Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Size: $700 million
Originally founded in 1888, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is the largest hospital located between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, which treats more than 20,000 patients and has almost 73,000 ER visits a year in the Santa Barbara community. As a result of California’s requirements for hospitals to withstand a 7.0 earthquake, renovations began in 2005 with completion in 2018. These renovations included an expanded emergency department with 24 new private rooms, an amphitheater, and museum on the first floor. They also incorporated an additional 134,000 square-feet of space and 90 beds into two newly added pavilions.
Fortress Scope: Electrical Seismic Bracing
