Information on construction projects currently underway, the latest impacts and mitigations, and more.
New Hospital Building
Over the next several years, UCSF Health plans to invest $1.6 billion in modernizing the facilities at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, including the construction of a new hospital building, to ensure that future generations of children have access to cutting-edge research-backed care in a healing environment.
Parnassus Central Campus Site Improvements (PCCSI) Project
UCSF is embarking on an important endeavor to create a welcoming space that will lead to the “heart of campus” at Parnassus Heights.
Administrative Support Building
A multiyear modernization project for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is starting as work begins for a new Administrative Support Building (ASB).
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. The 15-story hospital at the Parnassus Heights campus is being constructed
95 Kirkham Seismic Retrofit and Renovation
UCSF’s facility at 95 Kirkham, originally built in the 1950s, is under renovation for seismic safety improvements and other updates, including a dry lab and support space suite, offices, conference rooms, and breakrooms.
Parnassus Research and Academic Building (PRAB)
Construction is underway for the Parnassus Research and Academic Building (PRAB), a state-of-the-art building that will create a vital collaborative space that drives innovations in scientific research and education. It will house research programs for cancer, microbiology, diabetes, immunology a
HSIR Improvements Program
A program of projects to improve the Health Sciences Instruction and Research East and West towers began construction in fall 2022.
The HSIR Improvements Program consists of three projects:
Bayfront Medical Building and Illinois Street Garage
Construction of a new UCSF clinical facility and parking garage began in Mission Bay in April 2021. The Block 34 project is located south of the new UCSF Wayne and Gladys Valley Center for Vision (WGVCV) and bounded by Illinois, Mariposa and Third Streets. Construction is scheduled to continue through August 2024.
News
Celebrating the Legacy of Stuart Eckblad: A Visionary for the Health Care Design and Construction Industry
July 22, 2024
Stuart Eckblad, who has dedicated 18 years to successfully completing several UCSF Health major design and construction projects, will retire on July 31, 2024, as Vice President of Health Major Capital Projects for Real Estate at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Stuart is recognized for leading high-profile UCSF Health construction endeavors, including the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay hospital, the UCSF Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building, and the Bayfront Medical Building, the University’s first all-electric outpatient center, opening in August 2024.
Parnassus Heights Construction Update, Early 2024
February 22, 2024
Construction continues to run at full steam at Parnassus Heights. This quarterly update shares what you need to know about major construction impacts on campus. Dates and other project details are subject to change. The next update will be available in spring 2024.
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.
Two Houses Make Room for New Administrative Services Building
February 02, 2024
In a step of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland’s campus modernization project, two Craftsman-style bungalows facing the hospital on 52nd Street have been moved to a new home a block away. The two structures, owned by the hospital and used as offices, were relocated last month to hospital-owned property on the south side of 53rd Street, adjacent to Highway 24, to make room for the Oakland hospital’s new Administrative Services Building.
Parnassus Heights Construction Update, Winter 2023
December 12, 2023
This winter, the Parnassus Heights campus will continue to be transformed by two major construction projects and other work underway across the campus.
Parnassus Heights Construction Update, Fall 2023
October 02, 2023
This fall at Parnassus Heights, construction is in full swing across the campus. As the last sections of UC Hall are taken down, excavation is starting for the new Parnassus Research and Academic Building (PRAB). Preparations are underway for building demolition to start later this year at the former Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital (LPPH) site for the New Hospital at Parnassus Heights.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland: New Hospital Building Information Session, Aug. 8, 2023
August 02, 2023
UCSF Real Estate is hosting an information session on August 8, 2023, for General Contractors to learn more about a New Hospital Building (NHB) project at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland (BCH Oakland), which is an important piece of a BCH Oakland Campus Modernization plan.
Parnassus Heights Construction Update, Summer 2023
July 24, 2023
This summer at UCSF Parnassus Heights, construction for several major projects is continuing – and will go into full swing this fall. Work is underway to build a New Hospital at Parnassus Heights (NHPH), a new Parnassus Research and Academic Building (PRAB), and a new fuel tank facility.
UC Hall Demolition Marks Milestone for Parnassus Research and Academic Building
May 26, 2023
Very soon, UC Hall on the Parnassus Heights campus will be demolished to make way for a new Parnassus Research and Academic Building, a key part of the revitalization of Parnassus Heights.
Parnassus Heights Construction Update, Spring 2023
April 28, 2023
This spring, construction is ramping up on the Parnassus Heights campus as three major projects start to transform the campus with state-of-the-art facilities. These projects include a new hospital, a new research and academic building, and improvements to the existing Health Sciences Instruction and Research (HSIR) east and west towers. From demolishing UC Hall, to reducing parking in Moffitt Circle – the Parnassus Heights campus is going to be a bustling center like never before.
Nearly 200 Small, Diverse Businesses at UCSF Design & Construction Day 2023
March 01, 2023
UCSF Real Estate hosted its first in-person vendor diversity and small business event, UCSF Design & Construction Day, on April 20, 2023, at the Rutter Center on the Mission Bay campus. Thank you to the nearly 200 construction contractors and professional consultants who attended, as well the volunteers, who made it a successful event!