LA JOLLA, CA—Contractor Rudolph and Sletten has been awarded a $78 million preliminary contract to begin work on the new outpatient pavilion for UC San Diego Health Services. The construction contract is expected to be booked in the third quarter of 2015.

The 145,000-square-foot building will be built on a 3.5-acre site on UCSD's East Campus, said Rick Guinn, senior project executive. The four-story structure will have one story fully-to partially below grade with a connection to the adjacent Perlman Ambulatory Care Unit facility.

Planned to consolidate and centralize outpatient surgical services, the pavilion will also provide support services for the nearby Jacobs Medical Center. Programs at the newest addition to the UCSD health complex will include ambulatory surgery, outpatient imaging, physical and occupational therapy, rehabilitation, pharmacy, and disease-specific centers for pain, urology, musculoskeletal, breast, apheresis and stem cell treatments.

“We are excited to expand our relationship with UCSD in helping them to transform the East Campus,” Guinn said, noting Rudolph and Sletten's role as general contractor for the nearby UCSD's Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI). That $170 million, seven-story project, is under construction southwest of the planned outpatient pavilion.

CO Architects of Los Angeles has designed the planned outpatient center with two wings connected by a public spine and linked by a grand interior stairway. It's anticipated that a portion of the public spaces will be naturally ventilated. A skylit atrium will bring daylight deep into 3 floors of the structure enhancing the surroundings for patient and staff while also reducing lighting and energy loads for the project, which is targeting a minimum rating of LEED Silver as well as outperforming energy requirements by 20%.

As one of the premier general contracting firms on the West Coast, Rudolph and Sletten is currently building some of San Diego's most high-profile new structures including UC San Diego's Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) and the 22-story San Diego Central Courthouse. Tutor Perini Corporation is a leading civil and building construction company offering diversified general contracting and design-build services to private clients and public agencies throughout the world.