This project consisted of constructing a new 20,000-square-foot, single-story building with partially below grade basement and mechanical yard. The building was located on a steep hillside, adjacent to the hospital’s loading dock, cafeteria space, and highway off ramp. Coordination of deliveries for the hospital’s vendors and construction site was required on a daily basis.

The scope of the new structure included replacing new central systems for the chilled water, steam, heating hot water, domestic cold, soft water, medical air and medical vacuum. The yard contains the emergency generators and a separate enclosure for the bulk medical gas storage units. Cooling towers for the chilled water system were roof-mounted and partially screened, and the utilities from the new central plant are connected to the hospital basement through a new underground tunnel. The project was phased to allow for each system to remain fully operational at all times during construction. Our project team worked closely with X-nth, Engineer of Record, and Scripps’ Facilities Engineering staff to efficiently integrate the new systems into the existing hospital.