A new tower at UC Davis Health, located in Sacramento, California, has topped out. Project partners, field teams and leaders gathered on-site to recognize the achievement, which brought the structure to its full height. The tower features 22,000 pieces of steel weighing 15,000 tons. The milestone also signals ironworkers are nearing completion of their work on the tower as the project transitions into its next phase.
When complete in 2030, the California Tower will include a 14-story hospital facility and a five-story pavilion, adding hundreds of private patient rooms designed to support recovery and help reduce infection risk. The facility will connect directly to the existing Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion and will feature specialized procedure spaces, advanced imaging and critical support services.
The project is also actively supporting UC Davis Health’s Anchor Institution Mission to positively impact economically distressed communities in the Sacramento region through hiring and purchasing locally. To date, the project has contracted over $15 million to small and local businesses, with another $30 million of contracts to be awarded. Additionally, the project is focused on employing local labor, with over 11,000 hours of local labor already contributed to the project. The project team includes McCarthy and SmithGroup.
