is beginning to take shape!

The concrete floor on the second story of the south service building was poured this week.

If the mild, dry weather could have held out for another two weeks in November, the south service building would have been enclosed.  Nonetheless, work continues to accomplish that task despite the challenges with the weather.  The concrete floor was poured in the south service building ten days ago and has cured well.  The next step is to install the roof on the building.  Once installed, temporary plastic curtains can enclose the second floor allowing for the final concrete pour for the second floor.  Plans are to complete the roof by the end of the month, with the floor to be completed shortly thereafter.

In the long term care building, significant progress continues to be made with HVAC, electrical, fire sprinkler installations moving along well.  With this building being weather-tight the trades are working diligently.  Rooms are beginning to take shape with drywall installation underway in some areas.

We saw lots of progress on both the long term care (LTC) building and the south service building (SSB).  Today, workers are completing the installation of the LTC roof.  With the installation of windows last week and temporary doors, the building will be virtually weather proof by the end of the week.  Last week Russell Construction provided a "mock-up" of a double room, allowing staff to inspect the location of outlets, television brackets, overbed lights and bathroom fixtures.  Several minor changes were made based upon these observations.

Installation of the metal studs has progressed well, giving a good layout of the future floor plan.  Work will move even faster now with a controlled climate. Installation of plumbing in the SSB is nearly complete beneath the future first floor.  The concrete floor will be poured next week.  The exterior wallboard will be completed next week, allowing for temporary heat for the concrete pour.  The second floor concrete will be poured next week as well.  Plastic visqueen...