An Employee-Owned Company | © 2014 Kleinfelder. All rights reserved. The Jacobs Medical Center will be the largest component of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Health System, La Jolla Campus. The existing Thornton Hospital will be removed and integrated into the new, $800 million facility, scheduled to open in 2016. PICKING UP THE PIECES After initially awarding the project to a competitor, UCSD became dissatisfied and sought a replacement to provide more efficient, effective services. UCSD chose Kleinfelder to jump in at “full speed” and take over the job of materials testing and inspection on the project’s three main elements: the 10-story, 509,500-square-foot steel-framed Bed Tower; the two-story, 40,000-square- foot steel-and-concrete Central Utility Plant; and

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