FACTS

U.C.S.F. Mt. Zion Outpatient Cancer Center

Nature of the Job:

·          Client:            U.C.S.F. Stanford Healthcare (a partnership that has since dissolved)

·            Motivation for building:  To consolidate cancer facilities, to gain certification as National Cancer Center, to attract patients and top-notch faculty

·          Scope of Project:            86,000 square feet comprising clinical space, infusion center, linear accelerator vaults, blood lab, library and main entry for Mt. Zion hospital

·            Construction Cost:            $25,000,000.  Financing came through private fundraising as well as a loan to be re-paid with research money.

·          History:  Mt. Zion hospital founded in 1887.  Site for the Outpatient Cancer Center had stood vacant for 10 years; building that had previously occupied the site housed radiation treatment facilities.

Getting the Job:

·            Architect:  SmithGroup (known as SMP at the time of project’s inception)

·            Securing the job:            SmithGroup had a long-standing relationship with U.C.S.F.  and had recently completed a cancer research center on the Mt. Zion campus.  SmithGroup was named to a shortlist, submitted a request for proposal (r.f.q.) and presented to the client.

·          Design team:            Partner in charge: Bill Diefenbach

                                    Project Manager:  Lumi Ruva

                                    Medical Planner:  Bill Rostenberg

                                    Project Designer:  Byron Bronston

                                    Construction Administration:  Scott Sypult

Organizing to Do the Job:

·                    Owner-Builder delivery process specified from the beginning

·                    Structure of design team agreements: all subcontractors contracted directly to owner, who hired a construction manager to oversee

·                    Consultants:    

·                    Structural:  Degenkolb Engineers

·                    M/E/P:  Ove Arup & Partners

·                    Civil:  Rutherford & Chekene

·                    Acoustical:  Charles Salter

·                    Elevator:  Syska & Hennessy

·                    Equipment Planner:  Criterion Systems

·                    Landscape Architect:  Haygood & Associates

·                    Quality Control:  SmithGroup had in-house review of documents by people not on the project team

Providing Design Services:

·                    Programming influenced design in that the clinical spaces drove the rest of the building.  Offices for faculty arranged around perimeter of floors while interior spaces used for examination rooms.

·                    Community role: neighborhood association had “clout” but no veto power            over designs.  Concerns had primarily to do with traffic, noise and other issues of convenience.

·                    Environmental concerns:  the Environmental Impact Report issued for a previously-proposed facility for the same site was able to be re-used.  Radiation  was the only concern, but tests have been done to show that levels are safe.

·                    Construction documents:  Issued in phases.  Foundation package issued initially; 1^st floor, basement and sub-basement were issued next; tenant improvement for upper floors issued last; eight total packages were issued.

Providing Construction-Related Services

∙           Owner “carried the general conditions”, hiring the subcontractors directly. 

∙            Architects acted as a prime contractor with the consultants, and paid the consultants when the client paid them.

∙           A construction manager, Pro-West, was hired to help with cost estimating and cost control.

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