Spring is in the air and the structure of the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville is taking shape this month! Forms are up and covered in plastic to protect them from any cold spells we might encounter during the months of March or April, but construction crews are seeing the sun more frequently.

Above, the main elevator and stair tower are clearly visible.  In all, you can pick out one stairwell, two public elevators and one service elevator! That’s progress!

Here is a closer look at some of the forms we have covered in plastic for weather protection.

Above, you’re looking at Lycon trucks  pumping concrete into a hopper.  That concrete is then being piped to the hospital’s main elevator and stair tower. On the left, the structure’s floor steel has already been installed for both the first and second floors of the hospital bed tower and not far from this steel is the future loading dock for the hospital.

It’s hard to imagine now, but think spring and think green!  Eventually, this will be the view from the Garden Level.  Above it, first floor steel and bundles of decking will soon be spread out and fastened to more steel.

J.P. Cullen & Sons’ crane is setting concrete forms for a sheer wall that will be one of the walls of the hospital and clinic’s Town Square. Towards the Dean Clinic side, its foundation walls are now up and the elevator footing has been laid.

Finally, crews are excavating this area for footings along the south elevation of the Dean Clinic, near what will become a healing garden. We’re looking forward to bringing you more spring progress in the coming weeks, so continue to check back often and share your thoughts with us below!

Steel is springing up from the construction site of the St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and the new Dean Clinic in Janesville!

Spring may still be a few weeks a way, but our construction site in Janesville is seeing some signs of major growth.  On Tuesday, steel girders were lifted up by crane from the foundation, signalling the next phase of construction.  

This is the preparation work before another elevator is built. The staff elevator nearest the employee entrance of the new Dean Clinic will eventually be located here. Right now, the elevator pit is being formed by kind J.P. Cullen & Sons form workers. Thank you!

Above, a J.P. Cullen & Sons excavator digs footings in order to “stay ahead” of the concrete crew.

You can really get a feel for the immense progress from this picture!  This is the northwest corner of Dean Clinic, overlooking the clinic’s future lower level. Thank you for checking back on our site and we’ll post additional pictures as soon as we can! Feel free to tell us what you think below.

Work is well underway on the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital.  Now the footings and foundation for the new Dean Clinic in Janesville are visible!  This is a view looking toward the hospital from the front of the future clinic.

Pouring this foundation must have been a sight to behold! This concrete area is designated for the future ambulance garage near the hospital’s emergency department.

Above, you can see the hospital wall between the lower level or basement and the first floor radiology department.  Here, backfill soil was compacted against the foundation wall.

Ever wonder how you keep the ground from freezing when constructing a new building during the winter months?  Here’s one way: concrete blankets protect footing concrete from freezing at the site of the future ambulance garage.

It gets taller each time we post new pictures!  The elevator tower in the center of the St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital is taller than ever. Note the foundation walls are already backfilled in the foreground of this picture.

Here is likely your last glimpse of the hospital basement.  You’re taking a sneak peak at the central process area with a view of steel diagonal shoring.  The shoring braces foundation walls and allows for the walls to eventually be backfilled.  Pretty soon crews will be building upward.

This round concrete column resides in the loading dock area (south end) and will support steel from the second floor, which overhangs the loading dock.

More steel will be visible on site and we’ll bring you those pictures as soon as we can! Check back often for the latest news and progress.  Thank you for visiting and as always, tell us what you think below!

The stair tower of the St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital is on its way up.  We are excited to give you a sneak peak inside the structure!

Our superb Director of Project Management, Richard Stoughton, climbed into the stair tower and peered upward to grab this “insider” photograph of the slip-forming system. Thanks, Rick!

This picture was captured from atop the third floor stair tower, looking north over the hospital footprint at a bird’s eye view!

Is that St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital President Kerry Swanson?  Yes, it is!  Kerry is taking a look at pieces called flying gang forms, which are used to form concrete for the stair tower.

Check back soon as we show you mock-ups of the brick and stonework we’ll be using for the exterior walls! Each week we’re proud to bring you exciting new pictures from our contruction site and future home of the St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville.  And don’t forget to share your thoughts below!  We’d love to hear from you.

A crane maneuvers one of our latest forms into place.  Work is now being done on the concrete walls of the future St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital stair tower!

In this picture, J.P. Cullen & Sons iron workers are tying reinforcing steel (rebar) into concrete walls for the hospital’s stair tower.

In the picture below, J.P. Cullen & Sons concrete finishers pour column footings for what will become the canopy hanging over the front entryway for the St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital.

They’ve become familiar fixtures on the construction site!  Lycon concrete trucks are now lined up to pour foundation concrete.

Check back soon as we show you mock-ups of the brick and stonework we’ll be using for the exterior walls! Each week we’re proud to bring you exciting new pictures from our contruction site and future home of the St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville.  And don’t forget to share your thoughts below!  We’d love to hear from you.

The foundation has been poured and the walls are on their way up as construction is moving forward by leaps and bounds on the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville!

Above is the corner of the hospital foundation, next to what will be considered the “Town Square,” where the hospital and clinic meet in the middle!

The reinforcing steel cast is visible above.  Just to the left you can see how the steel cast disappears inside the newly-poured concete walls.

Even with the snow on the ground in January, the construction site is constantly buzzing with backhoes, trucks, cranes and other equipment.

Here you see the bracing and scaffolding for the future walls, secured within the hospital’s foundation.

Ever wonder how you prepare for the installation of future elevators?  These beams are really the main footing of what will become stairwells and elevators within the center core of the hospital. Pretty neat!

Many thanks to this hard-working J.P. Cullen & Sons employee.  He’s doing form work for concrete foundation walls located next to the future loading dock for the medical campus. 

Check back each week for exciting new pictures from our contruction site and future home of the St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville.  And don’t forget to share your thoughts below!  We’d love to hear from you.

Major developments are visible onsite at the future home of the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville.  Primary power conduits are being laid, steel reinforcement cages are going up and the foundation is being poured for the new medical campus!

They look like giant cages, but these steel reinforcements will secure the columns for the new structure.

Preparatory work on the ground surrounding and leading into the buildings is being done so that in the future, crews can feed the entire campus with power. 

This steel reinforcement mat was brought in as another step in the preparation leading up to the pouring of the foundation.  Check back each week as we share new pictures with you! Track our progress throughout the winter from the comfort of your own home or office.  It’s a great start to a great new year!

Preparations for the foundation of the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville are now underway!

Despite last week’s heavy snowfall, crews are getting reading to pour the foundation for the new medical campus during the weeks of December 14th and December 21st.

In the picture above, crews are working to create the channels through which the primary power source for the medical campus will run.

Here, crews have laid piping for future water service to the entire hospital and clinic grounds.

The snow is being cleared in this area to make way for the hospital’s back parking lot.  This section will provide space for employees.  Meanwhile, patients will enjoy easy frontside parking access, close to the main entrance of the hospital and clinic on the opposite side of the future buildings.

Keep checking back for additional pictures from this exciting process!  Next week, look for pictures of the final steps of preparation before the foundation is poured!

We captured these photos of the progress made on the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic in Janesville.  Temperatures have dipped since these were taken. However, the ground was far from frozen on this sunny day in November, where truckloads of dirt were moved to make way for the new medical campus coming in late 2011.

Here are some fun construction facts!

The new medical campus will incorporate 1,073 tons of steel, which weighs as much as 2,200 cows! Construction will also require 4,530 cubic yards of concrete.  That’s enough for forty-five 2,500 sq. ft. homes with full basements!

The new hospital and clinic will incorporate 2,303,933 linear feet of wire.  The equivalent of 436 miles, that’s approximately two roundtrips from Janesville to Chicago.

And when the exterior brick is laid, Dean & St. Mary’s will use 191,000 bricks.  Laid end-to-end, that totals 35 miles!

We hope to have some Christmas pictures, complete with snow out at the site in the coming weeks!  Please check back with us for more fun facts, the latest information on the construction process and related news.

From high above the I-90 and Highway 11 Interchange, check out the latest progress on the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic project!

Work was done in late November and early December to level the surface. In some cases, crews used dirt to build up certain areas and accomodate for specific construction plans.

These vehicles look so tiny from a distance!  But they’re working hard; preparing all 50 acres for the medical campus.  St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital will be a 50-bed hospital totaling approximately 163,000 square feet.

Dean Clinic in Janesville will total approximately 150,000 square feet. The 50-acre site incorporates space for planned future growth of both the hospital and the clinic.

Next week: check back for more pictures and a more fun construction facts!