Changing the Look of Houston

Last week, a large crane appeared in the Houston skyline.  There were reports of the crane being spotted from Downtown Houston, from Holder Drive and from South Highway 63. The crane was used to unload several truckloads of steel beams for building the first and second floors  of the hospital expansion project. As the steel [...]

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Building Out the Basement

The TCMH expansion project includes a partial basement under the new construction. This blog has shown many photos over the past few weeks as concrete pumping trucks pouring yards and yards of concrete for the basement. With the basement walls poured, it’s hard to see what’s happening, but construction workers are busy as usual–this time [...]

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A Few Feet of Footings

With the basement concrete work mostly complete, construction workers can now be seen working “on top” of the construction site at what will be the ground level floor. They are doing the very important work needed before any upward construction can be done. They are putting in a few hundred feet of footings for the [...]

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A Bird’s Eye View

When construction began at Texas County Memorial Hospital earlier this year, the hospital’s rooftop was the prime location to check out what was going on in front of the hospital, especially as the project was excavated and work was done in the basement portion of the project. The bird’s eye view of the construction and [...]

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Winter? Not A Problem Here!

Typical winter weather has not been a problem at the TCMH construction project, board members heard at their monthly meeting on Tuesday. “Unseasonably good weather continues to provide the contractors with very good working conditions,” Wes Murray, chief executive officer at TCMH, said, adding that anticipation for the completed construction continues to grow. Currently the [...]

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Hard Hats Not Required in Hospital’s Front Lobby

Visitors and patients seated in the front lobby at Texas County Memorial Hospital this week might have wondered if they needed a hard hat while they waited for their appointment. A variety of loud screeching, hammering, drilling and cutting sounds emanated from behind the boarded up glass windows and doors. “It sounds like they might [...]

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Good Weather Keeps Project Moving On Schedule

At the TCMH Board of Trustees meeting last Tuesday, Wes Murray, chief executive officer at TCMH, reported to board members that “very good weather” has helped with construction progress at TCMH.  “We have already been able to do some things that were scheduled for a few weeks from now when the weather would typically be [...]

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“Very good weather” aids construction progress

Wes Murray, CEO at Texas County Memorial Hospital, reported to board members at Tuesday’s monthly meeting that “very good weather” has helped with construction progress at the hospital. “We have already been able to do some things that were scheduled for a few weeks from now when the weather would typically be better,” he said. [...]

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Ambassadors in High Places at TCMH

When Texas County Memorial Hospital began working toward an expansion project, employees were identified from many departments throughout the hospital as “Ambassadors” for the hospital’s expansion project. At various times throughout the past few years, Wes Murray, TCMH CEO, meets with the Ambassador group and provides them with latest information on the hospital’s expansion project [...]

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The TCMH Front Awning Gets a New Home in Houston

Texas County Memorial Hospital offered the front awning, which was slated for demolition, to Downtown Houston Inc. to use as part of Lone Star Plaza in downtown Houston. L&R Industries in Cabool used a large crane and rigging to cut the awning off the front of the hospital. The awning was placed on the trailer [...]

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