The essential systems of ten buildings at Martin Luther King, Jr./Drew Medical Center were noncompliant and required retrofit. This first phase of nonstructural retrofit work is completed.
Eight buildings will become noncompliant by January 1, 2008, if no further retrofit work is undertaken. Five of the eight buildings require structural retrofit, and all eight buildings require additional nonstructural retrofit work. The Plan recommends structural and nonstructural retrofit of all eight buildings prior to January 1, 2008. A FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant partially funded the retrofit of the Hawkins Building and the 2 Cooling Tower Buildings . The Grant for these projects amounted to approximately $3,000,000, and these projects are substantially completed as of December 23, 2002.
With only minor retrofit work, the Trauma Center can be made compliant with requirements of the January 1, 2030, deadline. The Plan states that we will perform this minor retrofit. Seven buildings will become noncompliant by January 1, 2030, and the Compliance Plan recommends delicensing these buildings by this date because the County's need for medical services in the year 2030 and beyond are unknown at this time. Therefore, seismic upgrade requirements for the year 2030 deadline have not been thoroughly studied. Also, based on the magnitude of the required retrofit, this alternative is unlikely to be financially viable.
If the County determines that replacement of some or all of the acute-care beds is necessary to meet the County's health care needs at that time, SB 1953 allows hospital owners to amend their plans to retrofit or replace after submission of the Plan to OSHPD.
See Project Detail for vicinity map and additional information regarding the project.