Friday August 26

The TrueBeam with most of the covers on.

The TrueBeam all-in-one handpendant; there is no longer a separate pendant for the PV. (And it really does have a built-in flashlight!)

The completed main waiting room, with the Tree of Life reinstalled and all the furniture back in place. (Great job, Kenny!)



The Varian installers will be working for the next few weeks, getting the machine ready for use. There won't be any appreciable change in the machine's appearance while this is happening, so I won't post any more pics of the TrueBeam for a while. I will put up more photos of the facility (inside and out) as other areas are completed. JB

Friday August 19

The treatment console

Another view of the treatment console

One of the remodeled exam rooms.

Delivery day for the TrueBeam. The truck arrived at 7 am.

The drive stand has been off-loaded and is being moved into the building.

The gantry, still wrapped up and sitting on the truck.

The gantry is moved into the room, then reattached to the drive stand.

The machine has been attached to the baseframe. Note that the entire floor has been covered in plywood in order to protect the new finished flooring.

Another view of the machine.

Monday August 15

New carpet has been installed in the front hallway.

The front office and main waiting room have been painted, and carpet is being installed.

Front office transaction counter (patient side).

Front office transaction counter (staff side). Glasswork has not yet been installed.

New support wall for treatment console island millwork.

Thursday August 11

The new baseframe has been grouted in. Electrical work in the room is almost complete; painting and finished floor in the treatment room should be done by early next week.

Console wall electrical is done; sheetrock should be going up this afternoon.

The clinic hallway, being prepped for its second coat of paint. Carpet is being laid in the front offices today, and millwork is expected tomorrow.

The back entrance to our center (left) and the White County facility.

This is the front entrance of the White County facility.

Tuesday August 9

The baseframe was delivered at 7 am. It took a while to get it off the truck and in the building; the forklift was late and it was raining heavily for most of the morning. It was a tight squeeze getting it around the maze wall and into the room.

The baseframe was aligned to the existing room lasers, ensuring that the original room isocenter is maintained. Anchors were then shot into the concrete to prevent horizontal movement, and jacking bolts were used to set height and level. Tomorrow it will be grouted in with concrete.

The breaker panel and machine conduits are installed in the console wall. the new breaker panel is much larger than the old one, but it handles power for the KV and MV imagers as well as the linac.

The support wall for the new console island has been framed. The short section in the forefront of the picture is thicker and goes all the way to the ceiling, providing conduit access for power and data cabling.

Friday August 5

The treatment room floor has been removed, the ExacTrac boxes cut out of the floor, and the raceway and conduits removed from the back wall.

The sheetrock was removed from the console vault wall, and new electrical conduits and connections are being installed.

The main waiting room is prepped for painting.

The window and door frames for the new nurses' station are installed.

The front hallway is primed and ready for paint.

Monday August 1

The sawcutting lasted well into Monday morning, but is finally complete. Note the large sawblade leaning against the back wall.

Work began this morning on the facility remodel. This is the main waiting room with the wall vinyl and carpet removed.

The dumpster is removed and the old machine heads for the scrapyard.