Parnassus Heights Construction Update: Spring 2024

With the arrival of spring at UCSF, construction efforts at Parnassus Heights are in full swing. This quarterly update by UCSF Real Estate provides essential information about important capital projects and their impacts on campus. 

You can find community updates on UCSF construction and design through UCSF Community and Government Relations (CGR). Sign up for UCSF CGR updates for Parnassus Heights at www.ucsf.edu/cgr/signup for the latest updates.

Please note that dates and project details are subject to change as our transformation journey progresses. Stay tuned for more exciting developments!


UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital

New Hospital at Parnassus Heights construction site as of April 2024.
New Hospital at Parnassus Heights (NHPH) construction site as of April 2024.

To serve the city with world-class care for the next century, UCSF is constructing the UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital, a 15-story hospital on the Parnassus Heights campus on the former Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital (LPPH) site. Construction will continue through 2029, with the new hospital opening in 2030. 

The new hospital is part of the Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan.

Between February 2022 and April 2027, 32 major projects will be required for the new hospital project. We are communicating impacts of this work broadly to UCSF faculty, staff, learners, patients and visitors, and the community. 

Construction Hours
  • 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
  • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday (as needed)
  • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for noisy work
Expected Project Completion Date

2030

Project Contact

[email protected] or 415-476-6577

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Parnassus Research and Academic Building

Parnassus Research and Academic Building (PRAB) construction site as of April 2024.
Parnassus Research and Academic Building (PRAB) construction site as of April 2024.

Construction will continue through 2027 on the former UC Hall site to build a new state-of-the-art Parnassus Research and Academic Building that will provide a new home for the School of Nursing, an expanded education space, and space for multiple health and science disciplines.

The new building will encourage collaboration and support UCSF staying at the cutting edge of discovery, learning and care.

The building also will serve as temporary spaces for research and academic groups as the campus undergoes several major improvements for the Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan through 2030. 

Construction Hours
  • 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
  • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday (as needed)
  • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. for noisy work
Expected Project Completion Date

Early 2027

Project Contact

[email protected] or 415-476-6577

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Parnassus Central Campus Site Improvements

Plans are in the works to create a welcoming pedestrian connection to the “heart of campus” at Parnassus Heights. With landscaping and hardscaping, the Parnassus Central Campus Site Improvements (PCCSI) program will create the connection between the new PRAB Promenade and Saunders Court, across the footprint of the existing School of Nursing (SON) building.  

This work will further the Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan (CPHP) in three key ways.  

PCCSI open space project layout at Parnassus Heights.
Open spaces at Parnassus Heights.
  • Extending utility infrastructure to support west campus development  
  • Decanting and demolishing the SON Building, which will enable UCSF to address the building’s infrastructure needs and comply with UCOP Seismic Policy 
  • Creating pedestrian connections from the PRAB Promenade to Saunders Court

Learn more about the program and plans.

Project Contact

UCSF Real Estate Shelia Laub | [email protected]

 

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Health Sciences Instruction and Research (HSIR) Towers Improvements Program

Scaffolding on the HSE and HSW towers for the HSIR Improvements Program.
Scaffolding is on the HSE and HSW towers for the HSIR Improvements Program.

Construction is underway to improve the Health Sciences Instruction and Research (HSIR) East and West towers. The HSIR complex is made up of two, 16-floor towers with an elevator and corridor that connects the towers. About 90% of the building includes labs and research space.

The HSIR Improvements Program consists of three projects: 

  1. HSIR Exterior Ledge Repairs: Full repair and recoating of the exterior concrete ledges for Health Sciences West (HSW) and Health Sciences East (HSE). The exterior repairs will improve the building’s safety. 
  2. HSIR Life Safety Improvements: Provide a fully sprinklered building, install fire sprinklers in currently non-sprinklered areas, correct fire sprinkler pipe pressure deficiencies, add sprinkler heads to chemical fume hoods, and extend existing standpipes on the rooftops for fire department access.  
  3. HSIR Seismic Improvements: Improve the seismic performance rating of HSW and HSE by making whole-building structure improvements including installing seismic dampers, column splicing at level 5 of both towers, and upgrading the seismic joints and utility restraints. This project will make the building safer in the event of an earthquake and will better protect UCSF labs and experiments.
Construction Hours
  • 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for interior and exterior work
  • 10 p.m. – 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for interior fire sprinkler work
Expected Project Completion Date
  • Late 2024 for life safety and seismic projects
  • Early 2025 for exterior repairs
Project Contact

[email protected]

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Other Major Projects at Parnassus Heights