April 6, 2012

10 Day Look Ahead: Renewal Project Construction Activities

Welch Road Utility Project

Welch Rd is now a one-lane, one-way road going West from Quarry to Pasteur Drive. This change will be in effect for two years. We thank you for your patience regarding this significant change and ask that you please adjust your driving route accordingly. South Pasteur Drive is now a two-way two-lane road. North Pasteur Drive is closed between Blake Wilbur Drive and Sand Hill Road. 

K-Rail will remain in place on the inboard side of Quarry Rd (between Welch and continuing up to the Quarry Extension near the turn to the Emergency Department) in order to facilitate ongoing utility work. This reduces Quarry to a two lane, two direction road during this time. Access will be maintained to the Emergency Department at all times.

Work will continue to install a new hot water line on Quarry Road. This work will require crossing the 'Y' area of the Quarry Extension. Access to the Emergency Department will be maintained at all times with flagmen and signage.

Work on the chilled water line will continue in the driveway entrance to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital on Welch Rd. Access in and out of the entrance to the hospital will be maintained at all times via flagmen and signage.

Work to install new power line on Quarry Road will continue.

Heavy demolition will continue in the Blake Wilbur lot. This work includes the use of a grinding machine to strip the asphalt. Some noise and vibration impacts will occur during this effort. The demolition work is scheduled to be completed by the end of the week.

Dirt may be off hauled from the site.

Please be cautious of construction trucks entering the road. Access to the Emergency Room will be maintained at all times.

What to expect next weekend (4/14-4/15)
Hours of Construction Activity: 8 am - 5 pm

Utility work may occur on Quarry and Welch Roads, pending weather conditions. Dirt may be off hauled from the site.

New Stanford Hospital Facility (Make-Ready Site)

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Expansion (Make-Ready Site)

August 2011-October 2012

The Packard Children's Hospital expansion site prep (known as the 'Make-Ready' site) includes the demolition of 701 & 703 Welch and the construction of a shoring wall and utility tunnel in preparation for the Packard Children's expansion.

What to expect this weekend (4/7-4/8)

Hours of Construction Activity: 7 am - 3:30 pm

Work will occur on Saturday, 4/7 to off haul dirt from the Make-Ready site. Some utility work (electrical, water) will also occur in front of the Falk Building. No impacts are anticipated.

Weekday work (4/9-4/13)
Hours of Construction Activity: 7 am - 5 pm

The steel bridge installation near the Day Hospital and Imaging will continue. This installation work should be complete later next week. Coordination is under way with the Imaging Department to minimize impacts to the hospital.

Foundation work is under way for the new utility tunnel. This work includes installing rebar, pouring concrete and drilling piles. Excavation of the new Make-Ready site will continue. Note: this work requires extra shifts on the Make-Ready site (see above hours of activity).

Work to remove and off haul the top layers of soil from the site will also continue. As excavation work occurs, please be mindful of additional hauling trucks entering the road. The retrofit the chilled water line in the tunnel will also continue next week.

An additional cherry tree (closest to the electrical vault) near Falk will be removed next week. Cherry trees removed during construction will be replaced.

Work to install the fourth row of tie-backs against the hospital (parallel to the operating rooms) is complete.

Installation of shoring walls will continue on site.

Wood fencing will be removed near the Psychiatry building at 401 Quarry Road on 4/12 and 4/13. This work will accommodate future parking for the Packard Children's expansion contractors. Tree relocation is scheduled to occur at the site the following week.

Access to the rear entrance of Packard Children's will remain open throughout construction.

What to expect next weekend (4/14-4/15)
Hours of Construction Activity: 7 am - 3:30 pm

Foundation work will continue for the new utility tunnel; off-hauling of soil will also occur.

Hoover Pavilion Modernization 

August 2011-July 2013

Construction is underway to modernize and restore Hoover Pavilion, the original Palo Alto Hospital, in order to accommodate modern medicine and create a cohesive expansion to the Medical Center campus.

This week's activities:

What to expect this weekend (4/7-4/8)
Hours of Construction Activity: 7 am - 5:30 pm

Roofing, elevator shaft and stairwell work within the Pavilion will occur on Saturday, 4/7.

Weekday work (4/9-4/13) 

Hours of Construction Activity: 7 am - 5:30 pm

Elevator shaft and stairwell work will continue. Please note that this work will require the contractor to work 10-hr days and perform Saturday work for the next three weeks (see above hours of activity).

Installation of overhead structural supports and localized slab strengthening in additional areas continues.

Wall framing will continue on the upper floors.

Overhead plumbing and fire sprinkler lines are in progress.

Restoration of the exterior concrete continues.

Another crane will be on site this week for additional loading onto the roof of the Pavilion.

What to expect next weekend (4/14-4/15)
Hours of Construction Activity: 7 am - 5:30 pm

Elevator shaft and stairwell work within the Pavilion will occur on Saturday, 4/14.

General Reminders

Motorists: please be mindful of sharing the road with bicyclists. Cyclists who choose not to share the road and use the sidewalks must walk their bicycles.

Cyclists: please be mindful of sharing the sidewalk with pedestrians. Those who choose not to share the road and use the sidewalks must walk their bicycles.

Pedestrians must use the new designated crosswalks on Welch Road. Jaywalking is illegal and especially unsafe in active construction areas. Maps with new pedestrian crosswalks are available at www.SUMCRenewal.org. Thank you!

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