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Washington Hospital

When Washington Hospital opened in 1958, it served a community of 18,000 people; today it serves more than 350,000 residents and is expected to grow over the next several years. Upgrades were needed not only to ensure the hospital is able to continue to provide care in the event of a disaster, such as an earthquake, but also as a result of the growing population throughout the District. The first project in the multi-year master plan development was the completion of a new 37,000 SF Central Utility Plant to provide heating, cooling, laundry and many other services for the existing new campus buildings.

The new three-story Center for Joint Replacement building, which houses the new Institute for Joint Restoration and Research, opened in May 2012. The new joint replacement center features 30 private patient rooms, 30,000 square feet of space and eight examination rooms.

Brio Engineering has provided all civil engineering services for the Central Plant and CJR buildings and is currently involved in the design of the first phase of the Hospital Replacement. The project has been particularly challenging due the extensive amount of new and existing utilities to be coordinated and relocated while keeping the current hospital operational. The CJR is connected to the CP with an underground utility tunnel that will eventually serve the new replacement hospital. The county of Alameda has an existing underground flood control channel running next to the CJR which complicated grading and planning of major utilities.

San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center located between 22nd and 23rd Streets on Potrero Avenue for the City and County of San Francisco. The 284 bed/14 operating room hospital and trauma center will provide the only Level 1 Trauma Center for residents of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County. The 448,000 sf hospital will be a steel moment frame structure on a mat foundation with base isolators. The hospital will have two (2) levels below grade and eight (8) levels above grade including a mechanical penthouse. Ties to the existing hospital will be made by means of a tunnel at the B1 level and a bridge at the 2nd floor.

 

Brio Engineering Associates is the Civil Engineer of record for all site work for this medical facility addition to the existing San Francisco General Hospital campus. The $850 million project is scheduled for LEED Gold Certification and is built in 4 phases. Phase I consists of site utilities relocation and replacement; Phase II consists of Service Building modifications and equipment additions; Phase III consists of excavations, foundations and structure frame; and Phase IV consists of the new Acute Building Enclosure and build out.

 

The new building uses base isolation and it footprint landed in the heart of the existing campus utility tunnels and infrastructure. Brio Engineering developed plans to re-route utilities within tight confines to provide continuous service to the existing operating hospital. In addition, the existing combined sewer and storm drain system had to be separated into separate storm drain and sewer infrastructure to allow for treatment of the stormwater before leaving the site.