Awards
Kaiser Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center
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Design Excellence Award, 2015 Kaiser Permanente Foundation Design Excellence Awards
Team
Kaiser Roseville Medical Office Building
- Architect: HOK
- Contractor: Rudolph and Sletten
Kaiser Murrieta Medical Office Building
- Architect: The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM)
- Contractor: Pankow Builders
Kaiser Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center
- Architect: NBBJ Design
- Contractor: KPRS Construction
Kaiser Permanente is considered a trailblazer in integrated healthcare delivery, and their presence in California is hard to miss with nearly 40 hospitals and more than 600 medical offices. JAMA has delivered more than 20 Kaiser facilities across the state in both Northern and Southern California. Ranging from specialized facility engineering to partnerships for flexible modular systems, and even HCAI approvals for modular components, JAMA’s structural solutions support Kaiser’s goals and our engineering has repeatedly led to efficient and cost-effective construction, reduced material use for lower embodied carbon resulting in more sustainable projects.
Kaiser Roseville Medical Office Building
Kaiser Roseville Medical Office Building (2019)
Located near Sacramento in Roseville, California, the 5-story, 207,000 square foot Riverside Cirby MOB used innovative engineering and technical know-how to dramatically reduce the overall construction schedule.
JAMA’s careful placement of prefabricated ConXtech steel moment frames and exterior wall panels by Clark Pacific integrated with the ConXtech superstructure resulted in a streamlined structural chassis. That translated to erection in less than 14 days. JAMA’s BIM capabilities and high level of coordination also supported the project’s efficiency through a comprehensive structural BIM model. Detailed families illustrating dimensionally accurate placement of girders, beams and columns were directly imported to Tekla for fabrication to reduce RFI’s and speed delivery.
Kaiser Murrieta Medical Office Building
Kaiser Murrieta Medical Office Building (2017)
The Murrieta MOB in southwestern Riverside County, California also utilized modular and prefabricated systems to increase the speed to market and achieve one of the highest LEED certification levels available.
The structural design strategically placed ConXtech steel moment frame components to optimize design, limit drift, and reduce overall steel tonnage of the two-story, nearly 85,000 square foot structure. Ultimately, steel erection only required 12 days plus three additional weeks for metal decking and concrete slabs. Structural components also included a large, cantilevered, self-supporting canopy and sculptural steel “tree” over a public square at the entry, earning the project a Kaiser Permanente Design Excellence Award.
Kaiser Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center
Kaiser Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center (2015)
The Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center is a LEED Gold certified, state-of-the-art treatment space that incorporated specialized structural designs to deliver services in a nature-oriented, state-of-the-art environment.
Oncology centers of this type require heavy, radiation-producing equipment, which typically results in their location being below grade. The Kraemer Center’s structural approach helped bring patients into a 16,000 square foot light-filled, on-grade setting.
In plan the facility resembles a series of concentric circles or arcs with a central radiation therapy area of three treatment rooms surrounded by patient rooms, offices, and a CT imaging area. This elegant design required careful structural evaluation and special detailing to maintain the clean appearance. The radiation treatment rooms are covered by a formed concrete slab roof supported by a proprietary concrete wall (between 36” to 72” thick), seismically separated from the main structure. These massive walls are supported on foundation walls and a mat foundation. Careful coordination and special structural detailing for each room’s linear accelerator accommodated support, anchorage, and utility penetrations through the foundation.
