OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
October 6, 2021
ALL STUDENTS, ACADEMICS AND STAFF AT UC SAN DIEGO (Including UC San Diego Health)
CONSTRUCTION ALERT – Hillcrest Outpatient Pavilion & Parking Structure – Start of Construction
Project Purpose An ambitious program to rebuild the UC San Diego Hillcrest Campus will provide new facilities, new technology, increased capacity, expanded care offerings and other community services and amenities. This work will help ensure the university’s mission to drive innovation and deliver world-class medical care, research and education for many decades to come.
Location and Duration The first major phase of construction is anticipated to begin on November 1, 2021 on an approximately 10-acre parcel at the southeast portion of the Hillcrest campus. This phase, anticipated to complete in Spring 2025, consists of a 251,000 gross square foot Outpatient Pavilion housing specialty clinical programs, a new parking structure with approximately 1,850 parking spaces (consolidating patient and employee parking for improved patient and caregiver access) and related utility infrastructure. The redevelopment is part of the overall 2019 Hillcrest Long Range Development Plan that guides redevelopment of the Hillcrest Campus and construction of a new replacement hospital per the California Health and Safety Code (Alquist Act/SB 1953).
Immediate Parking Lot, Street Traffic and Pedestrian Impacts During construction, every effort will be made to reduce impacts to the campus and community, including sequencing of work and investments made to mitigate disruption. Regular and frequent communications will be provided to ensure the community is aware in advance of any significant work that will be occurring.
Work hours will be limited to Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., except when absolutely necessary to reduce impacts to traffic, emergency, health operations and the local community.
Demolition work and early construction activities from November 2021 through early 2022 will result in higher-than-normal noise levels. Work will be conducted with proper administrative controls on equipment in order to not exceed a 12‐hour average sound level of 75 decibels, aligning with the Environmental Impact Report and City of San Diego’s construction noise level requirements.
Intermittent traffic impacts and minor delays are expected throughout construction along 1st Avenue, Arbor Drive and Front Street, including single lane closures along Front Street and Arbor Drive intermittently from December 2021 through Spring 2022. Access to all UC San Diego Health facilities will always be maintained.
Sidewalks on the east side of Front Street and the north side of Arbor Drive will close for the duration of construction.
The Bachman parking lot (P962) and the staircase connecting Arbor Drive to Bachman Place will close permanently in November 2021. Staff currently using this lot will have access to alternate parking throughout the project.
From mid-2022 to mid-2024, Bachman Place will be closed between Hotel Circle South and Montecito Way. This closure will be communicated approximately 60-days in advance. Access to the Bachman parking structure will be maintained for staff until the new parking structure is complete in late 2023.
To receive brief, timely updates on parking or transportation changes on the Hillcrest Campus subscribe to the “UC San Diego Health – Hillcrest” interest list on First to Know https://transportation.ucsd.edu/contact/firsttoknow.html
During construction, please observe all temporary traffic controls and crewmember instructions. Please reduce speeds and allow extra space when traveling adjacent to construction activity.
If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Anderson at (858) 967-6464. You may also submit feedback and questions to constructionfeedback@ucsd.edu. We greatly appreciate your patience during these construction activities.
Eric Smith, PE Associate Vice Chancellor Capital Program Management
University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093
