General Project Overview


San Francisco General Hospital Program Rebuild SFDPW Job No. 6694A

Prime Contractor Webcor Builders
Architect: Fong and Chan Architects
Executive Construction Manager: Jacobs
Structural: ARUP
Mechanical/Plumbing: Gayner Engineers
Electrical: FW Associates
Civil: BRIO Engineering Associates, Inc.
Fire Protection: SJ Engineers
Shoring Engineer: SOHA Engineers
GeoArcheologial: URS Corporation
Acoustical: Shen Milsom Wilke
Building Information Modeling: Vico Software
Geotechnical: Treadwell & Rollo

The Department of Public Works has retained Webcor Builders to build the new 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 facility will house cardiology/radiology/auxiliary support and plant services at the B2 level. Preoperative/gastroenterology and a clinical laboratory will be contained at the B1 level. Admitting and emergency will occupy the ground floor level. Obstetrics/pediatrics and NICU will be housed on the second floor. ICU/CCU will be located on the third and fourth floors. Medical surgery and forensic will occupy the fifth and sixth floors and acute care for the elderly will occupy the seventh floor. The tunnel at the B1 level will connect to the nuclear medicine center in the existing hospital and the bridge at the second floor will connect to clinical laboratories, the cafeteria and support services.

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.

The project will be 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.

Due to the unique complexities of the design and construction required for this type of building, the City has determined that the construction of the Project requires specialized expertise and skill which should be procured with an alternative delivery method, referred to as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Integrated Project Delivery provides a means for the earliest practical engagement of qualified contractors with sustainable building construction experiences to interface with the architectural/engineering team to provide a better designed and constructed Project. With better design and construction-coordination and collaboration, Integrated Project Delivery should substantially reduce field and/or implementation errors and conflicts. Integrated Project Delivery will also significantly reduce wasted, redundant or erroneous project process steps by performing certain steps in parallel and by phasing the design and construction work.

In order to facilitate the IPD, The Board of Supervisors and the Mayor approved Ordinance No. 202-07, allowing Webcor Builders to hire the following Core Trade Contractors during the Pre-Construction Phase of the Project to assist the Executive Architectural and Engineering team in the Integrated Project Delivery approach: