Nebraska Medicine

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun May 03, 2015 3:59 pm

MSizlack wrote:Currently 2 roof top pad with only one open and the Clarkson pad. Cancer center will have 2 pad with a 3rd possible if needed in the future. The temporary pads will probably be in the parking lot on the South-West corner of Farnam and Saddle Creek. Sounds like they need to vote on the temporary pads (for cash) to get it done. They are trying hard not to delay the UNMC hotel.

Did they change the flight path for helicopters recently? I like a block north of Dodge on 42nd and this week I noticed a lot of copters heard toward the Med Center right over my place very very low. Never had them flying over us this much in the past.

MSizlack · Post by **MSizlack** » Tue May 05, 2015 10:16 am

Approach and departures as a lot to do with the wind direction.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue May 05, 2015 3:17 pm

Buffett Cancer Center will be one of 14 in the US and Canada to implement IBM Watson.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/r-ibm ... ers-2015-5

Oncologists will upload the DNA fingerprint of a patient’s tumour, which indicates which genes are mutated and possibly driving the malignancy. Watson, recognised broadly for beating two champions of the game show Jeopardy! in 2011, will sift through thousands of mutations and try to identify which is driving the tumour, and therefore what a drug must target.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue May 05, 2015 7:53 pm

They should let Shamrock use some of Watsons clock cycles given how complex...

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat May 09, 2015 7:25 am

First look at the glass is on the building.

hatwate · Post by **hatwate** » Thu May 14, 2015 1:46 pm

Hotel at Saddlecreek & Dodge http://www.omaha.com/money/new-hotel-ne ... 9b396.html

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:47 am

The beggining installation of the cancer center's facade.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:52 am

Is it topped out yet?

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:54 am

Pharmacology

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:55 am

Linkin5 wrote:Is it topped out yet?

Yes

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:02 pm

Outpatient

And just for fun, I call it "dancing cranes".

Post by **Brad** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:05 pm

MTO wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:Is it topped out yet?
Yes

Cancer Center? I still see rebar sticking out the top in your photo...

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:05 pm

MTO wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:Is it topped out yet?
Yes

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:15 pm

I only count 8 floors.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:25 pm

Yeah I think it still has 2 more floors to go as well.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri May 15, 2015 1:45 pm

From the north it looked like part of that top floor was already under construction. I thought the top floor only covered a portion while other parts of the building were a little shorter.. And from the north I'm talking Wendy's drive through its harder to see when you down on saddle creek.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri May 15, 2015 3:33 pm

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sat May 23, 2015 8:01 pm

I'm going to miss watching these cranes it has been fun watching them. Zipping around midtown I always looks up to see if I can see a crane and seriously you'd be surprised how often you can. I'm hoping the Dr Lord tower breaks ground although they haven't even started the process for them to move to... The campus feels more and more like its own city.
Any guesses as to how much longer they'll need the the tall crane?

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Thu May 28, 2015 7:20 am

MTO wrote:Any guesses as to how much longer they'll need the the tall crane?

It will be up until at least the curtain wall is complete, and there's rooftop equipment (ventilation fans, etc) that will need to be installed as well. It's safe to assume both cranes will be up until the end of this year.

As for floors, the research side is underway with Level 10, so there will be one more full level (roof), plus some smaller areas above that (roofs above the elevator and stair shafts). The clinical side is wrapping up Level 6, so there will be three more full floors, plus helideck and two misc levels above that.

Post by **BRoss** » Thu May 28, 2015 9:18 pm

I was looking through MAPA's FY2016 TIP draft and noticed that the Saddle Creek Realignment is still listed. Construction is set for 2019.

Page 106 - http://www.mapacog.org/images/stories/T ... _Draft.pdf

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:17 pm

Nebraska Medicine making a big push to encourage alternative modes of transit for their students and employees.

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http://livegreennebraska.com/travelsmart/

MSizlack · Post by **MSizlack** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:50 pm

They want to get employee parking off the main campus. They hope to encourage as many people to use alternative transportation to reduce employee parking needs.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:23 pm

What happens when you take 800mm to the tallest hill around......

You get UNMC and Creighton in the same photo!

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:25 pm

Nice. Harmonic convergence.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:49 am

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:08 am

I bet some commuter will be a little startled the first time they see s helicopter land next to them. So does this mean they can get another crane to start the hotel?

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:58 am

MTO wrote:I bet some commuter will be a little startled the first time they see s helicopter land next to them. So does this mean they can get another crane to start the hotel?

Most likely. They have closed down the other pads...

MSizlack · Post by **MSizlack** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:28 am

Currently none of the helipads are closed. The new new offsite helipad was quickly done to give another option due to all the cranes until the hotel starts. It will be used used by all helicopters coming to NeMed except for the one that sits on its roof. They will continue to operate from there unless the cancer center construction begins to interfere with them. As of yesterday, there was no new info on when the hotel will start.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:57 pm

Brand new JP Lord out by Norris Middle School.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:16 pm

Friday around 10:30 am there was one helicopter on the Roof when I flew by.
Saturday around 4:00 pm there was one helicopter on the ground, off to the side of the new helipad, but still inside the fence area. There was no crew around for this helicopter.

Not sure how many helicopters they will try to land at the new pad at once, but seeing the one off to the side, it appeared they could fit several.

My helicopter was completely impressed with all the construction he saw when we circled the hospital.

Myself, it was fun too see the new helipad for the first time from a helicopter. I hadn't been by there since they built it.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:08 pm

Here's a random stand-off shot for those who don't get to see this twenty times a day. I'm still amazed by the mass of the new building.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:44 pm

Pretty sure they still have another level to go too.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:35 pm

Not sure if it's ever been covered but what's up with the Kiewit fence around the building just south of the Midwest iCare clinic? The building is on the north east corner of 44th and Douglas.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 4:02 pm

MTO wrote:Not sure if it's ever been covered but what's up with the Kiewit fence around the building just south of the Midwest iCare clinic? The building is on the north east corner of 44th and Douglas.

Hmm I thought that was just coming down for parking.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:29 am

Ahh that makes sense.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:09 pm

Here is a picture from their facebook page:

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:18 pm

Down to 4 cranes on campus. The pharmacy school building's crane is gone.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:17 pm

Parking facility

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:19 pm

With the new help pad and a crane gone will we see the hotel begin this year. The 42nd street site.

MSizlack · Post by **MSizlack** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:47 am

Probably will not see the hotel start till next year. They want to try to get at least one of the cancer center cranes down before they put the one up for the hotel. Both cranes are schedule to come down 04/16.