New photos of construction site show front of Heart Hospital, CVICU patient corridor and a view to elliptunda from the second floor. You also can look into the first floor public corridor and see the information desk area starting to take shape.

The building has really taken shape and you can see the Heart Hospital design showing through. The installation of studs and sheetrock on the second floor is substantially complete. Meanwhile the installation of the studs and sheetrock on the first floor is well underway.

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The great news on the construction is that the installation of the roof above the fourth floor is substantially complete.

In addition, the sheet rock has been started on the second floor. Brick is now being installed on the north face and is complete on the east face.

The windows have been installed on the north and east face of the building.

It is really starting to take form now and look like part of the medical center.

The structural steel is substantially complete on the main building, and some steel erection continues in the shell space on the first floor.

Mechanical and electrical installations are ongoing throughout the building.

And most of the studs have been erected on the second floor and many on the first floor.

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The steel erection is proceeding. The contractor has finished sequences 1 and 2 and is currently working on sequence 4.

Partial floor slabs have been poured on all floors. Wall framing has begun on the second floor. Mechanical and electrical rough ins are occurring on all floors.

Construction of Knoxville’s only dedicated Heart Hospital is on schedule and moving right along. Even though winter was mild, all of the recent rain slowed down construction, but we are overcoming the delay and are exactly where we planned to be at this time.

Plans are for the four-story expansion to open in April 2010.

Recent construction included the erection of the steel that forms the structure as well as concrete poured for the ground, first and

The large crane used for erecting the steel structure was brought to the site the week before last and steel erection has begun. The basement walls have been poured and parts of the floor slabs over the basement have been poured.

Stay tuned - pictures of the new steel columns on the way!

Testing of the soil and rock has revealed that some of our footing locations will need some additional work. This will necessitate relocation of the MRI entrance.

The plan is to relocate this to the Emergency Department entrance. This will provide a much better entrance for those patients. Parking will be provided on that side and signage will be changed to direct people to that location. The individual department will notify their patients when this change will take place.

>It is expected to happen sometime in the next two weeks.

The Heart Hospital's construction progress continues. See how far we have come so far!

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There have been many projects being worked on, and several people have asked about the duck pond activity. The new HVAC unit to serve the Endoscopy area was installed during the Christmas weekend. This allows demolition of the existing mechanical space for further excavation of the ground floor.

Currently, the excavation is proceeding for the ground floor. Most of this excavation is complete at this time. Foundation work is scheduled to start this week. Structural Steel Erection is s

Changes have been happening at the UT Medical Center campus during the past couple of weeks. The parking changes have been completed, and the front circle has been closed.

As you can see on the webcam, the contractor’s trailer has been moved in and clearing of the site is underway! Excavation for the footings is expected to begin shortly.

Click here to read about our changes for patients and visitors during this phase of construction.

Preliminary construction activities have begun. The access road and construction staging areas have been created. The contractor has begun to do some road relocations to facilitate patient and visitor flow during construction.

This road and parking rework has to be done before the closing of the West Circle. The schedule is to close the West Circle on Monday Nov. 17, 2008. After the closing of the circle, the contractor can erect the barricades to the site and begin excavation.