Parnassus Heights Construction Update: Summer 2024

This summer, UCSF construction efforts on the Parnassus Heights campus are nearing new milestones. 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

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 Helen Diller Hospital opening in 2030. 

UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital construction site.

Through April 2027, the project team will continue working to complete 32 major projects that support the construction of the hospital project. The team is communicating the impacts of this work broadly to employees, learners, patients, visitors, and the community. 

The Helen Diller Hospital is part of the Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan

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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UCSF Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building

Construction will continue through 2027 to build the UCSF Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building, previously known as the Parnassus Research and Academic Building, on the west side of the Parnassus Heights campus. The Bakar Research and Academic Building (BRAB) will provide a new state-of-the-art home for the School of Nursing, an expanded education space, and space for multiple health and science disciplines. In addition, the facility will encourage collaboration and support UCSF in staying at the cutting edge of discovery, learning, and care. 

Parnassus Research and Academic Building construction site.
The UCSF Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building construction site.

The 325,000-square-foot, nine-story building 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

UCSF is embarking on an important endeavor to create a welcoming pedestrian connection that leads to the “heart of campus” at Parnassus Heights. The Parnassus Central Campus Site Improvements (PCCSI) program will create a connection with landscaping and hardscaping between the new PRAB Promenade, Saunders Court, and Koret Way, across the footprint of the existing School of Nursing building and surrounding area.

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

  • 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 and Koret Way

Learn more about the program and plans. 

PCCSI Promenade Schematic Design as of August 2, 2024. 
PCCSI Promenade Schematic Design as of August 2, 2024. 

Preliminary Project Schedule

  • Late 2024: Complete SON Building Decant
  • Late 2024 – Early 2025: Construction starts
  • Spring 2027: Construction ends  
  • All dates and details are subject to change.
Project Contact

UCSF Real Estate Shelia Laub | [email protected]

 

 

 

 

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Health Sciences Instruction and Research (HSIR) Towers Improvements Program

Exterior shrink wrap on the Health Sciences East tower from the south perspective.
Exterior shrink wrap and scaffolding on the Health Sciences East tower from the south perspective.

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. 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. Life Safety Improvements: Install fire sprinklers throughout the buildings where needed, 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. 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
  • September 2024 for life safety
  • Late 2024 for seismic projects
  • Early 2025 for exterior repairs
Project Contact

[email protected]

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Other Major Projects at Parnassus Heights