Owner

The Regents of the University of California

Architect

SmithGroup JJR

General Contractor

Webcor Builders

Mechanical Engineer

Scott Karpinen, Frank M. Booth, Inc.

Year Complete

2019

Size

340,000 sq. ft. 

Contract Type

Design Build

 Project Overview

The new building provides 250,000 sq. ft. of academic and administrative office space (including desktop research, dry core, and computational labs) and a 90,000 sf ophthalmology clinical space.

 Mechanical Highlights

• A primary cooling system consisting of a rooftop water-cooled chilled water system with (2) 400-ton centrifugal chillers

• A primary heating system consisting of (3) 2,000,000 Btu boilers and a pumping system

• Heat recovery chiller for supplemental heating and dedicated 24/7 IT cooling

• Built-up Penthouse air handling system including a fan wall system, heating/cooling coils, and filters

• OSHPD-3 space served by a dedicated 4-pipe indoor AHU

• VAV design throughout the building with plenum return in the office component and ducted return with matched pair tracking return terminal units

Designed for LEED Silver Certification

DBIA Healthcare Facilities National Merit Award, 2021