Reconstruction & Renovation

$2.5 billion healthcare project in San Francisco gets key approval

The proposed $2.5 billion California Pacific Medical Center project cleared a major hurdle when San Francisco’s Planning Commission approved its final environmental impact report. Requested exemptions to city planning codes also passed. The center aims to build and renovate five facilities across San Francisco including a new 555-bed hospital on Cathedral Hill. The facility’s Davies campus would be renovated as a four-story neuroscience institute.
May 3, 2012

The proposed $2.5 billion California Pacific Medical Center project cleared a major hurdle when San Francisco’s Planning Commission approved its final environmental impact report. Requested exemptions to city planning codes also passed. The center aims to build and renovate five facilities across San Francisco including a new 555-bed hospital on Cathedral Hill. The facility’s Davies campus would be renovated as a four-story neuroscience institute.
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/26/BAOH1O98TF.DTL)

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Drew Ballensky is general manager of Duro-Last Roofing, Inc.’s central U.S. facility in Iowa and company spokesman for Duro-Last’s cool roofing, sustainability and architectural education programs. He is past-president of the Chemical Fabrics and Film Association and chairman of CFFA’s Vinyl Roofing Division. Drew earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial technology from the University of Northern Iowa and master’s degree in business administration from Florida State University. Drew has over 29 years experience in business and industry in various engineering and managerial capacities. He has worked in the U.S. and Canadian operations for a major international manufacturer of pre-engineered steel buildings, was a financial analyst with a major athletic apparel manufacturer and was an owner of a general contracting company.
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