Local Hiring and Small Local Companies Utilization

Replacement Project

Main Hospital
SMOB- Specialty Medical Office Building
Cancer Center
CUP- Central Utilities Plant

General Contractor: BGI
Owner: Kaiser Foundation Health
Architect: NBBJ
Location: Oakland, CA
Completed: 2010 - 2014

Role

Provided both Construction and Construction Management services from Site Mobilization to Closeout. BGI worked through-out the entire duration of the project.

Local Hiring and Small Local Companies Utilization

Michael Baines played a key role in organizing and negotiating with Kaiser Foundation Health corporate and McCarthy to implement a Mentor-Protegee program and Local Hiring program to ensure residents of Oakland were hired and small local companies were given fair opportunities to bid and win contracts. All subcontractors were requested to utilize 50% local workforce participation. This was a significant program and milestone for Kaiser Foundation Health and McCarthy Building Companies to give back locally and to help local small contractors to improve, grow and scale up to work on larger projects. This was a highly successful program for the project.

Project Details

The Kaiser Oakland Replacement Medical Center is a one million square foot project in Oakland, California that included building a new 12 story main hospital, a Central Utility Plant and a Specialized Medical Office Building with a cancer treatment center.

Phase 1

Five-story, 229,000-sf Medical Office Building with a cancer care facility, including: radiation therapy, EVS, material services, health education, neurology, pharmacy, clinical lab, pediatrics rehabilitation, physical and occupational therapy, hospice and palliative care, chronic pain management, hematology, oncology, infusion center, dermatology, human resources and medicine clinic.

Phase 2

650,000-sf, 319-bed replacement hospital including the new hospital, a hospital support building and Central Utility Plant.