Case Studies

University of California San Diego Medical Center

(January 26, 2010) The planners at the UCSD Hillcrest Medical center had to comply with the NPC-3 mandate for non-structural seismic performance. They also had to continue providing first-rate care for patients without interruption during the seismic retrofit. With ETC on their project, they were able to meet both requirements.

Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

(November 10, 2009) Neonatal Intensive Care Units are among the most challenging construction sites imaginable. Newborns, often in critical condition, are hypersensitive to loud noise, vibration, light and dust, not to mention susceptibility to airborne viruses. Rady relied on ETC's health care experience to help them meet their NPC-3 and NPC4 requirements without disturbing their little patients.

San Ramon Regional Medical Center

(December 4, 2009) San Ramon, a 123 bed advanced acute care hospital, turned to the health care construction experts at ETC to complete a non-structural (NPC-3) retrofit throughout the facility, bracing fire sprinkler and medical gas systems, anchoring suspended ceilings and securing vital lab equipment with flexible fastening systems, all to withstand a major earthquake.

Rady Children's Hospital Accessway

When Rady Children’s Hospital needed an accessway across a large dirt embankment, to bridge the neighboring parking structure to its office building, it turned to ETC. ETC got the permitting and construction done in record time.