PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: JOAN AND SANFORD I. WEILL NEUROSCIENCES BUILDING


DPR Delivers Technical and Design Masterpiece at UCSF


BY CAROL EATON


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elivering the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building, considered the crown jewel of


the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Mission Bay campus – and part of one of the largest neuroscience complexes in the world – required a special kind of design and construction team. Te team needed to be skilled at solv- ing highly complex technical design and construction challenges typically


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associated with healthcare and life sci- ence projects. They needed to share the owner’s commitment to moving the needle on innovation and quality, while maintaining an accelerated con- struction schedule – even in the face of epic challenges like a global pandemic that temporarily shut down the jobsite mid-construction. Finally, they needed to embrace collaboration, transparency, and teamwork to help them continuously


identify ways to deliver the 282,000-sq.-ft. megaproject smarter, faster and better.


Technical Know-how Striking a perfect balance of form and function, design and construction of the complex mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems required a high level of technical expertise. Design-build MEP subcontractors joined DPR Construction, architects


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