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2/06/26
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Construction has been completed on a cutting-edge new Central Energy Plant (CEP) at the Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus (Sharp Metro) in San Diego. This milestone marks a significant step in the campus-wide modernization effort, supporting Sharp HealthCare’s commitment to the delivery of world-class patient care.
The project, on the Sharp Metro Campus at 7930 Frost St, just south of Mesa College Dr and between Hwy 163 and I-805, was built by McCarthy Building Companies. The project scope included a strategic plan to relocate the new CEP from the existing location at the center of campus. As a cornerstone of Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus’ four-phase master plan, this new facility is a crucial first step to enable the entire redevelopment of the campus layout, including new buildings and a medical tower at the heart of the Sharp campus.
The new 25.5k sf CEP, including a 1.4k sf mezzanine, will serve the entire Sharp Metro campus. Designed to ensure operational continuity and resilience, the new CEP completely relocates and replaces the former plant and provides full capacity to support hospital operations for the next few decades. Updated equipment increases capacities and improves efficiency to help lower costs of future utility usage, ensure redundancy and self-reliance, and provide long-term sustainability for the campus’ life-saving machines.
Key features:
- 5 chillers with 1,200 tons of capacity, doubling the existing capacity
- Full boiler room with 74,260 MBH output
- Four 2.5MW emergency generators with total 10MW output
- Two 50k gallon diesel fuel tanks for uninterrupted emergency power production
- Normal & emergency substations with enough capacity for the entire campus at completion
- Clean steam generated for multiple purposes, including temp control and sterilization
- Seamless integration with City, Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD) and California’s Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAi) jurisdictions
Construction of the CEP was meticulously planned and executed over 150,000 work hours to minimize disruption to the active medical campus. To protect hospital operations and the patient experience, the team phased the chilled water, electrical cutovers and demolition in carefully sequenced steps.
The CEP not only facilitates the removal of aging utilities, but its future-proof infrastructure also introduces advanced systems that will reliably support the campus and surrounding community. With enhanced capacity and seismic upgrades, the plant ensures that the Sharp campus is capable of maintaining essential services during both normal operations and emergency scenarios, such as natural disasters.
Other firms involved in the project included architect HDR, structural engineer KPFF, MEP engineer WSP, and key trade partners, such as Dynalectric and University Mechanical, to pre-plan each phase of work. This early, integrated collaboration was essential for delivering this CEP that forms the foundation for the four-phase master plan for Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus.
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