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By SARA SELIS

The construction of Stanford's much-awaited Center for Cancer Treatment and Prevention/ Ambulatory Care Pavilion is progressing steadily. As of mid-July, the entire foundation was in place with the steel frame expected to be fully erected by the end of September.

John Gaston, project manager for the 218,000-sq.-ft. facility, said he expects to complete construction by November of next year, and that the building will be occupied by the end of December.

"Things have been going pretty smoothly," Gaston said. "This building will bring a lot to the community and the staff, so we want to deliver it to them as soon as we possibly can."


Progress on the new Center for Cancer Treatment and Prevention/Ambulatory Care Pavilion is under way. The facility plans to welcome its first patients by the end of December 2003.

First proposed 11 years ago, the center will bring under one roof all of Stanford's resources for diagnosing and treating cancer, thereby enhancing patient care and improving access and convenience for patients and physicians. Filling 150,000 sq. ft. on two and a half floors of the four-story building, the cancer center will include a radiation therapy suite, a mammography and diagnostic radiology unit, 80 exam rooms, 50-plus chemotherapy stations, social and nutritional services, and a clinical research suite.

The center will significantly expand Stanford's capacity to treat cancer patients. Currently, just 80,000 sq. ft. at Stanford Hospital is dedicated to cancer treatment, Gaston noted.

The new Ambulatory Care Pavilion -- which will occupy 70,000 sq. ft. on the top floor of the new facility -- will nearly triple the space now dedicated to outpatient surgery. The ambulatory care center will house 16 operating rooms, the hospital's endoscopic surgery center, the sports medicine surgery suite, the ophthalmology program and temporary outpatient pediatric surgery services for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Some 200 parking spaces were lost with the construction, and parking designations in several lots were changed. The lots will return to their previous designations with the opening of Parking Structure 4, expected in early 2003. The underground garage in front of Stanford Hospital will include 1,029 spaces on four levels, all for physicians and staff. Come August, all four levels of parking will have been formed and poured.

The opening of the new parking structure will free up Parking Structure 3 for patient and visitor parking. The lot behind the Blake Wilbur Clinic -- now designated for permit parking -- will become public parking as well.

Real-time views of the cancer center construction are available at www.rsconstruction.com, which links to a 24-hour Web camera overlooking the site.