California Construction News staff writer
Suffolk and CO Architects have been selected to deliver the University of California, San Francisco’s Mission Bay education center and dental clinics project through a progressive design-build delivery model.
The project will create new educational, clinical and collaborative spaces supporting UCSF’s dental education, research and patient care programs, while also providing learning environments for the university’s broader health sciences community.
The integrated team will work with UCSF from the early planning stages, bringing construction and design expertise to help guide project decisions, manage complexity and align the project’s scope, budget and schedule.
Suffolk Design will provide design management, technical reviews and sustainability expertise. The approach is intended to align design intent, project value and UCSF’s goals from the earliest stages of development.
“We’re excited to help bring this next generation of learning and clinical environment to life,” said Preston Hoopes, general manager of Northern California at Suffolk. “We’re honored to partner on a project that will expand opportunities for education, research and patient care while drawing on Suffolk’s experience delivering complex healthcare and higher education facilities.”
The facility is expected to foster collaboration among faculty, researchers and clinicians and support emerging models of interdisciplinary health care. The project will also provide adaptable learning environments and spaces designed to encourage collaboration and innovation.
The project will incorporate advanced technologies and flexible learning environments intended to support UCSF’s educational and research missions while helping prepare the next generation of health-care professionals.
“This project represents a defining opportunity for CO Architects to build upon our legacy of shaping the nation’s leading academic health and research institutions,” says James Simeo, FAIA, principal-in-charge for the project at CO Architects. “It reflects our clients’ confidence in our ability to create transformative environments that inspire learning, accelerate discovery, and advance the future of healthcare.
“This project will integrate cutting-edge technologies, adaptable learning environments, and spaces that foster collaboration and innovation to establish a new benchmark for academic excellence.”
The selection adds to Suffolk’s portfolio of higher education and design-build work in California including the UCSF Parnassus Heights Central Campus Site Improvements project and California Polytechnic State University’s multi-phase student housing expansion program.
Suffolk has also completed projects across California, including facilities for Gilead in Foster City, 78 Haight and 1629 Market Street in San Francisco, One Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles Community College District’s Pierce College Child Development Academic Facility in Los Angeles, and Union Tower and Park Summit in San Diego.
