Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Replacement Program, Torrance, Calif.: First Look
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is replacing its existing 1960s hospital and consolidating medical services into new resilient facilities on a 72-acre campus in Torrance, Calif.
The 1.3 million square-foot Replacement Program, which will be designed to meet the state’s earthquake standards, includes a 545,000-square-foot acute care tower with 346 beds, outpatient and support facilities, helicopter pad, parking structure, and regional lab.
Design-build project team
The project’s design-build team includes architecture and interior design firm HMC Architects (Los Angeles), architect CO Architects (Los Angeles), and general contractor Hensel Phelps (Irvine, Calif.).
The facility will target LEED Gold certification and is expected to be completed by 2027.
To optimize operational efficiency, the facility will add new psychiatric emergency and interventional suites to an existing emergency and surgery building.
Inpatient and outpatient facilities will be orientated around a central green space that fulfills Los Angeles County’s healthcare and environmental goals.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Replacement Program project details
Location: Torrance, Calif.
Completion date: 2027
Owner: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Total building area: 1.3 million sq. ft.
Total construction cost: $1.17 billion
Cost/sq. ft. Not disclosed
Architect: HMC Architects, CO Architects
Interior designer: HMC Architects
General contractor: Hensel Phelps
Engineers: P2S (MEP), VCA Engineers (civil), Degenkolb Engineers (structural), JCE Structural Engineers (structural), Ficcadenti Waggoner and Castle Structural Engineers (structural), Woden Fire (fire/life/safety), Langan Engineering & Environmental Services (geotechnical)
Medical equipment planner: Chambers Equipment Consulting Inc., Criterion
Trade Partner: Control Air (mechanical), ACCO Engineered Systems (mechanical), Rosendin-Meadows JV (electrical), Pan-Pacific Mechanical (plumbing), Herrick Corporation (structural steel), Schuff Steel Company (structural steel), SunSteel, LLC Steel Fabricator (structural steel)
Drywall/Framing: Nevell-Standard JV
Fire Protection: Cosco Fire Protection
Parking Structure: Choate Parking Consultants
Art/pictures: Jaime Scholnick (interior lobby art), Benjamin Ball (exterior art)
AV equipment/electronics/software: RMJV
Carpet/flooring: Corradini Corp, (terrazzo), Patcraft, Mannington, Tarkett, Interface (resilient), Bentley (carpet)
Ceiling/wall systems: Pac-Clad, Armstrong, Soelberg
Doors/locks/hardware: Assa Abloy
Fabric/textiles: Stinson, ARC-COM, DesignTex
Furniture—seating/casegoods: MillerKnoll
Handrails/wall guards: P3TEC, Acrovyn
Headwalls/booms: Amico
Lighting: PBS Engineers
Signage/wayfinding: Square Peg Design
Surfaces—solid/other: Formica
Wallcoverings: Koroseal & Level Wallcovering
Tile Terracotta: Boston Valley
Tile: Mosa & Eurowest
Project details are provided by the design team and not vetted by Healthcare Design.
