Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion Transition Planning
Three years after the start of its construction, the biggest building project ever undertaken in UC Davis history is in the home stretch, and planning is under way for making the move into the Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion.
Construction on the pavilion is projected for completion in June 2009, with occupancy of the new facility set to start in October 2009.
At a cost of $425 million and with space encompassing 425,000 square feet, the pavilion’s size and scope is unprecedented not only for UC Davis Health System, but UC Davis as a whole. As a point of comparison, the pavilion’s square footage is comparable to that of the Davis Tower, but will be on four floors instead of the Davis Tower’s 14. In addition, the pavilion involves a hospital’s most critical functions, including the emergency room, operating rooms and pathology lab services.
Planning for the transition into the new facility, as well as the move itself, will reflect the enormity and complexity of the pavilion itself. This Web site is intended to provide health system employees with the information and resources they need to help them with the transition. It will be updated regularly with new information as it becomes available.
The health system’s goals for the transition into the pavilion are:
- Patient Safety: To ensure patient and staff safety at all times before, during and after the move to the new facilities
- Coordination: To minimize disruption to patients and visitors through a fully coordinated transition planning effort that documents all key action steps, timelines and the roles and responsibilities of faculty and staff
- Communication: To develop and implement a comprehensive communication plan that ensures that all key faculty and staff are engaged in the transition planning effort and that all staff within the organization are kept well-informed about the process
- Financial Stability: Minimize the loss of revenue before, during and after the transition (i.e., no significant reduction in overall inpatient and outpatient volume before, during and after planned moves)
- Optimize Reuse of Existing Equipment: Optimize the near-term reuse of existing equipment when feasible and appropriate
- Foster Improved Operational Efficiency: Facilitate the most efficient use of staff, equipment and supplies, given the opportunities associated with the new facility (e.g., process improvements made possible by new technology, additional space and/or improved layout)
Transition Planning Materials
- Comprehensive Transition Planning Overview (includes project status, timelines, floor plans, photographs, and transition planning members and responsibilities) (PowerPoint) (PDF)
- Presentation by RTKL Associates Inc., an architecture and engineering design firm contracted to assist the health system with its transition into the pavilion (PowerPoint) (PDF)
- Transition Planning Committee Work Groups: Responsibility Matrix (Excel) (PDF)