University of California=Davis Health has begun the ambitious $3.75-billion California Tower project in Sacramento with the demolition of temporary buildings on the site of the future structure. Construction is set to begin next year on the 14-story hospital tower and five-story pavilion located on the eastern side of the existing UC Davis Medical Center. The project is slated for completion in 2030. The new tower will encompass 1 million sq ft—roughly doubling the square footage of the medical center. It will include operating rooms, an imaging center, an expanded pharmacy, additional burn care units and about 400 single-patient rooms.