Building of The Future

• The new hospital will replace all but the Merle Norman Pavilion on Santa Monica-UCLA's existing campus. Under a unique alliance with UCLA Healthcare, Orthopaedic Hospital's inpatient services will relocate to Santa Monica from downtown Los Angeles when the new hospital is completed. Orthopaedic Hospital will continue to provide outpatient services to the downtown community and those services will be bolstered by the additional resources of UCLA Healthcare.

• Construction of the 315,000-square-foot new part of the facility will occur in various phases, with completion expected by 2005. The $231-million project included construction of a three-story, 520-space parking garage at the corner of 16th Street and Arizona Avenue, which opened in 2001.

• Plans also call for refurbishment of the Merle Norman Pavilion, which will coincide with construction of the new hospital, and removal of the hospital's existing nine-story Tower building on 15th Street. The Tower building will be torn down after the new hospital is completed and ready for occupancy in 2005.
  
  
• Both Santa Monica-UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital sustained damage to their facilities during the Northridge earthquake in 1994. Although the buildings were subsequently repaired, under state law they must be upgraded to current seismic standards or replaced by 2008.
  
  
• The new hospital was designed by prominent New York architect Robert A.M. Stern, who is dean of the Yale School of Architecture, in conjunction with executive architects Anshen + Allen Los Angeles.
  
  
• The unique, neighborhood-friendly design features a Northern Italian architectural style similar to original buildings on the UCLA campus. The design has been lightened and modified to be compatible with the hospital's community setting. More than 25 percent of the new medical campus will be devoted to green and open spaces.
  
  
• Key components of the replacement project will include: 1) the Orthopaedic Hospital facility on 15th Street and Wilshire Boulevard, featuring an outpatient clinic, the UCLA Department of Orthopaedics' administrative and faculty offices, other administrative offices, a library and a museum; 2) a new, 13,000-square-foot Emergency Center on 15th Street; 3) a new Labor & Delivery Unit and 16-bassinet Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; 4) an expanded Outpatient Treatment Center to provide greater capacity for surgeries and procedures that do not require overnight hospitalization; 5) a new Critical Care Unit; and 6) a new cafeteria containing both indoor and outdoor seating areas.
  
  
• Almost 90 percent of inpatient beds in the new hospital will be in private rooms. Fifty-two of the 266 total beds will be designated for inpatient orthopaedic care.
  
  
• The main entrance to the medical center will remain on 16th Street and be accessed by a convenient, one-way drop-off area. The entrance to the Orthopaedic Hospital facility will be on 15th Street and also will be accessed by a convenient drop-off area. Both the walk-in and ambulance entrances to the new Emergency Center will be off of 15th Street.
  
  
• Funding for the project will come from government and private sources. Both Santa Monica-UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital received grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency following the Northridge earthquake. These funds must be supplemented by private donations.

Phase I
Launched in April 2000 and completed a year later, this phase included construction of a 520-space parking structure on 16th Street and Arizona Avenue.

Phase II
Currently underway, this phase includes construction of a new Central Plant on Arizona Avenue to power both the existing and replacement hospitals. Completion is expected in Summer, 2002.

Phase III
This phase will feature construction of a 13,000-square-foot Emergency Center on 15th Street, north of Arizona Avenue. The projected completion date is late Spring, 2003.

Phase IV
The fourth phase, which overlaps Phases II and III, involves construction of the new main hospital and the Orthopaedic Hospital Institute on 15th Street and Wilshire Boulevard. Completion is expected in 2005.

Phase V
Which will begin after the new hospital is completed in 2005, includes demolition of the hospital's existing nine-story Tower building on 15th Street and final site improvements. Completion should take about one year