You can now see where the new main and surgery entries will be, as the forms for the entry canopies are in place on Magnolia Avenue. In this illustration, they are the first two canopies from the left. Two additional canopies will be added later for the Emergency Department and Ambulance entrances (in above illustration, see two at right, behind the trees), making a total of four. Patients and visitors will drive under three of these one-story roofed structures to access the hospital lobbies.

An additional crane has been introduced to the construction site for the steel work required for this project. The number of cranes on a job site is based on the number of items to be picked up.

The new patient tower will be a reinforced-concrete and steel structure. The first three stories are made of reinforced concrete, and the fourth and fifth stories will be made of structural steel. Cement is poured every eight days. By the end of September, we will be one pour away from completing the building’s structural concrete. Remaining concrete work will be light. Steel work for the 4th floor and 5th floors will begin immediately after the structural concrete jobs.

We are ready for another celebration to mark a major milestone for the Century Project expansion! Please save Wednesday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for our beam signing special event to celebrate the topping off of the new patient tower. A steel beam will be displayed for attendees to sign and will ultimately be part of the new tower. We will recognize key contributors of the Century Project and kick off the Enloe Foundation’s New Beginning Campaign, which aims to raise $15 million for the Century Project, Planetree and scholarships. The next issue of this newsletter will have further details.

We have received a few inquiries this morning regarding our new parking structure at the main medical center campus. We are hopeful this will clarify:

Enloe Medical Center has diligently preserved parking lots and street parking for our patients and patient families that is close to the medical center’s main entrance and Emergency Room. The most convenient patient and visitor parking is available through our free valet parking service at the hospital’s main entrance.

Employees, physicians and volunteers park in our new parking structure as part of our effort to preserve parking that is most convenient for our patients. Those parking in the Enloe Parking Structure have to walk around the hospital to get to the main entrance.

Welcome to Enloe Medical Center Century Project.
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