The Temecula Valley Hospital project team delivered the hospital building in what appears to be the shortest time frame between the start of foundation work to securing beneficial occupancy from the building department for a hospital with more than 120 new beds in California. Design was started in April 2010, site clearing began in June 2011, construction began in late December 2011 and it was completed in July 2013—on July 19, OSHPD officially granted the Temecula Valley Hospital team with a certificate of occupancy! The team delivered a hospital in 19 months of construction, which is extremely fast.

At Temecula Valley Hospital, an innovative contract process based on Lean principles and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methods has made it one of the fastest and most cost-effective to construct hospitals brought to market in California. The project utilized a true Integrated Form of Agreement (IFOA) with seven contractual partners sharing in the risk and reward: Universal Health Services, HMC Architects, DPR/Turner Joint Venture, DPR Self-Perform Drywall, Southland Industries, Southwest Fire Protection and Bergelectric Corporation. The IFOA broke down the silos of traditional project delivery, requiring deep collaboration and teamwork. It generated cooperation between the team members to drive down costs and drive innovation, while meeting UHS’s goals of delivering a hospital with a construction cost per square feet that is 30% below market cost, improves operational cost by 30% and the fastest constructed hospital in California.