Construction Starts on UCSF Med. Project

San Francisco

San Jose, CA-based Rosendin Electric has started construction on the new University of California San Francisco Medical Center at Mission Bay. The $80 million contract to wire the new 878,000-square-foot hospital complex includes an energy center, helipad, and support services. Scheduled for completion in 2014, the first phase of this $1.6 billion project is construction of a 289-bed hospital, specializing in care for women, children and cancer patients. The new UCSF Medical Center has been designed to meet LEED Gold certification standards through the use of recycled materials, low-voltage lighting controls, and the widespread use of energy-efficient electrical and HVAC equipment. Rosendin Electric was one of the initial developers to work on preconstruction of this project as a member of the Integrated Center for Design & Construction. ICDC included more than 100 architects, engineers, construction managers, and subcontractors who created a Building Information Model of the entire Medical Center. As a result, the team was able to reduce the cost of the overall project by $100 million prior to the start of construction, according to a prepared statement.