Palo Alto, CA
R+C provided geotechnical engineering services for the 521,000 sf hospital expansion. Located on an operating campus, the expansion includes a new hospital and a two-story parking garage below grade. The project demolished existing structures and included a major make ready component which involved rerouting a large number of utilities. The project also involved utility and pedestrian access connections to the existing hospital. We participated in many Big Room meetings and worked closely with the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and California Geological Survey (CGS) to get timely approval of alternative methods of compliance.
Photographer: Vittoria Zupicich
New hospital and two-story parking garage
Leavening peerless structural engineering skill with humor, philosophy, people skills and, above all, a consummate understanding of San Francisco's permitting process, [Alan] saw this project through.