The University of California Board of Regents on July 18 gave the final approval on a $1.49 billion modernization project proposal for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California. The current hospital is a historic pediatric safety net hospital and Level 1 trauma center that has served children and their families in Oakland for more than a century.
The modernization project involves building a 277,500-square-foot replacement hospital.
Slated to open in 2030, the new facility will offer a light-filled healing environment, with access to outdoor space for patients, families and staff. The seven-story building will include a new and expanded emergency department, providing double the current space to provide child-centered trauma care. The additional space will enable more efficient care and provide room for updated imaging and surgical services, a new neonatal intensive care unit and seven new surgical suites.
The new hospital will also offer triple the number of single-patient rooms as the current hospital – from 39 to 137 – while also providing rooms for families with multiple children requiring care. And it will add a much-needed, 20-bed inpatient behavioral health unit. The project team includes SmithGroup, Rudolph and Sletten and Overaa Construction.
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