Access to quality healthcare is essential–and Hensel Phelps delivers it with certainty. As a leading healthcare contractor throughout Southern California, our teams have completed hospitals, outpatient clinics and specialized medical centers for clients such as Sharp HealthCare, Kaiser Permanente, City of Hope, Los Angeles County and the University of California system. With a 100% on-time delivery rate and zero claims, we consistently deliver award-winning facilities that improve patient care and operational performance. This success stems from a collaborative, innovative approach—engaging partners early, optimizing cost and schedule and staying ahead of complex challenges unique to healthcare construction.
Longstanding Partnership with OSHPD/HCAI Leads to Early Project Turnover
Our decades-long collaboration with California’s healthcare authority–formerly OSHPD, now HCAI–began with the UC Irvine Douglas Hospital, the state’s first large-scale design-build hospital. Under seismic safety pressures, we pioneered a permitting strategy with a dedicated OSHPD expediter, accelerating approvals and setting a new precedent. We’ve since applied that expertise to complex programs like Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Rady Children’s Hospital, where our deep familiarity with HCAI staff and processes helps avoid permit delays and cost overruns, delivering high-impact medical facilities across the state.
University of California, Irvine Douglas Hospital
The University of California, Irvine Douglas Hospital is rated among the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers for high-quality care. U.S. News & World Report has rated it among the best hospitals in the country. As the first large design-build hospital with OSHPD, Hensel Phelps completed construction four months early while maintaining the project budget, allowing the hospital to start treating patients ahead of schedule.
Hensel Phelps successfully completed construction four months early while maintaining the project budget.
Hensel Phelps has demonstrated an unparalleled ability in the management and delivery of this complex project. The results of these efforts ensured that all cost, quality and schedule requirements were achieved and, in many cases, enhanced. They have been and continue to be one of the best contractors I have ever worked with. Their attention to detail both in the field and in the office leaves very little for me to be concerned about in my day-to-day responsibilities.”
Rebekah G. Gladson, FAIA, AUA, former Associate Vice Chancellor and Campus Architect at UCI Design and Construction Services
Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center
The Kaiser Permanente Orange County–Anaheim Medical Center is a landmark project in healthcare construction, notable for being the first OSHPD project to skip Staff & Stock and move directly to Certificate of Occupancy. Hensel Phelps completed this project almost seven months ahead of schedule, and we delivered the campus $80 million under budget. With a multi-phased delivery approach, it received the ENR California Best Healthcare Project award, underscoring its excellence in execution and project management.