$340 MILLION SCRIPPS CARDIO INSTITUTE, CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT UNDERWAY

LA JOLLA, CALIF. — McCarthy Building Companies, serving as general contractor, is currently constructing the 328,000-square-foot Scripps Cardiovascular Institute and an adjacent 26,000-square-foot Central Energy Plant. The facilities are located on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus at 9888 Genessee Ave. in La Jolla. The Cardiovascular Institute will consist of 10 levels, including a basement, intermediate mechanical level and rooftop mechanical level; 60 beds on two ICU levels, 108 beds on three medical surgery levels, six operating rooms, four CAATH/EP labs, one sterile processing department and one imaging department. The Central Energy Plant will encompass three levels, with two below ground levels. The facility will provide the air conditioning, heating, medical gas, steam, fuel and waste storage, and emergency generators for the hospital. Scripps Health – San Diego hired McCarthy for the $340 million project, which is slated for completion in January 2015. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. is providing architectural services for the project; KPFF Inc. is the structural and civil engineer; X-NTH is serving as mechanical engineer; and MWPA is the landscape architect.