7/31/2023
1) Our new 3T Siemens Prisma system - installed and calibrated.
2, 3) The first sets human brain images have been acquired.
3,4) The corridors are now open-plan throughout the Center and office-space for BIC staff has been refurbished.
5,6,7) The space under the drop-zone has been finished out with flexible lab / interview room spaces.
...
7/14/2023
1) The 3T Prisma system installed just prior to ramp to field.
2) Finish-out of the Center beneath the access shaft drop-zone currently in progress.
3) Paving stones have been re-laid on the NHB patio, covering the location of the access shaft.
...
7/14/2023
1) The 3T Prisma system arrives on campus.
2) Equipment cabinets being hoisted into the BIC suite.
3) The Prisma begins its journey into the BIC.
4) The system is positioned above the access shaft, and 5) arrives in the Center.
Timelapse of the Prisma being rigged into the NHB basement.
6) The system is skated into the Scanner Room.
7) Prisma in position.
...
5/19/2023
1) NHB access shaft from below, ready for the Skyra to be rigged out of the basement MRI suite
2) Trucks arrayed down Speedway
3), 4) The crane arrives and is ready for action.
5) Skyra MRI suspended above E 24th St, and 6) lowered onto its struck
7) Farewell Skyra.
Timelapse and video as the Skyra MRI is hoisted out of the NHB basement.
...
5/8/2023 – 5/10/2023
1) Removal of a beam section from the patio deck. 2) Progress on opening up the access shaft.
...
3) Daylight now visible from the drop-zone in the basement !!
...
5/3/2023 – 5/4/2023
1) Excavation underneath NHB to reach limestone bedrock for the footings that will support the access shaft superstructure.
2) Rebar cage component of the footing. 3) Rebar cage in place, ready for the concrete pour
...