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TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS:
ACTION ITEM
For Meeting of November 18, 2015
APPROVAL OF DESIGN FOLLOWING ACTION PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, NORTH ADDITION OFFICE BUILDING,
SACRAMENTO, DAVIS CAMPUS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed North Addition Office Building (North Addition) project is for construction of an
approximately 130,000-gross-square-foot (gsf) office building immediately north of the UC
Davis Health System (UCDHS) Main Hospital in Sacramento. The project is necessary to
provide space for the relocation of hospital administrative units from two seismically deficient
structures: the North/South Wing of the Main Hospital and the nearby Housestaff Facility. This
is one of a series of projects that the UCDHS must complete to address seismic safety mandates
required under State law. Per Senate Bill 1953, the North/South Wing needs to be upgraded to
resist a major seismic event or vacated and disconnected from the adjoining Main Hospital by
January 1, 2020. To provide relocation space for the hospital units and their operational needs,
UCDHS proposes to construct the North Addition, a multi-story, non- Office of Statewide
Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) office structure. The project was presented to the
Committee on Health Services as part of the UCDHS capital strategic plan.
In January 2015, the Regents approved Preliminary Plans funding of $3.71 million for the project
from Hospital Reserves. At their September 2015 meeting, the Regents approved a total project
budget of $87.5 million, including the $3.71 million of preliminary plans funding, to be funded
with external financing repaid with hospital revenue.
RECOMMENDATION
The President of the University recommends to the Committee on Grounds and Buildings that,
following review and consideration of the environmental consequences of the proposed North
Addition Office Building, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
including any written information addressing this item received by the Office of the Secretary
and Chief of Staff no less than 24 hours in advance of the beginning of this Regents meeting,
testimony or written materials presented to the Regents during the scheduled public comment
period, and the item presentation, the Committee on Grounds and Buildings:
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1.
Certify the Environmental Impact Report.
2.
Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and the CEQA Findings.
3.
Approve the design of the North Addition Office Building, UC Davis Health System,
Sacramento, Davis campus.
BACKGROUND
Hospital acute care facilities in California are subject to seismic safety mandates outlined in
accordance with Sections 130000 through 130070 of the California Hospital Seismic Retrofit
Program as added by Chapter 740 of the Statutes of 1994, Senate Bill 1953. The North/South
Wing of the UC Davis Main Hospital complex is a “Structural Performance Category 1”
structure per California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD)
standards. The North/South Wing comprises 235,000 gross square feet (gsf) of seismically
deficient space. As part of its ongoing seismic mitigation effort, the UC Davis Health System
(UCDHS) intends to vacate and “disconnect” the North/South Wing from the adjoining Main
Hospital complex prior to 2020 to comply with State seismic mandates and maintain hospital
licensure. Once it has been vacated and disconnected, the deconstruction of the North/South
Wing would be proposed for approval by the Chancellor.
To close the North/South Wing, remaining hospital administrative units, their associated
operations (Hospital Bed Control Center and Emergency Command Center), and heavily utilized
conference spaces must be relocated. These functions are proposed to occupy the North
Addition. In order to increase efficiencies, two additional hospital administrative units that are
currently housed in the nearby Cypress and Sherman buildings would also occupy the proposed
North Addition. This move would optimize functional alignments and the space vacated in
Cypress and Sherman would be occupied by units from the Housestaff Facility, a 20,137-gsf
seismically deficient building. These relocations would allow the Housestaff Facility to be fully
vacated and proposed to the Chancellor for demolition approval.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The North Addition project is proposed to provide approximately 130,000 gsf of non-OSHPD
space. The six-story building is below high-rise construction requirements. A single passage at
the first floor will connect the building to the Main Hospital complex. The project will be
delivered in a single phase via the design-build method.
This project would consolidate similar non-OSHPD functions, including administrative offices
and conference spaces, facilitating the decanting and eventual demolition of the North/South
Wing and Housestaff Facility. Conference space in the North Addition will be designated to
serve as the Main Hospital’s Emergency Command Center during emergency situations. In
addition, the building will provide space for the Hospital Bed Control Center and office space for
a number of clinically and academically based administrative units.
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Project Site
The UC Davis Medical Center is located on the Sacramento Campus, 2.5 miles southeast of
downtown Sacramento and 17 miles east of the UC Davis Main Campus in Davis, California. The
Sacramento Campus includes the Main Hospital and Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion,
clinical research buildings and educational buildings for the School of Medicine and School of
Nursing (Attachment 2).
The project site is on the northern perimeter of the Sacramento campus, located next to the Main
Hospital, between the hospital loading dock and former emergency department. The project is
sited and designed to facilitate efficient administrative functions through direct access between
the patient care functions in the Main Hospital and physician and administrative support offices.
The North Addition is consistent with the Hospital land use designation as well as the goals and
planning principles of the Long Range Development Plan approved by the Regents in January
2010. In addition, the site and project conform to the goals and intent of the Physical Design
Framework accepted by the Regents in January 2010.
Site Considerations
Topography. The project site drops approximately five feet from the Main Hospital connection
point to Colonial Way. Access must be maintained for both the connection to the Main Hospital
and for egress at both the west and east sides of the site
Utilities. The North Addition site is constrained on three sides by major utility banks, and on the
south side by the Hospital. Since these primary power lines cannot be bridged or relocated, they
constrain the site both to the north and west. In addition to the electrical, the water, sewer, data,
fire service and hydronic lines are also located beneath Colonial Way.
A forced sewer main and forced storm drain line exit the Hospital under the North Addition site
and are required to be relocated as part of the project. A 30-foot setback to the north of the
existing substation is also provided to allow for a future below-grade vault expansion and utility
pathway.
Building Program
The North Addition would be a six-story above-grade structure designed to meet the needs of the
UCDHS. The building is organized by program need. The first floor is intended to accommodate
shared faculty staff collaboration space and the program space on upper floors will have secured
access. The upper floors will be organized around a central stair and adjacent open collaboration
space. The design and functions of the first and upper floors are described below:
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First Floor
The facility’s main auditorium and conference spaces will be located on the first floor. This
includes a 150-seat flexible auditorium and multiple conference rooms as well as faculty
collaboration space. The first floor will be accessible from the main hospital as well as through a
separate courtyard access point. Conference spaces will have access to outside courtyards for
pre- and post-function use. Conference space will be designated to serve as the Main Hospital’s
Emergency Command Center during emergency situations.
The first floor will also include office and storage use. The Dieticians unit, which has staff who
will travel regularly between the North Addition and the Main Hospital, will have office space
on the first floor. Physical, Medicine, and Rehabilitation (PM&R) will have a storage area for
ambulatory support equipment (wheelchairs, crutches, etc.), and Patient Care Services will have
space for hospital supplies.
Upper Floors
Levels two through six are intended to be secured for access by authorized personnel only. These
floors will be comprised of a mix of open and private offices with design features intended to
allow for flexible use of the space over time. In pursuit of this goal, there are no separate suites
for departments, and conferencing, collaboration, and support areas on each floor are designed to
be shared by multiple departments housed on the floor. Collaboration space will be centrally
located on each floor, and an open internal stairwell will encourage collaboration between floors.
Floors two and three will contain administrative functions. Locating Hospital Administration and
Operations on the second floor allows a secure entry and direct stair connection to a conference
room on the first floor. The Chief Medical Officer (Clinical Affairs) and the Chief Nursing
Officer (Patient Care Services) will be co-located on the third floor to foster interaction. The
Hospital Bed Control Center will be located within the Patient Care Services space on the third
floor.
The fourth floor will house clinically based administrative programs that serve the Main
Hospital. PM&R and the Heart and Vascular Center will be housed on this floor. Departments
that are academically based and have outcomes that are research-related (such as the Department
of Surgery and Trauma and Neurology) will be located on the fifth and sixth floors.
Building Design
The building floor plates will be approximately 23,650 square feet (sf) for the first floor and
21,165 sf for each of the five office floors. The first floor has a floor-to-floor height of
approximately 16 feet and floors 2-6 will be approximately 14 feet for an overall building height
of 86 feet.
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A light-filled entry along the western edge of the building will provide entry access for staff and
visitors to the building lobby (pre-function space). A second entry from the south will connect to
the Main Hospital complex.
A residential neighborhood is adjacent to the UC Davis Main Hospital complex, just north of the
project site. The design will respect the neighborhood through building setback, massing,
proportions, and type of materials.
The building will be set back from the existing north and east sides of the Main Hospital,
enabling light and views for the lower levels of the building and access to a landscaped
courtyard. The site surrounding the building will include a variety of hardscape and landscape
elements to create places for community-oriented gathering near conference space.
Each facade will be articulated differently based on its orientation to enable natural light to
penetrate the interior and minimize heat gain and energy use. The exterior building materials will
be consistent with the Physical Design Framework and the material and color palette of the
existing hospital (Attachment 2, Project Graphics). The exterior building materials will consist
primarily of prefabricated concrete panels, metal panels, and glass curtain wall. The first level
may utilize masonry, stone, or other materials consistent with the Physical Design Framework.
A rooftop mechanical penthouse with exterior screen wall will be positioned towards the middle
of the roof to minimize its appearance from the street and residential area. The roof is regarded
as the fifth facade and will be sensitively designed because windows from the taller Davis Tower
patient rooms will have visual access to the top of the North Addition.
Building Core
The building floor plan will be centralized around the central circulation spine for efficiency and
ease of use. Core elements include two stair corridors at the West and East ends of the building,
three elevators, restrooms, electrical, telephone/data rooms, and custodial rooms. The first floor
lobby will be utilized as a pre-function space for the auditorium. Large windows facing south
will provide natural light to this space, as well as a visual and physical connection to the outdoor
patios. At the upper floors, the centralized Collaboration Area will give the office floors a
centralized identity and sense of community. This space is seen as an organizing element to
assist with way-finding and encourage interaction.
Flexibility and Organization
Floor plates will be flexible and open to accommodate a variety of program elements, (i.e.
offices, conference rooms, break rooms, etc.). Though initial departmental programs are
established, flexibility for the future is critical for departments to grow, shrink, and change. The
dimensions and shape of the floor plate have been balanced to allow natural light to reach the
entire floor from either the north or south facades of the building. The design will maximize
daylight to work spaces.
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Sustainability
The project will comply with the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices and will outperform the
2013 California Building Code energy-efficiency standards by at least 20 percent. UCDHS is
targeting a minimum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold
certification. The North Addition Project is registered under LEED v.2009 with the United States
Green Building Council. UC Davis leadership expects all non-complex (e.g., other than
laboratories and acute care) new construction to have the potential to achieve the higher LEED
Platinum certification. The campus has mandated that design-build teams provide proposals to
meet LEED Platinum certification for the project.
The building’s massing and fenestrations will take into account the environment including the
sun and wind direction, and will minimize the impacts while responding to the programmatic
needs of the users. Sun-shading devices, recessed windows, and the placement of windows will
contribute to the control of the direct sunlight. Strategies will be in place to utilize appropriate
levels of daylight and take advantage of exposure to the north light while controlling heat gain
and reducing glare.
The landscape design incorporates drought-tolerant plants and highly efficient irrigation systems,
while still providing the benefits of a visible and accessible greenscape and allowing natural
rainfall to recharge the local aquifer. The building’s plumbing systems will use low-flow fixtures
and efficient controls and valves to reduce the project’s potable water consumption.
Project Delivery
The campus is using a design-build delivery model and principles of LEAN construction and
other methods for managing cost and schedule risks. The campus has hired a Construction
Manager/General Contractor to develop the cost model, site utilization plans, construction
schedule, and design-build criteria documents. These pre-construction services are intended to
increase the accuracy of the construction budget prior to bid and to ensure an effective
procurement of the design/build team.
Project Schedule
It is estimated that construction would commence in August 2016, with completion by December
2018.
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Key to Acronyms and Technical Terms
ASF
GSF
CEQA
CM/GC
LEAN construction
LEED
LRDP EIR
OSHPD
PM&R
SF
UCDHS
assignable square feet
gross square feet
California Environmental Quality Act
Construction Manager/General Contractor
A production management-based approach to project delivery
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Physical, Medicine, and Rehabilitation
square feet
UC Davis Health System
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: Policy Compliance
Attachment 2: Project Graphics
Attachment 3: Environmental Impact Summary
Attachment 4: CEQA Findings
Attachment 5: 2010 UCDHS Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report
Attachment 6: Complete CEQA documentation, includes Mitigation Monitoring Program
http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/progress/commitment/environmental_review/curr
ent_projects.html#Hospital_Seismic