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Nov. 4, 1997. Pitching in. On hand with shovels for groundbreaking of the new Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center on Nov. 4, 1997, were (from left) Jane Reese-Coulbourne, Sen. Arlen Specter, Dr. John Gallin, Sen. Mark Hatfield, Dr. Harold Varmus, Vice President Al Gore, Donna Shalala, Rep. John Porter, and Charles Tolchin. Reese-Coulbourn and Tolchin are CC patients. Go here for more. |
1999 project news/highlightsDigging. During excavations, between 50 and 60 dump trucks make at least 10 trips each on a typical day. Each truck can haul off about 12 cubic yards of dirt. That's about the size of a Priority 1 shuttle van. Some 180,000 cubic yards of dirt eventually will be hauled off, leaving a hole in the ground a quarter of a mile long and between 25 to 40 feet deep. These days about 125 construction workers are on the CRC site on a typical day. They're putting in six-day work weeks. The displaced dirt is going to Olney where it will cover a former dump site.
Truck tips A truck
hauling concrete to a work site on Convent Drive tipped over
around 1 p.m. on April 30. The 64.000-pound truck landed upside
down on metal support plates and beams, which were in place for
work on a utility tunnel. The accident occurred in the parking
lot that's across Convent Drive from the CC's west side. A CRC
construction crane was brought to the scene later that afternoon
to right the truck. The accident apparently caused no damage
to the tunnel construction. The truck driver, who was wearing
a seat belt, received only minor injuries The
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Jan. 10, 1999. The CC's main entrance flipped to the south and the familiar front door on Center Drive closed forever. The section of Center Drive that runs between Convent and Memorial Drives will also closed that day. A new Center Drive, which loops around the construction site, takes its place. |
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Jan. 11, 1999. Snip. New entrance opens. Cutting the commemorative ribbon are (from left to right) Dr. David Henderson, CC deputy director for clinical care; Dr. Ruth Kirschstein, NIH deputy director; Dr. Michael Gottesman, deputy director for intramural research; NIH Director Dr. Harold Varmus; and Stephen Ficca, director, Office of Research Services. This south entrance will be in effect until the completion of construction on the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (CRC) on the north side of the building projected for 2002. The ceremony gathered together an array of individuals, including employees, department heads, Board members, architects and construction workers. They all came to commemorate in the words of NIH Director Dr. Harold Varmus, the pathway. "I would like to congratulate the people responsible for the architecture and construction," said Dr. Varmus. "After many months of confusion on this side of the building we can now get to work seriously on the CRC of the other side of the building." Many attendees of the ceremony marveled at the likeness that the new entrance has to the one of several decades ago and were in awe at the grandness of the bright, open space. Volunteers wearing red "Way to Go" buttons have and will continue to help staff and visitors find their way around the new entrance. Message boards containing up-to-date information on how construction will affect building occupants will continue to be provided throughout the work phases. |
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Questions about the Clinical Center? Email: OCCC@nih.gov . Or call: (301) 496-2563. National Institutes of Health, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Last modified: 10/99 |
