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Salt Lake City East Bench - Univ. of Utah, Recent Demolition - Out With The Old In With The New - School of Medicine Project
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... Building 521, the old School of Medicine at the U. of U. has been entirely torn down.
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In With The New - Spencer Fox Eccles School Of Medicine - Under Construction
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"I have long believed that no state or region can become truly great without a world-class medical center at its nucleus," George S. Eccles said. "When completed, this facility will help ensure the university provides the highest quality medical education for the doctors who serve Utah and the entire Intermountain West."
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The University of Utah broke ground in October 2022 on the new state-of-the-art home for the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine. The new 185,000-square-foot building will become the hub of the university’s nationally recognized health sciences campus. The facilities will accelerate the school’s ability to provide the highest quality medical education, advanced research, and patient care. The $185 million facility has been made possible, in part, by funds from a landmark gift of $110 million from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation. The gift provides support not only for the building but also for medical education programs and cardiovascular research.
University of Utah Health is the only academic medical center in the Mountain West, providing patient care for nearly 10% of the geographic area of the continental United States. The construction of the medical education building is expected to drive the most critical evolution in the medical school’s history and be used across three primary areas: education, research, and clinical care.

June 18, 2023
Posted September 16, 2023
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Originally Posted by Paniolo Man
Abatement of the old School Of Medicine to begin next month followed by demolition in the spring.

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November 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023
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Reaveley Engineers - Up close and personal with The University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine! We recently visited the site of the future 185,000-square-foot building, set to be the heartbeat of the university's renowned health sciences campus. With the University of Utah Health already setting standards by serving nearly 10% of the continental US, the progress on this monumental project signals a transformative era in the medical school's history. Get ready for a future where education, research, and clinical care seamlessly merge to shape the next generation of healthcare excellence. VCBO Architecture & Jacobsen Construction
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Jacobsen Construction and the University of Utah recently celebrated its work on the new Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine building — valued at $185 million — with a beam "topping off" ceremony for the new teaching, training and research facility. The eight-story facility is located on the hillside in the heart of the University of Utah Health campus and will replace the old School of Medicine facility that was built in the 1960s.
...acobsen Construction, the lead contractor of the project, hoisted the final beam into place on the new building on June 4, alongside Spencer Fox Eccles (the school's namesake), University of Utah President Taylor Randall and other university officials.
The building is scheduled to open in 2026.
"Getting to this point has been the result of a lot of methodical planning and hard work by everyone involved in the project," said Chris Field, vice president and project executive of Jacobsen Construction. "It's a milestone well worth celebrating. A lot of work remains, but we already have a glimpse of the university's brilliant vision taking shape, step by step, and it's inspiring to be a part of it...
...The design partners on this project are Salt Lake City-based VCBO Architecture and Yazdani Studio, a national firm headquartered in Los Angeles.
The new building encompasses 211,457-sq.-ft. and will consist of a high-tech anatomy lab, tailored classrooms, an advanced simulation center, collaborative spaces and conference auditoriums that will serve the 500-plus students in the university's prestigious medical program...
Challenges
"Generally, every utility that feeds the hospital was running through the footprint of this site," Field said in an interview with Engineering News Record. "Crews spent about one year and $40 million relocating those critical utilities to ‘make a fresh site.' That work, along with much of the structural concrete, is now complete. The silhouette of the building is becoming more visible as the steel continues to rise up. It's literally ... touching three buildings."
Executing the project on an active campus is another current challenge for Jacobsen and its trade partners. Continuous noise and vibration monitoring and regular meetings with managers of adjacent buildings help reduce impacts to the critical health care activities. Onsite crews maintain a constant vigilance of redirecting and keeping pedestrians away from the site...
Today we enjoyed the privilege of joining Spencer Fox Eccles, the namesake of the new School of Medicine building at the University of Utah, to celebrate the completion of structural steel work on the facility.
“This remarkable building and the transformational programs it will house will further distinguish the University of Utah as a national model for excellence in medical education and health care,” said Mr. Eccles, one of Utah's leading philanthropists.
Today marks a major milestone for the new Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. The state of the art School of Medicine building is now substantially complete, and the plazas have officially opened.
The next couple of months will be critical as we prepare the building for opening ahead of the next academic year.
Thank you to all University of Utah stakeholders, for working through several years of construction activities, including noise, vibrations, and other disruptions, to help bring this project to this milestone.
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Last edited by delts145; Jun 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM.
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