Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Ocean View Tower

WHAT WE DID

Sharp Chula Vista, Ocean View Tower, Courtesy of SmithGroupJJR

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

As Structural Engineer of Record, Degenkolb Engineers is part of the Hensel Phelps and SmithGroupJJR / AVRP design-build team.  The project includes a new 7-story, 197,000 sf, 138-bed patient tower with six OR’s, new kitchen, and dining on the roof. Levels 2 and 3 of the tower are designed with strict vibration criteria. The building is steel framed.

The project also features a concrete and steel Entry Building with a large cantilevered canopy, a new loading dock and materials management area with an extensive canopy system, and the NPC4 reclassification and renovation of the generator building.

Features:

• 138 private rooms for patients
• Six Operating rooms including a hybrid OR.
• Penthouse dining with panoramic ocean and mountain views of San Diego
• Mat foundation with five foot utility chase below slab on grade
• Design Build

Benefits:

• First new hospital in San Diego South Bay region in 40 years
• Fast tracked design and construction
• Vibration Design of OR floors and roofs
• Very efficient steel tonnage for 7-story OSHPD tower, while still being able to provide a high performing system for vibration and seismic resistance.
• NPC Reclassification of support buildings