SmithGroup is planning and designing the new $3.75-billion UC Davis Health California Tower in Sacramento. The project is being delivered through a progressive design-build contract with contractor McCarthy Building Cos.
When completed in 2030, the facility will include a 14-story hospital and a five-story pavilion adjacent to the existing hospital. Creating a combined 1 million sq ft of new space, the tower project will roughly double the square footage of the existing medical complex. The design calls for single patient rooms in the tower, rather than two-bed rooms, providing approximately 400 new private patient rooms.