McCarthy recently topped out the future $34 million, 75,000-square-foot Health and Wellness Center at the University of California, Davis (UCD). Construction on the facility, which will provide medical services to UCD students, started in May 2008 and is scheduled for completion in January 2010.
The three-story Health and Wellness Center will consist of medical offices, laboratories and exam rooms, a pharmacy, a physical therapy rehabilitation facility, an imaging room, and meeting rooms. The facility will also feature a Wellness Garden that will be landscaped to promote recovery and peace in the natural outdoor setting.
The project is currently seeking LEED Silver certification and will incorporate several green features, including a green roof containing vegetation to absorb harmful UV rays and reduce reflectants; an environmentally friendly mechanical system consisting of chilled beams that reduce the need for costly air conditioning; and recycled and earth-friendly building materials. Additionally, approximately 80 percent of the materials removed during the demolition will be recycled. WRNS Studio LLP is the primary architect.
This is McCarthy’s third project on the UCD campus, having completed the Activities and Recreation Center in 2004 and the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in 2002.
About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies is the nation’s 10th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2008), and the 4th largest general contractor in California (California Construction, April 2008). With more than 140 years of experience, McCarthy is one of the nation’s oldest, privately held construction firms and one of California’s premier commercial builders. Committed to the construction of high performance buildings, the company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for healthcare, educational, parking structure, entertainment, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; multifamily residential and bridges and highways. In addition to Sacramento and San Francisco, McCarthy has offices in Newport Beach and San Diego, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Dallas; St. Louis and Atlanta. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.
